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Maps and tracks are independent, and you will be able to download tracks to your GPS without having mapping for the areas around the track. You will also be able to show the track on your GPS unit but without having any map data in the background. It will be a line on an otherwise empty screen. The tools that work on a track with a map in the background will work on a track without a map, but may not make much sense without that extra information the map gives you.
Do you have the Garmin Global Map in Basecamp? The detail is not great - major towns and roads, no detail for urban areas, etc, but it would give you a better idea than having nothing.
You two definitelly have to meet someday and same goes for GunnarThanks, Doug, did you hear me whispering your name?Thanks for reassuring me, but of course you've raised another question in my mind. Are you suggesting that the GPS unit might not have maps of Portugal in it? I see online that the Garmin Dakota has a basic world map, and I think that is probably what I have been using. At least, I have no memory of having downloaded a different map onto the GPS, but I would have to check back with Gunnar who was my go-to guy before he drifted away from the forum.
@peregrina2000, On my Garmin GPS 62 ST: Menu, Setup, Map, Map Information (Select Map) will display the list of installed maps.
Good Luck.
Sorry, no idea. I did a quick google search and it appears it might be a corrupt gpx file, but I would defer to Garmin support on a resolution.
If you have registered your device with Garmin there is an email support service. I have found it a bit patchy.I see that I only have a topo map for Spain installed. As well as a worldwide basemap. So, once I get the problem fixed, I will have to figure out how to get a Portugal topo map on there, which Doug seems to know something about.
And I had never heard of Garmin support, but a quick google showed me there is a phone number I can call for technical help. Wow, I had no idea, I thought my only option was to abuse kind forum members. I will try it when I'm back in early September. Bet you can't wait to hear what happens.. Thanks, linkster. Buen camino, Laurie
Laurie,
When you open the page, there are three downloadable files for each country. I tried the files for Spain.
I will do a couple more checks on how one might use the 'PC' file contents. If I find anything new, I will let you know.
- the 'Garmin' file is a zip with two large files, one the detailed street mapping and the other a contours file. They are both .img files, and can be moved into the Garmin folder on your GPS. You will need about 700 Mb of space available for this. Once on your GPS, they can be accessed by Basemap, but it was an incredibly slow process if you are moving a large amount of data over a relatively slow USB connection.
- the 'Win' file is an executable file, and will install the detailed street mapping file (typically in the /Garmin/Maps folder on the C drive) where it is available to Basecamp or other Garmin desktop products. It does not appear to install the contours file and has no elevation data in it so far as I can tell. The maps could then be moved to the GPS using Basemap.
- the 'PC' file is a zip with individual map tiles in .img format as well as the contours .img files. I suspect they could be moved straight to your GPS unit, or moved into a folder (under the /Garmin/Maps folder) on your C: drive. There were over 160 individual files in this set, and no way of telling what part of Spain the individual files covered. In Basemap this mightn't be a problem, but it means that it is difficult to select just those files you might want to load just using the filing system.
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