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How long for changes from Trailforks to get to the Edge

Former Member
Former Member

I spent countless hours adding missing trails to the Trailforks network back in October and November.  They were approved and added. 

Yet - they are NOT in the latest Trailforks map update for Garmin?!  

Can someone from Garmin please comment on the timing for how this works?. 

Would the following assumption be correct? 

1. Users submit / approve maps to Trailforks (they're readily available as GPX files)

2. Trailforks has its own database of "Garmin" formatted maps for premium users.  These are updated....maybe 1-2 times per year?  -They don't explicitly say.  I do have paid access to these maps, and unfortunately they don't appear to be updated with any of my data from months ago. 

3. Garmin updates their maps (twice?) per year.  Assuming they dump the Trailforks Garmin basemap data, (RATHER THAN) compiling a current version of all the Trailforks maps. 

4. So I'm assuming that if my submitted trails haven't been added to the Trailforks Garmin Basemaps, then they don't make it to Garmin's version of the Trailforks maps. 

Essentially - if you submit a map to trailforks, it can take a VERY long time to make it to the device without manually downloading each GPX file, making it "always visible" on the device under routes, changing the color, and dealing with the thin line width since we have no control over that.  

Is this correct? 

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago

    Also - I didn't mean for this to come off as a rant.  I think this is just as much on Trailforks as it is for Garmin.  I'd expect that with Trailforks going to a paid model after obtaining all of their free data from users, that they could at least update the base-maps more often.  After all, that is part of the paid feature for those of us who support the Trailforks developers. 

  • It can take a long time for edits to the OSM maps to show up in the Garmin maps based on them as well.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 2 years ago in reply to Former Member

    @mapquest Not that I've heard, unfortunately.