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About the Maps - Please Read

Video Tutorial how to send the maps - this Video was made using Windows MapInstall - but the differences are tiny. For more Video Tutorials explaining all the basics go here: https://openmtbmap.org/tutorials/beginnners_windows/

Maps are available Worldwide. They are usually updated every Friday.

- Map Data

All maptiles are compiled with mkgmap using map data from openstreetmap.org & Contributors. You can use and edit the map data by visiting openstreetmap.org.

Thanks to Geofabrik for providing the map data snapshots which I use to create the maps.

Thanks to http://viewfinderpanoramas.org for the best DEM (contourlines) available on the net.

-- For Copyrights please see the Installer or if you unextract the installer see the file copyright.txt.

Contourlines/DEM data:

The altitude data for the contourlines is from varying sources in the following priority (if available):

  1. LIDAR data from open government data and other openly available sources - collected and converted to hgt format by - Sonny - DEM Altitude Profiles This data is very very high quality and resolution - there is no better open data available according to my knowledge.
  2. ALOS World 3D30 - überall zwischen N60° und S60°
  3. SRTM 1" v3.0 - very rarely for some tiles missing in ALOS data - also only between N60° and S60°.
  4. Viewfinderpanormas 1" - then 3" - above N60° / below S60° as there is no SRTM data nor ALOS or LIDAR Data avialble.
  5. SRTM v3.0 by NASA 3" v3.0 (very very rarely, 8 tiles only)

more exact info which data is used where - inside the copyright.txt files.

The default contourlines equidistance is 20m - meaning every 20m altitude difference one contourline. For all countries with the highest point below 1000m - the default equidistance is 10m. However due to popular demand I also additionally offer optional 10m contourlines for all countries with altitude above 1000m. These optional 10m contourlines are only available as separte maps in Basecamp. They cannot be integrated into the default maps like the 20m contourlines.

Super short Instructions:

Installation is in principle easy. Unpack with The Unarchiver or Keka - then install with doubleclick. However here are the detailed Instructions for Installation and Newbies. It also explains how to change the map layout - which is a must before sending them to your GPS:

https://openmtbmap.org/tutorials/install-maps-mac-osx/

For The Europe continent map, and all maps that have the contourlines as a separate download - please make sure to read the above linked tutorial (you additionally need to extract one folder and move it to the right location).

Decompress / Unpack .7z:

I recommend:  keka or the Unarchiver

 

Programs to Display the Mac OSX Openmtbmap

Please use the latest Garmin Mac OSX Basecamp Version. Maps are not compatible with Basecamp v2 or older (as well with other old Garmin Mac OSx programs (e.g. Roadtrip)).

 

Problems - Help - Tutorials

Beginners Guide can be found here: get started with openmtbmaps

An installation guide and general MAC OSX specific Tutorial can be found here

Send Maps to GPS with Basecamp/Mapinstall: tutorials/send-maps-to-your-gps/mapsource/ I recommend to always send maps to an external data card and not internal memory. (this way if something goes wrong, or maps would be damaged you run less danger of wrecking your GPS).

Please also read the FAQ

Current Issues

The address search is not working consistently. Most problems are due to inconsistent data structures in OSM address data.

- General: Autorouting over longer distances on GPS works only with Via Points. plan-routes-efficiently

- Autorouting needs attributes like tracktype, bicycle routes, mtb:scale, sac_scale, mtb routes and others to work well. So keep care to enter those details into OSM. (not all are needed, but enough for me to guesstimate wheter a street is cyclefriendly/mtbriendly or not).

- Non Connected ways and overlapping ways without node, this is the main problem and a problem of the underlaying map data - please check here: http://keepright.ipax.at/report_map.php Only check/enable: "almost Junctions" , "intersections without junctions" as well as "overlapping ways". This helps you to quickly spot the erros. You can then follow the link to Potlatch (or also JOSM is integrated for JOSM users) and quickly correct mistakes! Watch out not to connect ways that are not connected in reality (i.e. a way crosses another on a brigde, here no connecting node is the right solution). - If you use Windows 2000 you may need to install the "reg" command : Reg cmd at Microsoft. Batches are incompatible to earlier Windows versions. - Note sometimes sea is missing. This is not an issue, but currently not differently possible. It is usually a problem in OSM data.

