Thread: Map requirements for Drive 61 GPS

So I am using maps our cell to create a garmin I'm file and then transfer it to the gps. Been a while since I've tried but will do it again and post the results.

Thanks. Phil

Hello so I happened upon a Garmin Nuvi 65LM for cheap so I bought it thinking since its a NUVI it may be able to display my custom maps. I first tried to load the map directly from MapSource and the PC sees it as a drive and MapSource cannot recognize it. Googling this says the GPS needs to be put in Garmin mode but I do not see how to set it in that mode. So I did the next idea and created the map on a microSD card and put the card in the GPS. It recoginzed there was a new map/or drive and said GPS needed to reboot. Note the map is two layers, the base is a topo map and then there is my trails layer. I make the trails layer with MapSource, I then load that into GPX2IMG application and then it gets made into a Garmin format file and loaded into MapSource. From there I then say transfer it to the microSD card. I did this and the Topo layer shows but not the trails map. THe topo map is a garmin product so its sounding like even this Garmin model does not allow putting in non garmin licensed maps as you said.

I can send you the file if you want/can look at it to see if something can be done with it. IE such as the Butters person mentioned, using a tool called Universal Firmware patcher blah....

Any help is much appreciated. Thank You

~ Phil