They simply note that it’s unsupported (but doesn’t void any warranties or such). Note that while Garmin would prefer you buy the maps from them, they actually go out of their way to allow you to download free maps from 3rd party providers. Though, spoiler: It’s the exact same steps as below. But these days they do support it on a few units – so we’ll start with that today, and then on Friday I’ll give you the refreshed version for the Garmin Edge Series. Back then Garmin didn’t have any wearables that could do maps. However, for the sake of cleaning things up (and search optimization), I’m going to refresh both of those posts. Somewhat astoundingly for a tech-specific post, everything I wrote in that post all those years back is still actually correct in terms of steps. Garmin now includes maps for the region you bought it in (such as North America if bought in the US, or Europe if bought within Europe), but they still don’t include any way to freely download maps for other regions (such as going for a trip from the US to Europe). Back then, Garmin didn’t include any meaningfully detailed maps for any Edge devices, you had to buy those separately – often costing $50-$100 per map/region.

After this is complete make sure to browse our maps section and download maps that can be installed on your GPS unit.Some six years ago I did a post on how to add free maps to your Garmin Edge series device. If you have limited bandwidth you can download Garmin Training Center as step one and then MapSource. These steps must be completed in order for success.Īlthough this tutorial was very simple it is currently the best way to get Garmin MapSource when it doesn't come with your Garmin GPS or purchased map. GPSFileDepot encourages everyone to use BaseCamp. BaseCamp is capable of viewing and loading all maps. Note: Today BaseCamp is available without as much restriction as Garmin MapSource. MapSource or BaseCamp (Windows or Mac) is required to install any maps released on GPSFileDepot. This short tutorial will detail how to download and install Garmin MapSource on your PC if it wasn't included with your GPS unit (such as the Garmin Nuvi).

How To Install MapSource If It Didn't Come With Your GPSĪuthor: Dan Blomberg | Last updated September 14th, 2011 at 05:33pm

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