How many gmapsupp.img

Feanor It's mostly downhill from here. A slightly useless reply, but just a couple of general limitations: Filesystem implimentation limitations: some older units could not read SD cards over 2GB without a firmware update. If you are certain you have used the 8GB card OK in the past, and can do so again with a different mapset , then it's not that. Many of the older Garmin units had a 2GB limit on an individual image size.

Again, may be fixable with a firmware update. They also had a limit on the number of map tiles contained in an image tiles, IIRC. What model Etrex? And have you got the latest firmware? Version 3. It's a Vista HCx. It reads the 8Gb card OK - I just had a gmapsupp.

I'm as certain as I can be that it read mahoosive files when we were in Germany a few years ago with Auntie Helen. Edit: I've found what I'm pretty sure is the file we used for the German hol - 3. It's at least three years old though. It takes at least half an hour to copy a file of this size to the micro sd card, so I'm reluctant to test it at the moment.

Yes, as has been mentioned up-thread, there are historical limits on both max card size, and max image file size. Do you have the latest firmware on the device? Go to mr. Garmin's website, and download the webupdater, and then let it inspect your device and see what updates it offers.

I've loaded the 2. I don't know why it didn't work before. I renamed it gmapsupp. I don't see any reason why that would have stopped it working. In an Oregon you CAN rename the gmapsupp. You have to rename, because the next map will be called also gmapsupp. Hi thanks for the info. Yes, it could be the file name length was on the limit. I will try again with shorter file name. I do use two or three maps at the same time so I do not want to overwrite.

I tried to make a slightly longer filename e. Reverting back to just gmapsupp. Something has changed along the line. This means I can only have one gmapsupp. Bit of a mystery! Try using an 8 character name like oregonNE. Maybe it's reverting to old DOS conventions.

Not likely you need gmapsupp. I was wondering if their would be anybody else that was old enough to remember DOS restrictions. I ran into this awhile ago when renaming files on my Oregon and reverted to 8 and it was fine.

There's no need to retain the gmapsupp name. The more recent Garmin nuvis and handhelds will accept any name, so you could name it Johnsmap. A better question: how many people are old enough to remember what the square thingy on the SAVE button for most programs is supposed to represent? Hi, I tried what you said and changed the filename to johnsmap. No good, the map will not show. Change back to gmapsupp. What is annoying is it was working OK with two maps until I updated them.

I bought the August this year so it is a very recent garmin. That does sound odd - I have around 5 differently named. At one stage I had 12 and still no issues. I thought that was strange, because it's not how I understood the latest Garmins to work, but I've just re-read the thread, and I think the reason why it's only working when it's named gmapsupp. Create a folder called Map and try it in there; now it should work with whatever name you call it.

I did try this and created a file called map containing my map file eimap. I tried the folder in the garmin folder and outside the garmin folder in the main folder but this did not work. Reverting back to gmapsupp. Are you running the latest firmware? On the Oregon the new map name scheme first appeared in software version 2.

The GPS Software is version 5. It was working previously with two maps Ireland and the UK , both routable, and using unique filenames. I stopped working when I loaded new revision of the maps, only able to use the gmapsupp.

I reloaded the previous map revisions back in but the same thing happened. Could the firmware be changed somehow? If you try to load two tiles with the same MapID IMG only one will show up int the OR.

Try downloading a couple maps from GPSfiledepot, and see if you can rename them. Since they are not script generated, the odds of having conflicting MapIDs is greatly reduced. Double-clicking tells your computer to "find the program that will understand. But this. It's meant for your Garmin GPS unit.

Assuming you have an SD card installed in the card socket for your Garmin, simply do this:. Thanks again. Probably a silly question but what if you already have a file called gmapsupp.

What made and model of gps? Leave the name of any purchased maps unchanged. See advice from garmin. Thanks nevw. I have an eTrex 30x and from what I can find out online, the. I have also downloaded an Andes topo so need to wait for the card to arrive before I try renaming the Andes gmapsupp. I have an eTrex 30 and have multiple differently named.

You may find a way to add the garmin topo to the new card if you need to display together with an osm map or just add the osm map to the internal memory of the GPSr into the garmin directory instead of the card.

I was unsure how many maps I may want on the 30x so after talking with the Garmin helpline who were helpful , they said it would support 32GB. Given most of the maps I see are about 2GB, I then at least have the option of having coverage on travels.

I would not expect track logs to take much room, but good to have the larger card so I don't have to worry. I presume I should be able to save the logs to the micro-SD card? The gpx track logs are not able to be saved on the mSD on mine but take very little space.

I have mine set up to save a daily archive. Ocassionally I make a backup of both drives onto my computer. To be more specific, the etrex saves the gpx tracks it creates when you go for a hike to the internal drive. Any tracks you create on a computer prior to your hike to guide you, can be saved to the the gpx folder of either internal or micro drive and work fine either way.

Thanks nevw for the gpx tracks info. Bummer, but as you say, they are smallish files so can stay in main memory. So what happens if you say "Archive". One would hope that they should be able to be stored and read from the SD card. Think of a standard computer that can only read some info on an SD card.

People would get pretty mad. Now I have to wonder why I bothered with the larger card if you can't copy purchased maps to it! That is pretty nasty of Garmin, surely! This needs more homework, and maybe a call to Garmin. One wonder why they even bothered to tell me that the 32GB card would be supported.