Comments on: Garmin MapSource For Free

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:29:58 +0000

.img is the map format, but you can’t open that directly in MapSource. Do a search on this blog for MapSet Toolkit, a program which installs .img files so that you can open and view them in MapSource, and then send them to your GPS. There are other programs described on this blog, like SendMap, which will send the .img file directly to your Garmin.

By: Howard T.

Howard T. — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:32:31 +0000

All the charts/maps have been in .img files which I understand is the format used by Garmin.

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:31:11 +0000

What format are the maps in?

By: Howard Trussler

Howard Trussler — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:16:32 +0000

I have tried several times to down load charts/maps but they all fail to open with Garmin’s newest MapSource. This is version 5.4.1.0 Every attempt produces an error file notice that says “this is not a Garmin file” Any ideas or do I need to wait for a new conversion program to be built ? H. Trussler

By: sam

sam — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:26:07 +0000

thx

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:44:51 +0000

Thanks. It works great with my nuvi 255w. The nuvi 255w doesn’t come with a usb cord, so garmin thought to not install it by default for some reason.

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:58:15 +0000

You could buy an old Garmin map product off eBay – it will come with MapSource. But I don’t know enough about the nuvi to say that you will find MapSource of any use with it.

By: Robert Daugherty

Robert Daugherty — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:23 +0000

Hi!
I just bought a Garmin nuvi 250 from a pawn shop. Great little toy, but unfortunately, it did not come with the software cd. Any ideas on how I can get this cd? I did see a way to go around this by downloading the fitness software and then get the nuvi software.
My problem is that I live in the stix and have dial-up. Since both of these files are huge, you can see my dilemma.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!!
Thanks,
Robert

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:16:00 +0000

Haven’t seen this error before, and without access to your system, it is impossible to diagnose. Sorry.

By: Jose

Jose — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:13:41 +0000

If I try to install maps with mapsource it give me a error that is family_1095 what can I do