Comments on: Garmin MapSource For Free

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

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:08:06 +0000

Haven’t seen this error, so I don’t have an answer for you. Sorry.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:56:01 +0000

I have been using Mapsource for a couple of years and I tried to update the software and when trying to open mapsource I get a NTDBdata needs reloaded error. I have tried to reload the training center software and also the mapsource update and neither worked. How do I correct this problem?

By: wahyupeta

wahyupeta — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:05:57 +0000

i do need this software in order to convert ground check point into shapefile.
Thanks.

By: arleneteng

arleneteng — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:35:04 +0000

thanks for the tip! can’t find my mapsource cd in the jungle that is my office table. this is a lifesaver!

By: Mike Schulze

Mike Schulze — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:13:16 +0000

If anyone else has the issue of MapSource picking a language that is not desired. There are a few hacks:

If you want English, just delete all the other language DLLs in the MapSource installation directory and it will fall back to the language in the *.exe which is English.

If you’d like a different language than English, like say you have a Dutch windows version and would like to run it in Russian: rename MapSourceNLD.dll to MapSourceRUS.dll.

By: animetric

animetric — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:10:04 +0000

Thank you so much for this. We bought a refurbished Garmin Nuvi 255 and it did not come with Mapsource.