goosegogger Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Hi all, I have just succesfully loaded a free map to my device, it shows amazing detail, however when I open up 'mapsource' on my pc and then do a 'transfer' the mapsource is only showing very basic base map, what am I doing wrong ? Jim Quote Link to comment
Motorcycle_Mama Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 1. Is the map checked/active? Look under View > Switch to Product 2. Is the map detail active? Look under View and make sure the "Basic Map Only" item is NOT checked. Quote Link to comment
goosegogger Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Thanks for the reply MM, there doesn't seem to be any maps to select except the 'PC basemap' ?, I've tried to upload from device and not getting the loaded (free) map thats on my Garmin to show up in mapsource ? Quote Link to comment
ao318 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 What free maps are you using and how did you initially install them onto the device? Usually, the mapping sites give directions how to download and install your maps using mapsource as the map converter. Once you have done this,you should now be able to see your maps on mapsource. Quote Link to comment
+WaylessWood Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 It sounds to me like you downloaded a map .img file and loaded that into your device. Best I can tell, MapSource cannot use these directly. Some sites offer map data with an install program that will make the data available to MapSource. You can then use MapSource to create .img files based on selected map tiles. Quote Link to comment
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