What you are creating is a file called, gmappsupp.img Select all of the regions by right-clicking outside the map, hold the right-button, and drag to select all regions.
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Let’s install an additional map, Colorado Topo Map, on the USB drive. You will need a 4GB+ SD card formatted to Fat32. We’re experimenting on the USB drive, not on the actual Nuvi GPS unit. You need Hack #1 to use this install method. You can have up to two supplemental maps on the Nuvi. HACK #2 – Installing Additional Maps on Nuvi You can now install up to two additional supplementary maps.
Taadah!Īn added benefit is that the Nuvi has a limited amount of on-board memory. Now, BaseCamp should recognize the USB as the Nuvi 265W on the left side pane in the program.
While I was poking around, I found that there is a new and improved PC-based mapping program from Garmin, BaseMap (free).
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To start, I planned to reinstall my old Garmin PC software, MapSource, which needed the original with serial to install. I keep on getting notices that my maps are old and that I should update them since the one on the system is from around time of Columbus and there have been significant changes. I haven’t played with my GPS in a couple of years.