Automate
Checking Tiles for Contours or DEM files
Youtube Tutorial |
Quickly check which tiles lack the necessary HGT files or Contours! See our short Tutorial. |
How to create your own FREE Garmin Map in 4 Easy Steps
How to create your high definition own contours.
YOUTUBE TUTORIALS
How to Upload |
Adding High Quality Contours |
Trapping Errors |
How to create maps with Hill Shading (DEM) |
How to create & add high quality contours |
How to trap mkgmap style errors |
Show Conflicting maps on your device |
Highlighted in Red are Any Maps Which Will be Ignored by Your Device ! |
Go Tools, Collect Map IDs & FIDs |
Convert KML or GPX files to IMG |
GPX or KML (Google Earth) files can be converted into a Garmin compatible img file! From the Convert option on the main menu select 'Convert KML to MP' or 'GPX to MP' Once the files are converted to .mp they can be used by MapUploader. |
Check your TYP file
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Mapuploader portable works on W10 but needs permissions only when adding maps to Basecamp/Mapsource: not when creating a map for your GPS device (gmapsupp.img)
1) Ensure Basecamp or Mapsource exist on your PC
2) Locate.reg file found in the folder which Mapuploader creates in a folder named after the your map, ie /mymap/mymap.reg.
3) Right Click on .reg file and run as administrator.
4) Check map target folder: c:\garmin\maps
5) Go Tools --> Create NSIS Window Installer and double click on the .exe when created
More Documentation
Tricks with Styles |
default.typ for mkgmap's default style |
TIPS & TRICKs 4 |
Initially , Mapuploader may be unable to write to the register when uploading maps to Basecamp or Mapsource. |
Use the following procedure - this needs to be done once only: 1) Set Map Target Directory to c:\garmin\maps 2) Download and install makensis.exe |
3) In Settings --> All Settings --> Key Software point to 'makensis.exe' on your harddrive. |
4) Create a map in mapuploader 5) Go Tools --> Create NSIS Window Installer |
This may take a minute then click on 'Output Dir' and find the <name of map>.exe it has created - for icon see right. 6) Double Click to add map to register. |
Can't Authenticate maps . Contact content seller for help
You may get message 'Can't Authenticate maps .Contact content seller for help' on
This happens if a gmapsupp has been created using the option --unicode.
It does not affect maps created using Mapuploader as long as you don't add the unicode option.
How to create a gmapsupp with Greek, Arabic, Russian etc characters and not use the -unicode option
This only applies to codepages 1250 - 1258 - see why
You can use a TYP file to show Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, Polish, Czech.
For the sake of convenience use codepage 65001 which incorporates all other codepages.
Abbreviating street names depending on their length
Street Abbreviations |
Road: Howeth Road Rd : Columbia Rd Close: Kings Close Cl. : Archdale Cl Gardens: Lewis Gardens Gdns: Hendford Gdns |
Latest Tip: 2c or not 2c ...
Garmin uses 0x2c12 for Castles, large buildings
However when you try plotting them at a resolution lower than 24 they only appear at resolution 24!
To ensure such buildings are searchable it is essential to use 0x2c12
Use another poi , say 0x12c12 also for castles
historic=castle|historic=fort [0x12c12 resolution 20-23 continue]
historic=castle {set name='${castle}'}[0x2c12 resolution 24]#feb2020
However, this didn't make any difference but the following works :
historic=castle|historic=fort [0x12c12 resolution 20-24 continue]
historic=castle {set name='${castle}'}[0x2c12 resolution 24]# transparent
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