cant see .img maps on Basecamp

As far as i know BaseCamp won't display marine maps and img cerated by Mapsource. Don't know it this is the case with your map.

they are custom maps.
the reason why i bought a garmin.

so garmin, when is this feature going to be available?

and in the meantime, is there a work around, maybe a map conversor?

Well, custom maps aren't img but kmz files. Import works for me but I'm using Windows version.

The Mac version of BaseCamp imports custom maps well.

ok, so custon .img can be seen in basecamp, how?

BaseCamp will read .img files from cards and devices that are created by Garmin and/or licensed map creators. It will not read user-created .img files. .img files is not a supported method for exchanging maps. Since I don't know the source of your maps, I don't know how to advise you to proceed.

Garmin does not support third party maps in the .img format, as azdrmn has said. Nevertheless, Garmin-compatible maps can be created with freeware and shareware tools. You can't "open" .img files in Basecamp, they need to be installed.

See the tutorials at gpsfiledepot.com. That would be a more appropriate place to discuss this. You will need access to a Windows machine to build proper mapset.

the sources are strictly legal, either handmade maps done in GIS software (i own the copyright) or public domain or creative commons sources.

Understood then, instead of ending in a .img file i should generate directly or convert them to .gmap, then they could be seen on BaseCamp.

ok ill check gpsdepot...


thank you.

BaseCamp will read maps that are in a .gmap bundle. If you can convert your maps to that format and put them in your $(HOME)/Library/Application Support/Garmin/Maps directory, BaseCamp should be able to find and display them.