Advanced Tools designed to improve your Garmin maps

TYPWiz 7

Advanced TYP file Editor

Theme Editor

Creating & Editing Garmin Map Themes

MapUploader 6

Create Garmin (Nuvi) compatible maps

IMG2TYP 5

Create a TYP file from any IMG

TDB Editor

control & (un)lock Mapsource / Basecamp

FIT 2 GPX for Dummies

Unravel the basic FIT file structure

How to convert FIT to GPX

Fit files are now very common on new Garmin devices, especially watches

» How to convert FIT data to create a GPX file

DEM Hill Shading

• Investigate the mysteries of Garmin's DEM subfile
• How to add hill / terrain shading to your own IMG using a DEM subfile

» How to add DEM subfiles to Garmin maps >

gmp2typ 1.3

• Extract any TYP file from a gmapsupp.img or any img found on your Garmin up to 2gig in size.
• Just drop any gmapsup-type img on to the GUI and it will extract the TYP file if present.
  

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OS50 & Mapnik Typ

Download TYP files

» OS 25,000 ,OS 50,000 TYP

» Mapnik TYP

Active Routing

• Many Garmin TOPO 2012 maps offer active routing :
  They contain the main cycle,hiking ,mountain biking etc routes which you can have highlighted.
• We have created a map of all the hiking routes in Devon UK showing appropriate symbols for each route and overlapping colours when routes are combined.

For more information and a free download of Devon Hiking Map check out

» Active Routing

Check out our latest Garmin Findings

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Mkgmap Tricks & Tips

Lots of How to ideas

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OSM POIs on Garmin Nuvis

• Create your own nuvi pois from osm files using our new nuvi osm2poi
• Includes Devon speed camera and pub POI files

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» Download here

Route Editor

• Route Editor will take the pain out of creating Routing styles .Beta now available for download.

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style2typ

• Quickly create a TYP file showing all the elements contained in your mkgmap style sheets.

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GUI file structure

• Garmins POIs, ie speed cameras, are stored in a .gpi file.
• Learn how to put them onto your car / bike satnav.
• Learn about the gpi file structure, documented for the first time.
• Download speed cameras for most countries in Europe.

» Check out here

Exploring Garmin's IMG Format

• Ever wanted to unravel Garmin's IMG file type but became daunted by its complexity?
• Our most popular Exploring IMG Format will help you plot all the highways, polygons and pois in an IMG file and explain what can be retrieved from 'locked' TOPO files.