Notice on Updating Maps

If you want to be notified by email on map updates please go to the frontpage and enter your email address in the subscribe field of the left sidebar. You only get an e-mail when there are changes besides a simple map data update. Map updates are usually every Thursday night / Friday morning. You can look at the server to see the date of map upload. To update the maps, simply overwrite the old data or use Mapinstall.

Overlapping maps in border regions

While you can join maps of different countries, routing over the boundary is a bit shaky, and you will have one map overlaying the other with white background. As long as mkgmap cannot create randomly shaped overview maps (currently only rectangles), this problem is not solvable. There is however the possibility to download a Europe map, which will be updated every 4-6 weeks.

 

Velomap and Openmtbmap of the same Country -- Problems

If you install an openmtbmap and a VeloMap of the same country with contourlines as separate download (and Spain as well as Canary Islands), you should only send the contourlines once (meaning with either Openmtmbap or Velomap of the country). Else you GPS might not show the maps, or worse not even start until maps are deleted.

Therefore: Install one map without conoturlines. E.g. install openmtbmap Europe with contourlines, but do not install the contourlines for Velomap Europe.

-- This is not a problem with countries where contourlines are fully integrated like Germany, Alps, Austria,......

 

Compatibility - Standard (Unicode) vs Non Unicode (cannot authenticate maps)

Unicode is needed to display several alphabets in one map. Non Unicode maps can only display a single alphabet - e.g. kyrillic and latin - but not both. However Garmin blocked using Unicode maps in part of a broken copyright protection on newer GPS device series.

In general just download the Maps from the first "OpenMTBMap" tab - they are in unicode if useful. If you get the message - "cannot authenticate maps", and you have  you have one of the following devices:

  • All Garmin devices presented 2016 or newer
  • Edge 1000,820,520
  • Epix
  • Etrex 20x / 30x (not "etrex 30")
  • Etrex Touch 25/35
  • GPS Maps 64 series
  • Montana 610, 680
  • Oregon 700,750
  • Some recent Nuvi devices - as well as some super old devices that do not support Unicode. (E.g. Garmin Vista C, GPS Maps 60 C)

you will need to download the "non unicode" version of the map instead. So get the map from the "non unicode openmtbmap" tab instead. Only maps of regions where several different scripts are used - are in unicode. If Latin is the predominant script - then of course no unicode map is offered. If your device can display Unicode maps - then of course get the standard version - meaning Unicode.

 

Garmin Edge x30 or newer

Garmin introduced a completely broken high contrast mode - that washes out the colors of the maps. Either disable the high contrast mode on the map visibility section. Or delete the \Garmin\MapThemes\Mountain.kmtf (sometimes also called \Garmin\MapThemes\Mountains.kmtf ) file (back it up if you think you ever want to use that mode. Since the newest firmware in July 2021 you need to enable classic mode - 

Activity Profiles, select a profile, and select Navigation > Map > Map Theme.

Classic: This shows the OpenMTBMaps / VeloMaps as intended, however POI are now shown from Edge profile. 
High Contrast: Complete fuckup by Garmin - because they are not able to make their own maps high contrast in first place.
Mountain Biking: Complete fuckup by Garmin - because they are not able to make their own maps high contrast in first place.

 

Mac OSx running on new M1/M2 (or newer) chips / Catalina or newer:

You need to Install Android File Transfer so MapInstall can see your device:

https://www.android.com/filetransfer/

Also see here: https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=ufgaLgXyiX2eSZfAsQhdu7&searchQuery=not%20recognized%20catalina

 

Language and Codepage

Default - Local Language Unicode. All labels / street names are exactly like in the name tag of OSM. Note for any country that uses latin - the default will be latin1 and the options below are not available. An exception is the South America continent map that is additionally available in English Non Unicode. For USA/Canada this is also the only option. For European countries using latin if you want the English version - you can use the European continent map that is available in English versions.

