[OSM-talk] Loading img file onto Garmin 60 CSx

[David Ebling]

Many thanks - that was the problem! I hadn't renamed the file. I'll edit the wiki at some point to make this clearer.

Most grateful!

Dave


--- On Fri, 3/10/08, Barnett, Phillip <PHILLIP.BARNETT at ITN.CO.UK> wrote:

> From: Barnett, Phillip <PHILLIP.BARNETT at ITN.CO.UK>
> Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] Loading img file onto Garmin 60 CSx
> To: "dave_ebling at yahoo.co.uk" <dave_ebling at yahoo.co.uk>, "talk at openstreetmap.org" <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Date: Friday, 3 October, 2008, 9:40 PM
> Did you call the file 'gmapsupp.img' ?
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSM_Map_On_Garmin#Steps
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> [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of David
> Ebling
> Sent: 03 October 2008 21:04
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [OSM-talk] Loading img file onto Garmin 60 CSx
> 
> I'm having trouble loading a map file onto a Garmin
> 60CSx for a relative. I've made a file using mkgmap, and
> loaded it onto the memory card in a folder called
> "Garmin" and placing it into it using a card
> reader. I put the card into the GPS, but it doesn't seem
> to recognise it as a map. I tried using the USB mass storage
> mode, and could see the map file in the Garmin file, as it
> should be according to
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mkgmap#Installing
> 
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dave
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