How to install multiple maps on Garmin the easy way

aekhong · 16th January 2011, 07:26 AM

Hi flowcpu ,
You can rename gmapsupp.img <-->gmapprom.img
More info :: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

flowcpu · 16th January 2011, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by aekhong

Hi flowcpu ,
You can rename gmapsupp.img <-->gmapprom.img
More info :: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Thanks I appreciate it

**Boson** · 16th January 2011, 04:24 PM

Hi, thanks for the useful tip! Any suggestions on easily switching between the map sets when working on Garmin Mobile XT?
For example, I have two different maps of the same are each having its own specifics. Having the limitation of 4 maps that can be handled at a time, you have to switch between map sets if you have a total of more than 4.
What would you recommend for easy switching between map sets on Windows Mobile platform? (Consider we have here Nordic + Eastern Europe + Russia maps). Thank you in advance.

**Boson** · 25th January 2011, 09:57 PM

I joined several maps from different IMG files into a single IMG file and... lost address search. Routing works fine, even searching for crossings and city districts work well. When doing an address search I only see countries from a single IMG file, other countries, actual for maps extracted from other IMG files, are no longer available. Could somebody please explain what was wrong in what I did?

I had the following set:

Garmin City Navigator Europe 2011.32 NT (Setup with MapSource);
Garmin CityXplorer Helsinki 2011.10 - IMG
Garmin CityXplorer Moscow 2011.10 - IMG
Garmin CityXplorer St. Petersburg 2011.10 - IMG
Garmin City Navigator Russia NT 2011.40 - IMG
Garmin Roads of Russia 5.21- IMG
Garmin Roads of Russia Topo 6.08 - IMG
Garmin Basemap for Mobile XT - IMG (downloaded from here _http://www.garmin.ru/GarminMobileXTFull.exe)

I extracted everything with GMapTool as a mapset for MapSource.
Selected necessary regions from each of the map using the MapSource.
Created a single new IMG file incorporating all the selected regions.

The problem is: when doing address search I have Garmin Mobile XT providing only the countries available in the City Navigator Europe 2011.32 NT product. Why is that?

I also understand that I was wrong to include CityXplorer maps (because they are not necessary when I have Garmin City Navigator Russia NT and City Navigator Europe) but still... It is also it is probably wasn't a good idea to export the basemap and then export it back into the IMG as a separate map (instead of leaving it as-is as a separate IMG file).

BTW, Caty from the link you gave me ([Only registered and activated users can see links. ]) I understood that all the basemap does is it provides for easy scaling from the bird's eye view to larger zoom. However, with MapsetToolkit I see that the basemap's mapset is routable and so is the Garmin City Navigator Europe 2011.32 NT. All other mapsets are non-routable. Why is that? Is it because I incorrectly imported maps from their IMG files into mapsets using the GMapTool?

Thank you all in advance and pleas excuse me I somehow abused forum's rules.

**catymag** · 29th January 2011, 03:11 PM

You cant have enabled routable maps that cover the same area and that overlap, this can be your problem-
The basemap must be apart and cant be deselected and must be named gmapbmap.img if you want it can work properly.

**S0LK** · 18th February 2011, 11:28 PM

Hello.
Need help with mobile xt. Can I use 5 maps on mobile xt? If yes. Then how? I have: gmapbmap, gmapprom, gmapsupp and gmapsup2. These all work fine and I know that the fifth map works too because when I change the maps names I get it to work but not all them together. Any ideas, I have tried everything from here (the app folder and the gmapoem). I have nokia n95 8gb and latest garmin xt soft.

**i70** · 17th March 2011, 07:22 AM

Instructions about installation many maps are working well on Nokia E90, MobileXT 500.50 software. Same trick does not work on NÜVI550. I have been tested to add into internal memory and micro sd the file gmapsup2.img, on both cases no result. Device do not see this map. Any suggestions?

**dragolum** · 27th March 2011, 07:21 AM

thank you very much.

**i70** · 30th March 2011, 08:21 PM

Some times has left and as nobody was interested to give exact instructions, I took a time and made it clear for my self.
At Mobile XT I go working in folder garmin following file (map) names:
gmapbmap.img;
gmapprom.img;
gmapprom1.img;
gmapsup2.img;
gmapsupp.img.

At NUVI550 the good result is following:
internal memory
gmapprom.img
gmapbmap.img
gmapprom1.img
gmapsupp.img
gmaptz.img
gmapoem.img

MicroSD card
gmapsupp.img