Thread: TOPO Mexico v2.00

Originally Posted by kenta2

This map does not work in the nuvi models etrex model works

here under "compatible devices" can you see wish device some works

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Since this has data from bicimapas and on the bici webpage it shows a nuvi (and their bici mexico topos always worked with nuvis), it should work with a nuvi (at least a 14xx series), but it may be the shading will not work. Bici did not have shading that appears with this Garmin version. After loading this into a nuvi it appears to work fine, but as stated earlier one area in baja at a close zoom had some blocks with shading that did not work. Labels, trails, tracks and contour lines appeared normal, although the trails in basecamp show as dotted lines, in nuvi they are thin gray lines. So for offroad navigating it should do the job.
Load it into basecamp or mapsource (I like gmap to convert the imgs) for a specific area and compare.

This was confirmation from Garmin - The Garmin TOPO Mexico map is made up of bici 2012 data ...this type of TOPO map looks better on a handheld device than a Nuvi. ..elevation shading and searching for outdoor specific POIs for summits, lakes, etc will not work. Gas stations, etc search does function.


Since this is primarily an "offroad" map searching is not as necessary, if searching for features were, one could use Basecamp/Mapsource.....If searching were needed on a nuvi (but nuvi does not have a mountain/river/lake search as do the "compatible" handhelds) see -
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The subject garmin map may still be nuvi searchable for the nuvi menu search items (cities, gas stations, etc)....


One way to convert imgs to mapsource (post 14):
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