
An Advanced TYP Editor Used by Professionals
How to easily change the colours of highways, lines, areas and points on a Garmin map .
What can I change?
- All Lines like highways,rivers,streams etc
- All Areas like lakes,woods,buildings etc
- All Points like churches, bus stops etc
- Thickness of lines
- Text Colours
- Text Size
- Visibility of all lines,areas & points
- And Much More...
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Changing Font Sizes
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default | no label | small font |
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How to get the best colours for my GPS device?
- Click here to discover how many colours your Garmin device can display: 16,64,256 or 256+
- Set TYPWiz 6 default palette to your palette : Colours,Palette, Set Palette
- Your selection will be saved for future sessions
- When you double click on a colour in the Editor , your selected palette will be displayed.
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This version allows you to save all elements . Lines,areas and pois > 6 are desaturated.. | |
Do not overwrite original TYP file. | |
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How to edit your own language
We generally use Google to translate our messages, captions etc - Sometimes the translation is totally incorrect.
Check out how to edit your own language.
Select Icons & Perform a Task
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Use CTRL or SHFT keys to select Use ESC key to cancel
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What are TYP files?
Garmin uses a TYP file to change:
By editing a TYP file you can decide how your map looks! |
Where do I find a map's TYP file?
TYP files are located in the main map folder. Go 'File,Open File from Mapsource / Basecamp'
How to change Maps which have a TYP file?
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All Garmin maps with an existing TYP file can be modified to suit your personal preferences.
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How to change Maps which have no TYP file?
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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)
TYP to Theme conversion
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OpenTopoMap Theme on Theme Editor 3.1 |
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Fenix 5x Screenshot Changing colors on a Smart Watch v» More Info |
Select Polygon / Line Patterns Add your own favourite patterns |
TYPWIz 6 Documentation
!!! TYPWiz 6 What's New | ||
TYPWiz 6 Unicode manual | ||
TYPWiz 6 manual | ||
TYPWiz 6 manual German | ||
TYPWiz 6 manual en français | ||
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A Quick PDF GUIDE to TYPWiz |
Plugins
TYPWiz TWZ to change a TYP's FID,PID & Codepage using command lines | ||
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
TYP Files
- Download OS50.TYP
- Download OS50_9_languages.TYP
- Download TOPO France V4 TYP file with additional Spanish and Italian labels
- Download nuvi.TYP
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
What else can I do with TYPWiz 6?
- Check out » TYPWiz 6 tips & ideas