English Unicode: If available in OSM - English or other European language translation is used. If no translation is available in OSM, the local name tag is used.

Local Language Non Unicode: Same as default but instead of Unicode the local codepage is used. So some characters may need to be transcribed automatically in creation. Codepage is always the local default codepage.

English Language Non Unicode (always latin1): If available English or other European language translation from OSM is used. If not names are transcribed to Latin. 

 

SD Cards

This is not about the maps but in general Garmin units that have a microSD card slow only accept SDHC cards - SDXC cards will not work.  Max 32GB size and you need to format it with FAT32 (not exFAT). Be careful with 32GB cards which are available as both SDHC and SDXC. 16GB and smaller usually are always SDHC.

 

 

Feedback

Please comment if you like theese maps or even better tell other people about them (forums, blog about it, twitter, etc…) In case maps break Basecamp or don't work - please write exactly which downloads don't work and the time of download as well as your OS and Mapsource version.. Before posting problems please read through here https://openmtbmap.org/download/#problems-help-tutorials and here though FAQ

And don't forget if you have problems unpacking the maps - .7z is a container, the actual compression I use is the very modern lzma2, most .7z archives however use the older lzma compression, therefore make your you use the latest The Unarchiver or keka or another program that can unpack lzma2!

 

For non member to try it out download the Map of Austria:

OpenMTBMap Austria

VeloMap Austria

 

If you want to know the last update time, MD5 Checksum or exact filesize of a download - just look into the MD5 link that follows each download.

 

You will need to download the Non Unicode Version if you have one of the following devices:

  • All Garmin devices presented 2016 or newer
  • Edge 1000,820,520
  • Epix
  • Etrex 20x / 30x (not "etrex 30")
  • Etrex Touch 25/35
  • GPS Maps 64 series
  • Montana 610, 680
  • Oregon 700,750
  • Some recent Nuvi devices - as well as some super old devices that do not support Unicode. (E.g. Garmin Vista C, GPS Maps 60 C)

This is due to a firmware bug that Garmin introduced as part of their efforts to cut down on people "pirating" their maps. However by doing that they also cut down on Unicode maps produced by mkgmap or even some of their old (legitimate) maps which are not running anymore on these devices. You will know that you need to use the Non Unicode map if on boot your GPS device tells you to "unlock maps". Why is the Europe Map in Unicode? Well for example in Greece and some Eastern Europe countries the script is Cyrillic not latin - and only Unicode maps can contain both scripts in one map. So the non unicode map will not correctly show labels in such countries. Use the country non unicode map instead. They are always in the predominant script of the country.

Note1: if you install the non Unicode version of a map - you will overwrite the Unicode map. You can only have either or installed.

Here only those countries are listed - where the standard download is Unicode. If you don't find a country here - look at the standard downloads.

Contourlines are identical to Unicode maps.

Note - if a country is not listed here - it means the normal map is non unicode anyhow. Only maps with (Unicode) behind the name are unicode. E.g. for Germany there is no need for a Unicode map - as only latin is used in Germany.

Note - local language maps of: Sri-Lanka, Nepal and Cambodia are in latin1  - so the local language maps are not very useful. There is no ANSI Codepage available (besides Unicode) that would support the script/garmin units. Israel-Palestine map is in hebrew (so the Palestine area is not useful). Afghanistan codepage is for Dari - Pashto is not supported outside of Unicode. 

 

Language and Codepage

Default - Local Language Unicode. All labels / street names are exactly like in the name tag of OSM. Note for any country that uses latin - the default will be latin1 and the options below are not available. An exception is the South America continent map that is additionally available in English Non Unicode. For USA/Canada this is also the only option. For European countries using latin if you want the English version - you can use the European continent map that is available in English versions.

English Unicode: If available in OSM - English or other European language translation is used. If no translation is available in OSM, the local name tag is used.

