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The most advanced TYP File Editor

What are TYP files?

Garmin uses a TYP file to change:

• the colours and width of highways and any other line
• the look of all polygons
• the overlapping order of polygons
• the look of icons representing points

By editing a TYP file you can manipulate how your map looks!

Where do I find a map's TYP file?

TYP files are located in the main map folder.

How to change Maps which have a TYP file

		All Garmin maps with an existing TYP file can be modified to suit your personal preferences. File,Open TYP from Mapsource/Basecamp Select map and click Open TYP Make changes and go File,Save
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How to change Maps which have no TYP file

before	after	check TYPE number

• Load TYP file which comes with the City Navigator -> File , Open TYP from Basecamp/Mapsource
  
  
• Tick 'type search box' next to Basecamp Icon and Search for Rail:
  
  
• This gives me 3 options, only 2 are useful: 0x14 and 0x10C00
  
  
• Create a TYP file with 2 identical lines for 0x14 and 0x10C00
  
  
• Resave file and return to Basecamp . Clear cache (CTRL G 2x)

How to change Maps on your Garmin device

• Tools,Extract TYP File rom Gmapsupp
• Load TYP file
• Make changes
• Save changes
• Replace TYP file go Tools , Add / Replace Gmapsupp TYP file

How to make your map clearer & less cluttered

Often , names of cities,towns & villages are obscured by :labels of other points or areas or the fontsize of street names!

Although a TYPWiz 6 cannot change the contents of a map , it can change fontsizes of selected elements and make their labels invisible!

Select Elements using CTRL Click or SHIFT Click

From the main menu Tools,Batch Conversion of Fonts and tick Add Font to All . Select new font and click OK

no-label means invisible.

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default	no label	small font	normal	large

Select Icons & Perform a Task

Use CTRL or SHFT keys to select Use ESC key to cancel Delete selected elements Give selected elements the same draw order Give selected elements the same Font Style or Color Copy selected elements and paste into a different TYP file much more!

Multiple highway colours

Lines / highways with 3-5 colours In this example we selected 3 lines Right Click and Edit Set one colour to transparent See final result in our South West 2019 TOPO In Basecamp/Mapsource search Rawridge

Download Options

 

TYPWIz6 Manuals

		TYPWiz 6 Unicode manual
		TYPWiz 6 manual
		A Quick PDF GUIDE to TYPWiz

Plugins

		StyleNTYP
		gmapsupp2typ

TUTORIALS

Guide to Garmin's Color Palettes & XPM  (colormodes and XPM code)		TIPS for creating TYP files
How to Edit TOPO files - TOPO France V3		in Google French - TOPO France V3
More information on TOPO France V4		How to get Multi Coloured Polygons

YOUTUBE TUTORIALS		More TYP Files
TYPwWiz & Active Routing		nuvi.typ
TYPWiz & EXTRA POIS		Flags.TYP
		https://pinns.co.uk/osm/activerouting.typ

Your questions

Youtube :What are Draworders?	Aspects Covered
The Mystery of Extra Draworders	How to load a TYP file from Basecamp How to modify a typ file How to restore original typfile How to quickly give all or selected polygons the same draworder How to quickly give all polygons a unique draworder

How do I change my contour lines?
Find out what the type number is for contours: Click on Lines (Top left) Tick 'type search box' next to Basecamp Icon and Search for Contour:   Create 3 contour lines, 0x20,0x21 and 0x22
What else can I search for?
Click on Lines (Top Left) Try Power for powerlines Click on Polygons Try Park etc
How can I change my map's TYP file?	How can I quickly add an extra language?
Go Tools ,TYP files from Basecamp/Mapsource Select your map and click 'OPEN TYP' Make changes then Tools,TYP files from Basecamp/Mapsource Click the 'Replace ... TYP' button and reload Basecamp/Mapsource	More details
How can I make my active routing lines bigger or change their colours?	How can I make my NUVI/ZUMO icons bigger or change their colours?
More details	More details
How can I make my TOPO active routing lines stand out?	How can I convert any map to say black and white and highlight the lines/pois I really need?
	Convert your map to shades of grey or any palette then add colour to only what you want ! Image shows part of a new look TOPO France 4 with only cycling routes highlighted in blue.
How can I copy or delete multiple icons?
Use Shift or CTRL Click to select icons Right Click and select Copy or Delete	Paste selection into a new TYP file
MY Map! How Can I change my existing map and only show what I want?
There has been a big trend towards changing the colours of Garmin's Navigator maps using our Map Theme Maker. We therefore took the TYP file of a popular Openfietsmap map and quickly converted it to Black & White using 'Colour,Convert to Black & White' We then gave cycle paths , cycle routes and a few POIs a red colour . More details
How can I optimise icons for my Forerunner, Fenix , Quatix, D2 & other devices with limited Colour Palettes?	How can I create a TYP file from my mkgmap style files?
More details	More details
Can I change the Hill Shading (DEM) effect ?	How can I quickly import elements defined by Mapuploader as 'not in TYP'
Unfortunately, Garmin has not provided a way for TYP files to change the colour of any hill shading. It has to be black!	Save missing polygons,lines or points as twzx and import into TYPWiz 6.

Check out these TYP files

• Download OS50_9_languages.TYP

• Download TOPO France V4 TYP file with additional Spanish and Italian labels
  

• more information in latest manual

Garmin Gmapsupps

• How to avoid gmapsupp conflicts

• How to use 'Recent Finds' with out the dreaded 'This route does not match the available maps'

• More details

  NEW Convert Garmin Themes to TYP files

  • Garmin themes , used by Car / Bike Sat Navs , can now be converted to a TYP file
  • Go File,Open TXT/KMTF
  • Select KMTF and import your KMTF file
  • Save as TYP and find your City Navigator Map,ie City Navigator Europe NTU 2019.2
    (Garmin Express allows you to download these maps onto your PC)
  • Go Tools,Add & Replace Basecamp/Mapsource TYP file, select your map and click 'Add or Replace TYP'
  • Open Basecamp / Mapsource and locate your City Navigator Map (You may have to press CTRL G twice)
  • There is no one colour for Roundabouts
  • City Navigator maps have all draworders set to zero.
  • Maps contain more detail than shown on a Sat Nav ie hospitals and schools have the same colour as industrial areas!

  Netherlands Theme	Germany Theme	Italy Theme

  NEW Convert TYP to KMTF

  Applies to full version only

  1) Open TYP file 2) Go File,Save As Theme (KMTF)

  TYPWiz 6includes the latest Theme Editor

  		You can turn any TYP file containing polygons & lines in to a kmtf file for Nuvis / Zumos Screen shots from a Nuvi 2699 More Information
  'MAPNIK' theme	TOPO theme

TYPWiz6 & Androids

1) Extract TYP file from a gmapsupp using TYPWiz 6 --> Tools,Extract TYP file from gmapsupp 2) Edit your TYP file and recompile gmapsupp : --> Tools, Add/Replace Gmapsupp TYP file 3) Download version 7.4.22 or higher from Oruxmaps.com, not the version from Google Store 4) Copy gmapsupp into /oruxmaps/mapfiles 5) Select Offline maps 6) Currently, Oruxmaps does not parse no_label