Thread: Garmin Lakes (17,000 freshwater lakes in U.S.)

Originally Posted by Ballebar

How many maps do you have stored in your GPSmap 62s?
There's limits of the number of MapIDs (approx. max up to 18) and map tiles that can be used....

Hi Ballebar.

I never knew about the limitation on the number of ID's on the Garmins.

Does it apply equally for all the Garmin units, or does it vary from model to model ?

I have several, but mostly ask about the Handheld units.. Montana 650, 76CSx, 62st, 78sc, 450t.

Thanks

Yeah, I'd like to know more about these limitations as well.... and BTW, thanks guys for helping me out. I've almost got my GPS just the way I want it.

I had initially put the file onto the SD card, but thought I would try copying it over to internal memory as well. Even though i have have two copies of the same file now (internal and SD), the result is one of those files is now currently working. I'm not sure what happened, but it now works.

Originally Posted by catymag

Probably in internal memory 62 doesnt support anyname.img, it's always better to copy unlocked maps in sd, if something goes wrong you dont brick your gps.

That's what I was thinking as well, but figured I had tried everything else, I might as well try putting the file internal... and what do you know, it works.

Originally Posted by Ballebar

How many maps do you have stored in your GPSmap 62s?
There's limits of the number of MapIDs (approx. max up to 18) and map tiles that can be used...

The Garmin Lakes file brought my count up to about 13 or 14... and as of yet, I haven't seen that message. So, I knew it was unlocked, just couldn't figure out why it wasn't showing in the list. Right now, the GarminLakes file is the only map I have internal, the rest are on SD.

@ChrisNav

HomePort can show locked charts and that's a original feature implemented by Garmin.
Your Garmin GPS unit however have problems with lack of digital GMA certificates for maps with FID/MapID >= 2200 if the firmware are after the January 2010. That's why you have to unlock with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] for locked IMG-files with FID >= 2200.

If the map files is rather large you might need to run FIU in 64-bit OS or with the 3GB option in a 32-bit OS.

Originally Posted by catymag

Changes in
v.2.1 (12-4-2011)
a new look and minor changes
...
v.1.3 (5.10.10)
NOTE : If you run a 64 bit os it will unlock also Garmin GB Discoverer 150K Full Coverage IMG and maps with big IMGs (Garmin Unlocker will need 3GB memory to work) with other oses you can try 3GB Switch

Code:

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@Caty
Ah, Rats! I thought pietu had done something to his new version [Garmin UnLocker Alternative v6.06 - (20.02.2012)] before he posted it last month. As usual i'm too gullible Caty, and thought that this big image file at around 1.6GiB needed the 3GB switch for FIU which is what i thought Ballebar meant in that initial reply to ChrisNav:

Originally Posted by Ballebar

@ChrisNav..........If the map files is rather large you might need to run FIU in 64-bit OS or with the 3GB option in a 32-bit OS.

I should have realized that it was just a generic suggestion by Ballebar to a user having trouble using FUI maybe with a 32-bit OS and not that he expected that FIU would have trouble with this particular map without the switch. That's why i said "FIU choked as expected without the switch... pietu will chuckle over that one.". The other obvious alternative, that FIU was closed before it completed didn't really occur to me...duh! I was going to dl this image off-peak today to play with it using both FIU and pietu's new v6.06 in an old XP32-bit PC but you've saved me the trouble. I should have done that before i posted last.

At least someone got to chuckle..not pietu, but catmag... and now me too... lol! Although i still say 'Ah, Rats!'.