Local Language Non Unicode: Same as default but instead of Unicode the local codepage is used. So some characters may need to be transcribed automatically in creation. Codepage is always the local default codepage.

English Language Non Unicode (always latin1): If available English or other European language translation from OSM is used. If not names are transcribed to Latin. 

Local Language Maps

OpenMTBMap Non Unicode

Continents map downloads:

Europe map downloads:

German Bundeslaender Mac OSx Downloads:

Openmtbmap France DOM-TOM:

Africa map downloads - (contourlines separate except for Canary Islands):

Asia Map Downloads - (contourlines separate):

Australia-Oceania Mac OSX map downloads:

North America Mac OSX Map Downloads: 

For an Overview of the areas covered by the US-extracts please visit: https://openmtbmap.org/support/north-america/

  • us-midwest (MD5) (from North Dakota in the Northwest to Detroit / Akron in the Norteast, to Missouri in the Southeast and Kansas in the Southwest)
  • us-northeast (MD5) (northeast of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia)
  • us-pacific (MD5) (Alaska, Hawai and other Pacific Islands)
  • us-south (MD5) (south of Baltimore, Louisville, Tulsa / Oklahoma City)
  • us-west (MD5) (west of Denver, Colorado Springs, Albuerque -- complete N/S or Canada to Mexiko)

South America Premium map downloads (contourlines separate download except Uruguay):

VeloMap Non Unicode

Continents map downloads:

Europe map downloads:

 

German Bundeslaender Mac OSx Velomap downloads:

France - DOM-TOM Velomap downloads:

Africa map downloads - (contourlines separate except for Canary Islands):

Asia Map Downloads - (contourlines separate):

Australia-Oceania Mac OSX Velomap downloads:

North America Mac OSX Velomap Downloads

 

  • us-midwest (MD5) (from North Dakota in the Northwest to Detroit / Akron in the Norteast, to Missouri in the Southeast and Kansas in the Southwest)
  • us-northeast (MD5) (northeast of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia)
  • us-pacific (MD5) (Alaska, Hawai and other Pacific Islands)
  • us-south (MD5) (south of Baltimore, Louisville, Tulsa / Oklahoma City)
  • us-west (MD5) (west of Denver, Colorado Springs, Albuerque -- complete N/S or Canada to Mexiko)

South America Mac OSX Velomap Downloads - (contourlines separate download except for Uruguay)

English Language Maps - ONLY for Countries not using Latin

OpenMTBMap Non Unicode

Continents map downloads:

Europe map downloads:

Africa map downloads - (contourlines separate except for Canary Islands):

Asia Map Downloads - (contourlines separate):

 

North America

 

VeloMap Non Unicode

Continents map downloads:

Europe map downloads:

Africa map downloads - (contourlines separate except for Canary Islands):

Asia Map Downloads - (contourlines separate):

 

North America

 

For non member to try it out download the Map of Austria:

OpenMTBMap Austria

VeloMap Austria

 

If you want to know the last update time, MD5 Checksum or exact filesize of a download - just look into the MD5 link that follows each download.

Standard - Local Language Maps

OpenMTBMap

Continents Mac OSX map downloads (contourlines separate download):

 

Openmtbmap Mac OSx Europe Downloads:

 

German Bundeslaender Mac OSx Downloads:

Openmtbmap France DOM-TOM:

Africa Mac OSX map downloads - (contourlines separate download except for Canary Islands):

Asia Mac OSX Map Downloads (contourlines separate download):

Australia-Oceania Mac OSX map downloads:

North America Mac OSX Map Downloads: 

For an Overview of the areas covered by the US-extracts please visit: https://openmtbmap.org/support/north-america/

  • us-midwest (MD5) (from North Dakota in the Northwest to Detroit / Akron in the Norteast, to Missouri in the Southeast and Kansas in the Southwest)
  • us-northeast (MD5) (northeast of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia)
  • us-pacific (MD5) (Alaska, Hawai and other Pacific Islands)
  • us-south (MD5) (south of Baltimore, Louisville, Tulsa / Oklahoma City)
  • us-west (MD5) (west of Denver, Colorado Springs, Albuerque -- complete N/S or Canada to Mexiko)

