Garmin Maps Download
If you want to download our Garmin maps of the UK, then there are 3 options right now…
- If you mainly use your Garmin GPS for geocaching, walking, or driving, we recommend our standard UK Garmin OSM Map.
- If you mainly use your Garmin GPS for cycling, we recommend our UK Garmin OSM Cycle Map, which highlights all OSM known cycle routes.
- If you mainly use your Garmin GPS on the canals and rivers, we recommend our UK Garmin OSM Canal Map, which highlights all OSM known canals, rivers, and useful Points of Interest along them.
Information on dates of last update:
UK Garmin OSM Map - 23rd April 2009
UK Garmin OSM Cycle Map - 23rd April 2009
UK Garmin OSM Canal Map - 23rd April 2009
Please note: due to a technical problem, the majority of Wales and a large part of SW England are missing from this update; we are working to resolve this as fast as we can, and will notify when we have an updated map available.
You can download the files using the links above.
To use these files:
- We recommend you to take a full backup of your GPS before you start.
- Please note you can only have one supplemental map file called on a memory card, and this procedure will overwrite any existing maps stored there.
- You’ll need to download your preferred map, and unzip it to create a file called gmapsupp.img
- You need to copy this file to your memory card (we do not recommend putting this file on the internal memory of your GPS *), either by connecting your GPS to your computer, or via a memory card reader (this is likely to be faster). The file must be located in a directory called Garmin.
- Cleanly disconnect from your PC, and power on your GPS.
- Depending on your GPS unit, you may need to go into the map settings and select to turn on the new map.
- Enjoy!
If you have any questions, or problems, please head to our forums and ask.
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1 August 2008, 10:18 amGarmin Maps | Velorider musings:
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11 August 2008, 8:36 pmMartin Bailey:
“You may need to go into the map settings and select to turn on the new map” easier said than done. I don’t know how to do this with my Garmin Nuvi. Any ideas?
21 December 2008, 9:20 pmTom:
Likewise, I have installed to memory card inside the device, but i caannot see how to activate? Unmless it has done it automatically!!
10 January 2009, 8:59 amAny help?!??
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16 January 2009, 10:50 amswing:
Martin and Tom; it’s best to ask questions in the forums, which are monitored on a regular basis by ourselves and other Garmin users. However, I would suspect it’s something like Settings (Spanner), Display, Maps to find the list of maps which is likely to have a checkbox option next to each map.
21 January 2009, 9:12 pmRuss:
@Tom & Martin Bailey:
On my Garmin Etrex Legend, I do the following:
* Go to the menu page (the one with lots of icons)
26 January 2009, 1:15 pm* Click on Setup
* Click on Map
* Use left/right to move to the “i” icon, then up/down to select the “OSM” map. Make sure it is ticked
Peter:
Why do you recommend not to put on the internal memory of the GPS device? My 705 has a lot of spare memory on it. Thanks for the great work by the way.
28 February 2009, 10:15 pmBish:
Hi, Downloaded UK OSM map onto SD card and can see street maps (eg London etc) on my Nuvi 265. But no street names show up. Some icons such as bus stops, pubs etc show. The zip file was about 39Mb and unzipped to 48.2Mb. What have I done wrong ? Any help would be appreciated
17 March 2009, 9:09 pmJohn L:
Tom & Martin Bailey:
Go to http://www.img2gps.co.cc/
Here you will find free software that will allow you to transfer non-Garmin maps in to a Garmin Etrex or similar.
Garmin’s Mapsource software seems to be able to detect non-Garmin maps and it tells you they are invalid. Img2gps works effortlessly.
17 March 2009, 11:19 pmswing:
We’ll look into the issue on the Nuvi devices, and report back.
13 May 2009, 6:49 pmswing:
Two reasons; 1 other maps are more likely to already be installed in the internal memory, so it would overwrite those maps, and we would get the blame!
13 May 2009, 6:55 pm2 if the maps aren’t fully compatible with the device and cause it to lockup on bootup, the card can be easily removed to bring the device back; over the years we’ve seen and suffered a few problems that cause us to be cautious. However, if you’re happy with the risk, feel free to put them in internal memory, but if it fails to bootup, be aware it’s often a return to Garmin to fix.