Thread: BaseCamp and MapInstall universal patcher

@Giomen
I dunno if you and dirtbikermp3 are misunderstanding what dasilvarsa meant, or maybe i am. I think he's suggesting exactly what i usually do and he puts Garmin (and .system if appropriate) folders etc on a usb stick or sd card to send maps to it, so they can be checked before copying onto the unit. I also do that with Webupdater to get gupdate.gcd and other updates direct from Garmin at times. Perhaps he does that too.

Originally Posted by Neil

@Giomen
I dunno if you and dirtbikermp3 are misunderstanding what dasilvarsa meant, or maybe i am. I think he's suggesting exactly what i usually do and he puts Garmin (and .system if appropriate) folders etc on a usb stick or sd card to send maps to it, so they can be checked before copying onto the unit. I also do that with Webupdater to get gupdate.gcd and other updates direct from Garmin at times. Perhaps he does that too.

Yes That's exactly what I do.
I call it making a FALSEGARMIN (Copy the Whole Nuvi Contents including the .System Folder to USB PEN DRIVE)
It serves a second purpose which is of an OFF SITE BACKUP
All Garmin programs Basecamp,Mapinstall, Mapsource including Webupdater and MyDashboard are fooled into thinking you have a real Nuvi Connected.
If the Internet connection is faster that USB2, Then the computer will cache the data.

The advantage of using this method is that you don't brick your Nuvi if the Transfer fails halfway for any reason whatsoever.
Using an SD Card connected to the Computer or a VIRTUAL SD is just as safe as using a USB PEN DRIVE.
I prefer the USB PEN DRIVE as I have lots of 4GB's to spare.

Originally Posted by dasilvarsa

If the Internet connection is faster that USB2, Then the computer will cache the data.

The advantage of using this method is that you don't brick your Nuvi if the Transfer fails halfway for any reason whatsoever.
Using an SD Card connected to the Computer or a VIRTUAL SD is just as safe as using a USB PEN DRIVE.
I prefer the USB PEN DRIVE as I have lots of 4GB's to spare.

Point is not in Internet! As say my IT people: we'll take all that can give your requested server - let us statement of work and a couple of hundred square meters only. But USB PEN DRIVE is slowest and unreliable device for storage today. The only reason to use it is a small size.
I use BaseCamp and Mapsource very often and very very grateful for the patch. I can keep the files on the harddisk and test it directly in the same at the moment (Nuvis and other "my" Garmin are in other places of Europe or in Russia usually and I need to send already tested and ready version). VIRTUAL SD is good as variant too but it is need to configure! I just think illogical to write data to a USB PEN DRIVE that would then reupload them to a computer for processing...