Mapsource IMG files

Ballebar · 13th January 2012, 01:58 PM

Some, like myself, prefer MapSource some million times before using BaseCamp. No need to invoke MapInstall for map build transfers.
It's also possible to use a IMG map in MapSource. No simple procedure but the best is to install Trip & Waypoint Manager v5 and replace the "TRIPWPT5.img" with the one you're interested in. Some complex maps and BlueChart g2 Vision can give strange results in map rendering when replacing the TRIPWPT5.img file with such content instead.

Example:

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**timp4411** · 13th January 2012, 05:18 PM

I prefer MapSource over Basecamp too.

Even though I know that MS has been discontinued.... I find it much easier to use.

**Neil** · 13th January 2012, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by Ballebar

Some, like myself, prefer MapSource some million times before using BaseCamp.........

Ditto for me too, but never had the guts to say so before seeing Ballebar's post above. I disliked Basecamp on first sight but actually thought maybe i was being a "stick-in-the-mud" and too old or too lazy to be bothered properly relearning. So have just re-visited it spurred on by BB's tip for using IMG maps in MS using Trip & Waypoint Manager, and now don't see much reason (for me) to use Basecamp over Mapsource at all now that i've got my head around using TRIPWPT5.img that way.

PS: Maybe that info for using images in MS should go into Garmin Tutorials? Might help some other MS tragics, i bet.

**timp4411** · 13th January 2012, 11:37 PM

Try using HomePort and see if you think it's any easier than BaseCamp. I don't.

At first I thought it made sense for Garmin to use just one base program for all of it's maps & chart products.

But HomePort is fairly new. So if Garmin wanted to use one program... why come out with HomePort ?

Maybe I have been using MapSpurce too long and am used to it... but Basecamp is not user friendly to me.

**catymag** · 14th January 2012, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by Neil

PS: Maybe that info for using images in MS should go into Garmin Tutorials? Might help some other MS tragics, i bet.

I used this trick to see basemaps in MS
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never tried with other IMGs , I'll try

voyager56 · 14th January 2012, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ballebar

Some, like myself, prefer MapSource some million times before using BaseCamp. No need to invoke MapInstall for map build transfers.
It's also possible to use a IMG map in MapSource. No simple procedure but the best is to install Trip & Waypoint Manager v5 and replace the "TRIPWPT5.img" with the one you're interested in. Some complex maps and BlueChart g2 Vision can give strange results in map rendering when replacing the TRIPWPT5.img file with such content instead.

Example:

Code:

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I think it's possible to use other method to view maps in Mapsource as Trip & Waypoint Manager maps.
If you edit this registry file:

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You can put your own folder and file names in this registry to be used in Trip & Waypoint Manager.

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