Thread: Garmap Africa Series 2012 - 2nd Edition

THX catymag, point 2 answered. Now plowing through point 1.

Point 1 solution

Both procedures below are for MapSource

SA Topo Rec 2012.2
1. Go to the DVD folder, SA Topo Rec
2. Open the Setup.zip file in this folder and drag the SA Topo Rec 2012.gmap folder from the zip file to the %APPDATA%\GARMIN\Maps folder
3. No follow the usual unlock procedure for map ID 4967


SA Streetmap 2012.2
1. Go to the DVD folder, SA Streetmaps
2. Open the Setup.zip file in this folder and drag the SA Topo Rec 2012.gmap folder from the zip file to the %APPDATA%\GARMIN\Maps folder
3. No follow the usual unlock procedure for map ID 4966

to unlock a Mapsource map use
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

"Extract .EXE file with WinRAR, and go SA Streetmaps\setup.zip that contain GMAP folder inside setup.zip FID 4966"

OK. Then what? How do I get it intsalled into Mapsource and unlocked. I think I have read over ten topics now which all seem to link to yet another piece of software to download, and the instructions always seem to assume you know exactly what you're doing! I want to unlock this file and install it into mapsource so I can combine it with another one and then install on Nuvi 310. So once I have a *.gmap" what do I do with it? I tried dragging "unlock mapset.exe" into the folder, ran it and it did whatever for a while and then it finished. Still I am left with a .gmap folder that may or may not be unlocked that I don't know what to do with.

There are so many tutorial links to so many tutorials - it all just gets completely confusing, not to mention all the apps downloaded! Surely there is one simple one to walk-through of these basic steps that (I assume) most people need to do to install a map such as this into mapsource from the point of having done "Extract .EXE file to get the GMAP folder"?

Thanks

from:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Have you downloaded a Mapsource Gmap folder ?

copy it in:
(in XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GARMIN\Maps) or
(in Vista, Windows 7 - C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Maps)
You'll have your map in Mapsource.
To unlock use:
UnLock MapSource Directory

If it's confusing, sorry ,we cant explain it better

..It's repeated in almost 70% of Mapsource maps versions threads and in this thread in post n6

read with care post n1 (blue and red sentence)
Please Garmin official links must be coded in posts
thanks