Work-around: Use OpenStreetMap data. You can download pre-made files for
Garmin GPSes from here:
http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/
You can either download an entire country, which is easy and you don't
have to wait for it to be generated, or you can select the tiles you
want from the map on that page and wait for the file to be created for you.
If you can swap memory cards, connect to a computer while on your trip,
or if your Garmin GPS allows multiple gmapsupp.img files on it then
downloading the five(?) countries you need could be easiest.
You want "osm_generic_gmapsupp.zip", and to extract the file to
"/Garmin/gmapsupp.img" on an SD card or to the internal memory on the
device, assuming it has a USB cable and acts as a mass storage device.
There's more information here:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download
If you want a small country to test it on, Andorra is only 11MB
uncompressed. France is 1.1GB compressed. You're probably limited to 4GB
per (uncompressed) file due to FAT32.
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Andrew.
On 15/10/15 17:41, C Wills wrote:
Hi All
Just bought a Garmin Sat Nav and found I can't Register or Update it
using Linux! Very helpful 'Customer Support' returned my request for
advice as I tried Registering on their Web Site to no avail. Their
reply simply said Use Windows!!
Does anyone have a work around for this problem please as I don't have
anything with either Windows or Mac systems. Does anyone know if
Garmin software will run under Wine, as that could be a way forward?
I'm still in CH and hope to use it for the return trip via France
(usually come via Germany/Belgium).
Hope to make next meeting if I can get a clashing meeting moved.
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