Thread: Garmin Lakes (17,000 freshwater lakes in U.S.)

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That was perfect. Exactly what I was missing. I had read that a dozen times and still missed it. So now HomePort sees the map and will show it off the thumbdrive but MapInstall wont recognize it and if I just drag it into my collection the HomePort wont show it. Is there anyway to get the map onto the C Drive so I dont need the thumbdrive?

Okay so that worked well but I still cant transfer from HomePort to the GPS using the software based "send to device"

Is that possible? It would be nice to be able to connect the GPS to the computer via USB and then just transfer changes and suck to the GPS.

No....for shortcut and transfer the map to GPS,use MapInstall (run in automatic with Homeport and BaseCamp)...but,unfortunately the BC maps, are not in MSV (ok,only some of them and dated )....if only IMG,so nothing the shortcut

Or use GmapTool for install the BC in Mapsource: here [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Bye,bye

I have a Garmin nuvi 40 LM and although Garmin says it is not a supported device, I wanted to try it anyway. However, no matter what I did, the map would not show up in my GPS.
I found a solution to my problem of installing Garmin Lakes on an SD card for Garmin nuvi 40 LM and wanted to post it, in case someone else has the same issues.

I downloaded and extracted the (15) .rar archives. I unlocked the file "US_GarminLakes_Full.img", using gimgunlock. (like a boss)
Now came the problem... I copied and pasted the US_GarminLakes_Full.img file to the sd card as follows: "sd\Garmin\Map\", as per instructions on this thread. ~ It did not show up in my Garmin 40.
I tried just about everything and was about to give up, when I tried this:
I deleted all the folders on the SD card. I created a folder on the SD card as "Map" (No Garmin folder). I pasted the .img into that folder and it worked like a charm! Just one folder on the root drive named 'Map'. I put other maps into that folder that would not show up before and now they do!
Evidently, this nuvi 40 doesn't use a "Garmin" folder...?

Anyway, I hope this helps someone else with the same or similar problem.

As a side note, I lost my junction view in the process, so it wasn't a complete win/win situation. But since it was the low-res default JCV, I 'll take the trade!