Thread: City Navigator Israel NT 2011.10

Hello guys! I really need your help!!!
I have got Nuvi 1240 and just installed the Map through Mapiinstall (on Mac), but I CANNOT find the map on my nuvi!!!!!
There is no Israel in the list of countries!!

Can anybody help me please?? I am going to visit israel in 5 days and i need the gps

Can someone please help a total noob (first post too). I have a nuvi 1250. I downloaded the file listing in the 1st post, unrared and got a 19.856 meg file called gmapsupp.img.

I then:
1. Downloaded the GarminUnlockerAlternative_v2.4 file
2. I unrared and and read the readme file and followed the directions to place the img file in the "locked" folder.
3. I ran the Unlock Map Directory.exe file
4. I got an error saying:

"something is wrong Unlocked MAP not created
Source IMG file must be in directory named: MAP Locked
Only one source IMG file same time in directory named: Map Locked"

Not sure why since I only have the one img source in that folder.

Can anyone help? I'm stuck and can't use it like this. Maybe I missed a step? The maps on my old GPS are now so out of date they are worthless. I specifically bought the Nuvi to work with this (though am tempted to upgrade to the 1260 to get the bluetooth feature). But the nuvi is worthless to me if i can't get these maps to work. Thank you!

@boazb

The files that you get from links in post #1 are already UNLOCKED. No need to trying some unlocker again.

Originally Posted by catymag

City Navigator Israel NT 2011.10 -Garmin

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FID 2208
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unlocked IMG
copy in a garmin directory
but this will need a font update from Garmin available for Nuvi 7xx and 1xxx series

modified version to work in english

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
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Thanks. So what else am I doing wrong because when I drop this file into my Garmin system folder and then try to use the Garmin, I see no change whatsoever. When I click "go to map" I only see US map. I don't see any option to get an Israel map.

From other google searches I found references to using a special app to install maps and something called a webupdater to change the firmware but they did not go into any details at all - as if I should already know where to find this app and what to do with it. Any step by step instructions for noobs? Thanks so much, if I can't get this to work, I'll have to return the gps while I still can.

I already saw that thread and I can view my system folder. But there is no folder called "maps." I see 5 file folders called:

Diag
EULA
ExtData
RemoteSW
sqlite

I then see the following files listed underneath the folders (not within the folders, just the list tree under "system"):

006D135900.gpi (GPI File)
fs_image.ver (VER File)
gmapbmap.img (Disc Image File)
gmapbmap.sum (SUM File)
gmapprom.img (Disc Image File)
gmapprom.sum (SUM File)
gmaptz.img (Disc Image File)
gmaptz.sum (SUM File)
Locales.xml (XML Document)
TrafficProvider.xml (XML Document)

I tried copying and pasting the gmapsupp.img file to be with these other files but when I disconnected the garmin and turned it on, it seemed no different than before. Do I need to do something special to transfer the file over? Do I need a SUM file (whatever that is) to go along with the .img file?

Thanks so much for your patience with me.

I'm not so sure that gmapprom2.img would be acceptable for a nüvi as mentioned in the previous post. Try gmapprom1.img or gmapsupp.img instead.
SUM files are just check-sum data calculated when the unit uses the diagnostics mode.

The normal map IMG files to use:

• gmapoem.img - Mostly for OEM data with customized POIs for the OEM reseller
• gmapbmap.img - Basemap
• gmapprom.img - Preinstalled map
• gmapprom1.img - Second preinstalled map
• gmapsupp.img - Supplementary map
• gmapsup2.img - Second supplementary map
• gmaptz.img - Time zones
• gmap3d.img - 3D buildings primary map (only compatible units)
• gmap3d1.img - 3D buildings secondary map (only compatible units)