Venus - Garmin-china- 2010.21 NT

**scoro** · 18th June 2010, 07:56 PM

So I just put the .img file in the garmin folder on my storage card (called gmapsupp.img, as I already have North America 2011.10 named gmapprom.img)
verify that it is offset corrected
then, if not corrected, I put the .bin file in the same location as the .img file
restart garmin and it should be corrected?

When I return home do I need to remove the .bin file to use my north america maps?

Sorry, I've read that first post a few times and it's all still clear as mud for me.

**Midnight Blues** · 18th June 2010, 08:14 PM

Basically correct,
I don't think that .bin file will affect your CN NA map, but I'm not sure if China map will work on device that does not have firmware which supports maps with Chinese characters (or maybe it does - you'll have to try)

As it seems text in first post could be Google translation from Chinese, so it is best it could be

**scoro** · 18th June 2010, 09:08 PM

I downloaded and unlocked it. It seems a little weird, I was trying to find a pretty good sized lake on it and it did not show the water as blue until I had it zoomed to .3 miles, at that point I was zoomed so close that the whole screen was the blue of the lake. I can see roads and POIs and the names of citys but no road names or addresses. I wonder if I could add a font to correct that. My phone is an HTC Vogue running MobileXT 5.00.20wp

Would entering GPS coordinates show if the offset was removed? I verified that it matches google maps.

I'll try it next week and post how it works.

**catymag** · 18th June 2010, 09:11 PM

are you using the basemap you found in the rar?

**scoro** · 18th June 2010, 09:41 PM

No, should I?
I'm using the basemap that I downloaded with MobileXT.

**catymag** · 18th June 2010, 11:15 PM

try, if it's in the rar, i think it must be used.... probably

**scoro** · 1st July 2010, 01:43 PM

So, I am in China, the map does display proper location with no offset.
The POIs do not display any information, so the map is most likely in chinese. Routing works if you can find the location on the map, no street names, but you do get directions. This is using Mobile XT.
I can not download the file from here to try the basemap that came with it and I, stupidly, did not bring the file with me. I think the host site is probably blocked/censored by the government here.

**catymag** · 1st July 2010, 02:18 PM

just china gmapbmap.rar
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
or
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

**scoro** · 1st July 2010, 03:26 PM

Thanks!
I couldn't work out where the download link was on badongo, but the rs link worked.
It didn't make any differance on the road and poi names and info(phone numbers are there), but it is a bigger gmapbmap file than I started with so I'll try it in the US when I get home.
I probably need to find a chinese font for windows mobile to get them to work. I don't know chinese so it would not be of much use for me even if I did find the font.
It actually doesn't look like I will get a day off to do any exploring anyway. I will be so glad to get home and out of this heat and humidity.

**oanpiston** · 2nd July 2010, 10:08 AM

this eng version or chinese version

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