On 12/05/15 01:11 PM, Kay F. Jahnke wrote: > Am 12.05.2015 um 17:26 schrieb Matt Price: > >> I have a garmin gpsmap 62 on which I am trying to load some topographic >> data for the state of Utah in the US. I have found some sources on >> gpsfiledepot.com The files there can be downloaded either in a .tgz >> format, which contains a complex directory hierarchy with map tiles (I >> think this is the .gmapi format, with a .typ file in the main >> directory), or in a windows executable, which installs the maps directly >> to basecamp on a windows computer. > I suppose the exe file would be a standard self-extracting archive to > deploy a garmin map? > > Try opening and unpacking the exe with ark as a RAR archive. If that > works, you have all the individual map components. You can then use > gmaptool to create a gmapsupp.img (The combined image to use with > qmapshack and also with the garmin device).
This method seems to work pretty well, though it looks to me as though the coordinates are offslightly. I'll try to figure that out. > >> I borrowed a friend's windows computer and can see that the maps load >> fine there. I would like to be able to work with them myself, though. I >> am running qlandkarte-gt 1.8.1 on arch linux, and also have qmapshack >> 1.2.2. > If above procedure works, you don't need windows or basecamp. > >> Is there a tool I can use to get these maps into a format that one of >> those programs can understand? And once I've done that, do you have any >> suggestions for getting the maps into my garmin device? > Both qmapshack and the GPS device use the gmaspupp.img format. Can I have more than one gmaspupp.img file on my device? I don't yet understand how to add the maps from qlandkarte to the garmin's onboard mmory (my model doesn't have an sd card). Thanks, Matt > Kay > >> Thank you, >> matt >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud >> Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications >> Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights >> Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y >> _______________________________________________ >> Qlandkartegt-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Qlandkartegt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Qlandkartegt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users
