problem showing a map on the device in Basecamp

Berin · Aug 8, 2017

Well, almost. But as Wapping says, the issues were related to other stuff and not Garmin. If you plug your Zumo or other Garmin GPS to your Mac or Windows machine Basecamp should read the maps on it or on any card in it.

Garmin maps are set to "visible in Basecamp" as standard. Non Garmin maps can be set to "visible in Basecamp" using JDM. Non Garmin maps can be installed per the method above, and these maps can be read in any device, and in a card reader, and there are lots and lots of maps on the OSM website on the link above.

Wapping said:
For anyone arriving at this thread late, this was the opening post:

By the time we get to the end, the reality has changed considerably:

1. Card readers are involved, not a 'device' (which most people will read as a GPS device)

2. USB hubs are involved

3. The Mac is running as a virtual PC

4. Lots of other things in between

In short, the story and the assorted set of circumstances changes as the thread develops.

The good news is that anyone connecting their Garmin GPS device directly to their conventional Mac, should be able to draw across maps from their Garmin GPS device and / or from an SD card held within their Garmin GPS, with boring reliability. People running a conventional PC in the same conventional way, should be able to do the same, very reliably too.

The other bit of good news, is that anyone using their Mac, their Garmin devices and their card readers / USB hubs in the same way as Berin and encounter a problem with the maps not being drawn across now know why and / or have a reliable fix for their problem.

problem showing a map on the device in Basecamp

Berin

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