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Garmin maps install on basecamp

3799751
over 1 year ago

Hello,
Hope you are doing well.
I have 3 devices: Garmin Nuvi 3597, 1040 Solar and FR965.
With the Nuvi I can get Express to install the city navigator maps on the PC for basecamp, but I don't get that option on the 1040 nor on the FR965.
Any chance of garmin unifying this having this option for all the devices?

It's useful to have the same maps on PC.
I know there are workarounds, but they are a bit messy, ending up with not unlock maps on basecamp..and at the price of the devices I think it would be cool to have it.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to JaVaWa

    Thank you JaVaWa. I managed to install with gpsmaptool.
    Do you know why this decision? Doesn't seem very coherent along ranges.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to 3799751

    Years ago you had to buy maps on CD (later DVD), for new maps, but also for every update. When lifetime updates were introduced with a higher update rate, they had to come up with a mechanism to install them through internet instead of using DVDs. That was before BaseCamp was made, MapSource was the current mapping program back then. MapSource cannot read maps from devices, so the maps had to be installed on the PC.

    Lifetime updates were limited to City Navigator maps, other maps were still distributed on CD/DVD. This is gradually changed, and nowadays you can only buy maps on SD or as a download. On the other hand, the update process is still the same, and installing the map on your PC is still limited to City Navigator.