South America Premium map downloads (contourlines separate download except Uruguay):

 
VeloMap
 

Continents Mac OSX Velomap downloads - (contourlines separate download):

Europe Mac OSx Velomap Downloads:

German Bundeslaender Mac OSx Velomap downloads:

France - DOM-TOM Velomap downloads:

Africa Mac OSX Velomap downloads - (contourlines separate download except for Canary Islands):

Asia Mac OSX Velomap Downloads - (contourlines separate download):

Australia-Oceania Mac OSX Velomap downloads:

North America Mac OSX Velomap Downloads

  • us-midwest (MD5) (from North Dakota in the Northwest to Detroit / Akron in the Norteast, to Missouri in the Southeast and Kansas in the Southwest)
  • us-northeast (MD5) (northeast of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia)
  • us-pacific (MD5) (Alaska, Hawai and other Pacific Islands)
  • us-south (MD5) (south of Baltimore, Louisville, Tulsa / Oklahoma City)
  • us-west (MD5) (west of Denver, Colorado Springs, Albuerque -- complete N/S or Canada to Mexiko)

South America Mac OSX Velomap Downloads - (contourlines separate download except for Uruguay)

English Language Maps - ONLY for Countries not using Latin

OpenMTBMap

Continents Mac OSX map downloads (contourlines separate download):

 

Openmtbmap Mac OSx Europe Downloads:

Africa Mac OSX map downloads - (contourlines separate download except for Canary Islands):

Asia Mac OSX Map Downloads (contourlines separate download):

 

North America

VeloMap
 

Continents Mac OSX Velomap downloads - (contourlines separate download):

 

Europe Mac OSx Velomap Downloads:

Africa Mac OSX Velomap downloads - (contourlines separate download except for Canary Islands):

Asia Mac OSX Velomap Downloads - (contourlines separate download):

 

North America

Contourlines Downloads

Most countries, especially the popular ones, have the 20m contourlines already integrated and activated. The 10m are integrated and can be used instead (see Mac OSx tutorial 2ab). However for several countries the contourlines are rather large (rule of thumb if contourlines have more data than the maps) and I integrate them, but you need to download them separately (once). 

In general it is fine to only update the map, as I try to change the contourlines as seldom as possible. Installation instructions for contourlines Point 2a here: Install contourlines on Mac OSx

Default - 20m Contourlines

Continents 20m

Australia-Oceania 20m:

Asia 20m:

Africa 20m:

Europe:

South America 20m:

North America 20m:

 

10m Equidistance Contourlines for PC installation

Install the same way as the 20m conoturlines. Step 2ab) in the Mac OSx tutorial. Only difference is the 10m folders name start with 9 instead of with 7.

In mountaineous regions I recommend to use 20m equidistance instead. However as of popular demand you can alternatively download 10m equidistance for all countries and continents (except Asia continent map - because it is too large). Note that the underlying data outside of Europe in mountaineous regions is actually not good enough to really profit from 10m equidistance lines at all. For flat regions however worldwide 10m contourlines can make sense. So that's why I offer them for download worldwide.

Also in Europe only where there is LIDAR coverage 10m contourlines make sense in mountain regions. Inside the copyright file you can find out the data sources.

In general I recommend not to install more than 6-8GB of maps on your device at any time. As the contourlines do not have an address index or any POI they don't count towards that limit - as they will not slow down your device like normal maps do.

Do note however that all Garmin devices have a max tile limit of 2048 or 4096 - so do not forget about that. The South America contourlines 10m for example already have about 3000 tiles.  So better just export those ones that you need with MapInstall and do not send the full continent.

If you break the 2048 or 4096 tile limit - some tiles simply will not be shown - which ones I cannot tell you - that's random. 

