This page is here to list step by step how to use theese maps if you have not used any Garmin products previously (section A and B). and if you’re new to the openmtbmap (C: and D:). Note, you don’t need a Garmin GPS to use these maps. If you have no Garmin GPS A: and D: will still apply / be usable.
A: Installing Maps to Computer
1. Install Mapsource –> http://openmtbmap.org/tutorials/install-mapsource/
Linux users, you can install Mapsource following the same procedure in Wine
Don’t expect Mapsource to start up now, if you click on mapsource.exe it should error out saying something like "Mapsource can’t start, there are no maps installed"
2. Download the openmtbmap of your choice from http://openmtbmap.org/download/
- Unzip the maps with 7-zip or Winrar. Note that unzippers included in Windows/Mac/Linux probabely can’t unzip the files telling you that they are corrupted.
- Install maps by following this tuturial: tutorials/install/
B: Sending Maps to GPS:
Either simply click on "create gmapsupp.img.bat" which will work only for windows users. Then put the resulting gmapsupp.img file onto the /garmin folder on your GPS device. or follow one of the following tutorials:
- /tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mapsource/ if you followed the above steps and installed Mapsource.
- or create the gmapsupp.img with mkgmap following the tutuorial offered here (any OS that supports Java): /tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mkgmap/ and put the created gmapsupp.img in the /garmin folder of your GPS.
You could also use mapsettoolkit or gmaptool to achieve this.
C: Using the maps on your GPS
Please read through the following three topics:
howto-setup-your-gps/ and autorouting/
D: Participate in Openstreetmap and help to make the maps better:
Spend a token to make the maps even better
Hallo,
habe eine OSM-Map erfolgreich installiert, anschließend konnte ich jedoch mein Mapsource nicht mehr starten. Habe dann mit uninstall.bat alles rückgängig gemacht, anschließend lief Mapsource (version 6.15.6) wieder problemlos. Gibt es noch einen Trick die OSM-Map in Mapsource zu installieren. Vielen dank im voraus.
Ich hatte das gleiche Problem und habe auch dieselbe MapSource-Version.
Abhilfe brachte folgende Vorgehensweise:
1. Nach dem download der Karte die .zip-Datei mit dem 7z-Zipper in ein neues Unter-Verzeichnis entpacken.
2. Dieses neue Unterverzeichnis öffnen und die install_with_classic_typfile mit Doppelklick ausführen. Auf jeden Fall musst Du die Karten in dem Verzeichnis belassen, von dem aus Du die Install_*.bat ausgeführt hast. Nur dann werden die Registry-Einträge richtig gesetzt.
3. Fertig. Beim Start von MapSource ist die neue Karte im Pulldown-Fenster aufrufbar.
So hat’s jedenfalls bei mir funktioniert!
Dear Sir or Madam,
I recently bought my 1st mountainbike and intend also to buy a GPS Garmin Edge 705.
Before knowing this side I thought that it would be necessary to purchase expensive Map software and data. For example a map Topo of only Germany would cost me 199 euro.
I am not sure if the level of detail of the City Navigator Europe NT 2010 would be sufficient.
Now I wonder if the Maps from this site can be downloaded to the GPS equipment together with the many GPX files which I have already downloaded. Such that it will not be necessary to purchase this software…. Please provide me with advise. I hope I will only have to purchase the GPS equipment.
With best regards
Hans Vis
Yes you can upload up to 4GB of maps to an edge 705 – so more than enough space for all openmtbmaps currently. (however not all GPX files at a time).
Hello,
I am a new user of GPS and would like to ask you whether you have also maps from Madeira, Mallorca and Switzerland?
Where can I download them?
Regards Edmund
Well then you should read the download page carefully
Kartensets Deutschland und Alpen inklusive Höhenlinien mit Installationsprogramm: http://www.mtbnavi.de/
Hello, I´m a newcomer to all this so its not as easy for me as others seem to find it. First, what´s “Install.bat” and where do I find it/ activate it? When I unzip the map with 7z, I get about 25 items, with about three variants called “install__with_…” Am I menat to do something with any of these or is Install.bat part of the Windows system (I usually use macs but my Mapsource and all gps files are on PC)
Many thanks for your help!