Can someone guide me to a comprehensive tutorial on how to integrate garmin explore with the InReach mini. I need to download an offline map that I can access for guidance to a location with no internet access.
Thank You
Can someone guide me to a comprehensive tutorial on how to integrate garmin explore with the InReach mini. I need to download an offline map that I can access for guidance to a location with no internet access.
Thank You
Step 1: Stop using Garmin Explore for offline maps. 
Step 2: Download something like https://osmand.net/ or https://organicmaps.app/ that can download and show offline maps on Android. These are both excellent and reliable. The former is a bit more complex but full of features, the latter is more simple and streamlined.
Garmin Explore is... neither.
EDIT: these of course not integrate with InReach mini, but you will be able to use them to navigate with rich contextual clues on the map on the phone. Not sure if you can actually use Garmin Explore to send a navigational breadcrumb trail to the InReach either. I think you have to plan those in Garmin Connect Web or Android before and sync the routes.
First, Osmand is not great at searching. It got better over the years, but it's not like Google Maps that can find mistyped places, etc. You have to be exact with names of streets, trails, etc.
However maybe your issue is that you haven't downloaded any maps yet? You have to go to the menu -> Maps & Resources -> and download your relevant region. It will only search in stuff that is already downloaded on your phone (as everything is local).
You can also download parts of the map if you zoom in somewhere on the base map, and then you'll have "Download detailed map" on the top of the screen.
Make sure to download all the contour lines for the area you want, and also the terrain 3d map, so that you can get shading. (same place where you downloaded the region's map).
Also switch to the "hiking layer" to show you all the hiking routes highlighted, as by default this app is very "all purpose".
Click this icon:
Then select the hiking mode:
Then make sure that the various contour lines, hiking routes, etc. are enabled:
Osmand is really great once you get to know it, but it has a very steep learning curve. I hope you can make it work for yourself, but it you don't like it, try the Orgnanicmaps, it's more simple.