 

Continents Contourlines 10m:

Australia-Oceania 10m:

Asia 10m:

Africa 10m:

Europe:

South America 10m:

North America 10m:

 

110 comments to Premium Mac OSX – Map Download

  • rmueller26

    Hallo Felix
    Kannst du mir mal beschreiben wie ich die Europakarte auf mein Edge 1040 bekomme .Wenn es geht ganz einfach ohne große fachbergriffe,ich muß es alls nicht grosser IT Anwender verstehen.Die Garmin Karten von Europa muss ich ja sicherlich erst löschn ? oder?
    Meine neue Emailadresse i
    rmueller2602@googlemail.com.
    ich danke dir im voraus
    Rüdiger

  • MScFW

    Hello,
    is it only me running in some trouble with the openmtb map for alps, dated 21.12.2023? I can’t copy it to my Edge 1040, and in Base Camp a lot of the contourlines are “missing”.
    Bye
    Markus

  • florian

    question to basemaps… you provide basemaps in country downloads… do you also provide a world-wide-basemap for a general overview?

    • extremecarver

      No, only for continents. I recommend to use the basemaps supplied by garmin, this is more because sometimes people deleted the basemap and couldn’t restore it – so I provide them too (they are identical to the overview map used for basecamp on PC)

  • florian

    Remark on the Fenix File Transfer topic – its not only the M1 processor but the new protocol of MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) – This is for Fenix 7 but also for GPSmap67(i)

    Following tools are recommended for MacOS:

    https://openmtp.ganeshrvel.com/

    OR

    https://www.android.com/filetransfer/

  • petter

    Hi, I have tried to install africa on my GPSmap 67, Mapinstall seems to complete, at least it ends with the message installation complete. However, only a partial install can be found, Mosambique is there, while Angola is missing etc.. Aside from this I am “almost going crazy” with this obscure use of Android File transfer combined with Basecamp and Mapinstall, one must physically connect and disconnect the GPS unit every time some sw complains about not finding a device.. Sort of a lottery, but it seems to eventually succeed. It would have been good to perhaps divide Africa into 2 files, that map with contours is big.. I have given up after many tries, meaning that I go to my 7 African countries one week from now, without Angola and Malawi (I have the other 5 via countryspecific maps). Otherwise, I am quite happy with the maps… Best from Norway – Petter

    • extremecarver

      Best solution is to first send from MapInstall to an external drive/usb stick, whatever. Then use android file transfer to move it into the garmin folder on the 67. Yes I don’t know why mac needs android file transfer. Under Linux/Windows it’s just an external drive – much easier.
      Also you can use mapinstall to select an area out of a map – instead the full map. Maybe its too many maps on your 67 so that is why parts are missing? Remove other (preinstalled) maps – renaming to .img.bak is enough so can be easily restored that way.

  • Livgib62

    Hello,
    I downloaded the map for Ireland but contourlines are not showed on BaseCamp.
    System: MacBookPro with MacOS Monterey 12.6.6, BaseCamp 4.8.11.

    What should I o to get contourlines for Ireland?

    Thanks
    Best regards
    Livio

    • Livgib62

      Just to add that installation was successful and I can see the map installed in BaseCamp but terrain shadowing and contourlines are not displayed.

      Thanks.
      Livio

      • extremecarver

        Are you sure that you have no contours in the Ireland-and-Northern Ireland map? They should be integrated by default. They are not integrated however in the Great-britain and Ireland map and for that map they are a separate download and need to be integrated as written in the tutorial here at 2a): https://openmtbmap.org/tutorials/install-maps-mac-osx/

      • extremecarver

        oh yeah another possiblity is that you switched the contourlines off in the Basecamp options – but that would affect all maps. Do other maps show terrain shadowing and contours?

        • Livgib62

          The countourlines are switched -on in BaseCamp, all other maps show contours (Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria etc.).
          The installed map name is:
          openmtbmap_ireland_07.07.2023

          Would it be possible that this version lacks contour lines?
          I see in “Product1” directory only three 7* files.

