BaseCamp is a GPS mapping application that enables you to analyze terrain, input waypoints. GPSFileDepot: How to Open Maps in Garmin BaseCamp.
I just downloaded Base Camp for Mac. For anyone that has used this the problem I have is it only comes with the Garmin Base Map installed.
My GPS has both city navigator and Topo maps preinstalled on it. The GPS did not come with a CD of the maps to install. How do I get the City and Topo maps into BaseCamp??? I see you can add your unlock code but it does not download it from the GPS nor does it download from Garmin. You can't download the maps from your gps into BaseCamp. I had the same problem and was told by Garmin that I would have to buy the maps on their dvd's to be able to use in BaseCamp.
I had to buy their West 24k dvd at a cost of $129 US. To me, it was worth it though because the Garmin maps are the best I've seen when compared to RouteBuddy and MacGPSPro. RouteBuddy = $99 download and then you have to purchase their maps. MacGPSPro = $60 download not including map purchases. You can't download the maps from your gps into BaseCamp. I had the same problem and was told by Garmin that I would have to buy the maps on their dvd's to be able to use in BaseCamp. I had to buy their West 24k dvd at a cost of $129 US.
To me, it was worth it though because the Garmin maps are the best I've seen when compared to RouteBuddy and MacGPSPro. RouteBuddy = $99 download and then you have to purchase their maps. MacGPSPro = $60 download not including map purchases. So if the CD comes with the unit you can put them in Basecamp, and if it comes preloaded you have to buy another CD? Thats retarded! You can't download the maps from your gps into BaseCamp. I had the same problem and was told by Garmin that I would have to buy the maps on their dvd's to be able to use in BaseCamp.
I had to buy their West 24k dvd at a cost of $129 US. To me, it was worth it though because the Garmin maps are the best I've seen when compared to RouteBuddy and MacGPSPro. RouteBuddy = $99 download and then you have to purchase their maps. MacGPSPro = $60 download not including map purchases. So if the CD comes with the unit you can put them in Basecamp, and if it comes preloaded you have to buy another CD? Thats retarded! I agree that with you on it not being right.
I had even purchased and downloaded Topo U.S. 24k - West for $99 and I couldn't use that in BaseCamp. To Garmin's credit though, they sold me the dvd and only charged me the difference ($30) so I didn't have to pay the full dvd price.
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As I mentioned though, the dvd was worth it (my opinion). The maps are very good and you can even view them in 3D mode in BaseCamp.
All in all, I really like BaseCamp. Edited December 5, 2009 by cycler48. Anyway, you can't load your Sd map to basecamp. You can however download very good free maps from gpsfiledepot.com Can you put those into Basecamp? No, you cannot put those into BaseCamp.
I tried and I couldn't find a way to do it. From what I can see the only maps that will work are the ones you get on the dvd's from Garmin. At least that's how I remember it. Those files from GPSFILEDEPOT, should come in '.TGZ' format for Mac.
Just download, and 'run' that and it will install into MapInstall and RoadTrip, the newer released version of BaseCamp. Which you can download free from Garmin, under Mac version. Then open MapInstall or RoadTrip and it will show in upper right corner of screen on one, and upper left corner on the other. Oh, you need a GPS connected and turned on to get MapInstall to run. RoadTrip is OK, by itself.
I've used GPSFileDepot for Washington State 24K maps (250MB download), and NW States Topos, just fine. Gives 40 foot contours. I've read several posts on various forums that say you cannot transfer maps from your GPS to your PC. In general that would be true if they were Garmin City Navigator and the like, but recently I downloaded a gmapsupp.img from a 60Cx and after 'massaging' it, I was able to load it into Mapsource and then to a different GPS. What I did was transfer the gmapsupp.img file from the 60Cx mSD card to my PC and then open it in Mapedit.
I recompiled it as xxxxxxxx.img using the number shown in File / Map Properties / Header / I.D. And running cGPSmapper.
MapsetToolkit was then able to install the img into Mapsource and it was then transfered to a GPS in the usual way. I don't know the origin of the map, but it wasn't a Garmin product. I didn't have any use for the map, I was just interested to know if it was technically possible to do.
How To Open Maps In Garmin BaseCamp A considerable lot of the maps downloaded from this webpage or acquired from Garmin or different sites can be seen on your PC by means of Garmin Mapsource or Garmin BaseCamp. (Mac and Windows) is the present mapping program for use with all.
It has supplanted Garmin MapSource in ongoing time. In this instructional exercise we will enable you to choose if the guide is effectively stacked into BaseCamp and after that how to open the guide and see it in BaseCamp. Seeing If The Map Is Loaded In BaseCamp.
Download a guide from here or another site. Ensure is shut amid outline. In the event that you’ve downloaded a “PC” guide and it is an.exe document it will run an installer that probable appears to be like this:.
In the event that the guide installed like over your life is simple and you can open the guide in BaseCamp immediately. Additionally, if the guide is a.kmz document you can open that in BaseCamp too effortlessly. On the off chance that the guide didn’t have an installer and is.img records look at this instructional exercise to introduce the guide into BaseCamp at that point keep perusing. In the event that you need to introduce the guide onto your GPS you can proceed and take after this instructional exercise to introduce the guide onto your GPS.
Presently select the guide you just downloaded and introduced from the rundown (for this situation I chose Arizona Topo). The guide will now show in the fundamental window on both the privilege and left sheets (if delineate 3D information). In the upper left corner tap on the (if this is your first guide it will probably say “No Map”). Ensure you have the most recent adaptation of BaseCamp.
Try not to have BaseCamp?. Open Garmin BaseCamp. It should seem to be like this (contingent upon what outline are as of now seeing and in the event that you have whatever else stacked):. In the event that that drop down box does not show up you can tap the “View” menu and afterward “Guide Product” and select the guide from that point or you can make the drop down show up by right tapping on a clear zone of the toolbar and empowering “Guide Products”. NOTE: If you don’t see the guide you introduced there might be a glitch (it is known with specific maps on specific PCs. Close BaseCamp, download and introduce My Trails, and re-open BaseCamp. The first guide ought not show up.
You would now be able to peruse the guide unreservedly. Note that more detail shows up as you zoom in. In the event that you never observe any guide information paying little respect to how far you zoom in ensure you are not in Basic Map Mode (-Basic Map). Moreover checking and unchecking the View- Basic Map (CTRL-G) will reload the guide so it is refreshed. Garmin BaseCamp enables you to open and load custom raster maps (arranged as.kmz records). To begin with, open Garmin BaseCamp.
Presently Import and select the.kmz file(s) you might want to stack. Open it(them). On the left side, in “My Collections” your custom maps are stacked. Tap on one of the maps and it will be stacked/shown (it might have auto shown as of now). The custom guide will seem incorporated with your different maps as appeared here:. You would now be able to see your raster guide and exchange it to the cutting edge age of.
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All maps sent at once will appear as one map on your map selection setup on the GPS device. If you want to be able to switch maps on/off separately, then send them once, and rename the GMAPSUPP.IMG into anything else (well the.IMG needs to stay) – but don’t use Umlauts, special symbols or spaces in the name. Then just sent the next map. This makes it very easy to manage your maps. You can simply export map by map and rename it. If you want to upload a new updated map, delete the old map you previously sent, and send only the new map again.