Quote Originally Posted by quinol View Post
I get on with you ..........
Thus, let me take the opportunity to rememeber to all the guys that want to "offer" their - cutted-off - maps a little summary on "how to" bypass the device using the Mapinstall features (I know that it take a longer time than using mapsource and many wants to do it faster...but....) .
Simply , using a USB pen drive (4 gb is enough) create a folder named Garmin in it and inside put the Garmindevice.xml file (you'll find into same folder in ur devices) . Just connect to a USB port on ur pc and launch Mapinstall.......don't be afraid if you'll receive a message like "A problem was encountered when try to connect to yuor device...etc etc.." just close it and go ahead . Now choose the tiles you need/prefer and then click on "next". That's it.
On your pen drive you'll find the cutted-off map .....in less time than using the garmin device .
And .....you are ready to offer your LOCKED map to the community ......in few minutes .

If you think that could be useless this short "how to" ,I apologize for that ( it is already well treated on other thread)
Bye, Umbe
I am just starting to try out MapInstall as opposed MapSource. Could you tell me why it is necessary (or maybe not) to have the GarminDevice.xml file copied into the Garmin folder? I just tried using MapInstall and sent a map (North America 2014.20) to my C: drive. There was no GarminDevice.xml in the Garmin folder. It seemed to work fine. It created a gmapsupp.img in the Garmin folder on my C: drive. Also, any reason why you mention copying to a USB pen drive as opposed to your main C: hard drive?