          Best regards
          Livio

          • extremecarver

            Strange, but three 7* files is enough. The newest version with updated contourlines from 15.07 even only has two 7* folders/files.

            • Livgib62

              I just downloaded the new Ireland map version from 15.07: still the same problem and there are three 7* folders 74290000/1/2 dated 10 September 2021. Maybe there is some issue with these folders.

              • extremecarver

                The new Ireleand version definitely has 7* folders dated August 2023. Please copy in the link you use to download.

                • Livgib62

                  Hi Felix, I solved the problem by downloading and installing Great Britain and Ireland joint map and installing the relevant contourlines following your instructions. Now BaseCamp shows all contourlines for Grat Britain and Ireland as well.
                  Quite surely the Ireland-only map has some issues with contourlines.
                  Best regards

                  • extremecarver

                    Sorry – I now fixed Ireland map. There was a bug on the mac OSx contourlines not being updated for some countries – I had mistakenly only checked the VeloMap maps.

  • FEH123

    Hi Felix I was too fast – I tried loading my map onto my Oregon 650T, it loads sucessfully but there are no contour lines. I have tried this twice now – re-installing the map onto my Mac/Basecamp (contours lines are present) and then transferring to my Oregon using Garmin Mapinstall (no contour lines). I am using the 20m contours. This is the first time I have needed to add the contours separately on my Garmin so maybe I am missing something? Is there anything I can try to fix this? Thanks!

    • extremecarver

      When you don’t select the full map in MapInstall – but only a section – then make sure to never click – but drag over an area bigger than the area you need. Then the contourlines should be transferrred to your Oregon. Also make sure you didn’t disable showing contourlines in the map viewing options of the profile.

      • FEH123

        Thanks for the ideas. I transferred the whole map. Re the map viewing options – in my Profile list on my Oregon I usually select Recreational. There is no enable/disable showing contour lines. Where should I look for this menu? Thanks again.

        • FEH123

          Hi Felix you were right in that I just selected the map from the mapinstall list and clicked send. I have solved my issue by selecting advanced/customised and then picked the map from the the list. It shows all the individual maps and when I click send it takes a lot longer. Now I have the map on my Oregon with it’s contours! Thanks for the help.

  • FEH123

    Hi Felix I have solved this. It was about getting the 7 folders added and pasting the right info.xml!

  • FEH123

    Hi Felix I have a problem getting contours on the norway map. I am using a macbook air M1. I can see the map in Basecamp and it works fine but there are no contours. I tried to check the basecamp cache – but I could not find the file you say delete in the Caches folder.
    When I unzip the contours file I see a folder labelled norway contours and in that only one file – no other folders. Is that right? Thanks, Fred

  • LeoTatch

    Good evening,

    I have an issue installing the countours of Azerbaijan maps. I correctly installed the maps of Armenia (no countours needed) and Georgia (20m countours), and they both work perfectly.
    I followed the procedure to install the countours also for Azerbaijan. I tried both 20m and 10m, but they do not show up on Garmin Basecamp. So now I have both the 7* and 9* folders in the “Product1” folder and I copied correctly the “info.xml” both in the “20m_countourlines” and “10m_countourlines” respectively.
    Still when I open the map on Garmin Basecamp, the countours do not show up.

    Could there be some error in Azerbaijan countours files?
    Thanks a lot!

    • extremecarver

      Can it be that you opened up th map before copying in the contours/changing the info.xml?
      Then afterwards you need to delete the cache – because Basecamp caches what you looked at for speed and doesn’t know the map changed.

  • larsmarshandlebars

    Are the contours for Greece included in the Europe Continent bundle? Does this mean I need the full EE Continent map as well, or can I somehow use the EU contours with the Greece map?

  • johannrydes

    Hello ! Is there no contourlines for Sri Lanka !

  • claudio.bellini1957

    Good evening, I wanted to point out that by downloading the Italy NU map for MAC-OSX from your site and installing it on the Garmin Montana 700, I cannot see it. As if the same were a Unicode map. Thanks for the work done.
    Claudio Bellini

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