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

Well I got it unlocked on the Nuvi. I needed to use Image Unlocker Alternative and it worked a charm. I can now name it anything I want and put it in the Map directory instead of the Garmin directory.

Nice to have an alternative tool.

Thanks

I just want to add that in order for the map to be seen by Homeport, it does need to be named gmapsupp.img and be in the Garmin directory on my SD drive. Thankfully I can rename my city navigator (since I unlocked it) to another name and place that in my Map folder on the SD.

It may be that basecamp and homeport will only see gamapsupp.img's or img's that have been installed directly to the hard drive; and the G2 series of charts possibly can only be installed to SD's.

So you have to finagle the names a bit to get all different maps on the Nuvi SD. Since I was able to install CN on the hard drive, I don't need Basecamp to read it from the SD thus I renamed it and placed it in the Map directory. But Inland Lakes has to be read from the SD and I had no alternative how to name it to be read by Homeport and the Nuvi.

A few hoops and hurdles but I believe all is going well.