Originally Posted by Walkabout

.kml is google earth related. The "z" factor may be related to zipped files for google earth.
Anyway, there is another thread in here about Google and its' earth

The earlier reference to .imj will be a typo IMO.
https://www.file-extensions.org/imj-file-extension

Originally Posted by MEZ

Sorry too in-depth there, brain in a blender for me.....!!!

Originally Posted by Walkabout

Hence, stick with what you want to achieve right now; I guess you want those OSM maps placed on the Zumo = back to the OP in this thread and the relevant posts that follow that, concerning storing data on SD cards for instance.

Everything else is just pheripheral and nice to know, eventually.

Originally Posted by Walkabout

Hence, stick with what you want to achieve right now; I guess you want those OSM maps placed on the Zumo = back to the OP in this thread and the relevant posts that follow that, concerning storing data on SD cards for instance.

Everything else is just pheripheral and nice to know, eventually.

Originally Posted by deelip

I posted this in another section and people recommended that I repost it here.

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I use a Garmin nuvi 2567lm GPS device and take it with me wherever I travel. It's a car GPS. But I also use it when riding a motorcycle. I place it in a handlebar mounted waterproof pouch. Garmin offers regular map updates which I install every now and then.

While preparing for my trip to Sri Lanka I couldn't find a Garmin provided map for the country. I searched online and found other companies selling Garmin compatible maps for Sri Lanka. I also came across a website called garmin.openstreetmap.nl which claimed to offer free maps for Garmin GPS devices. These maps are based off data provided by OpenStreetMap, a "community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world."

I had heard of the OpenStreetMap project before, but didn't pay much attention to it because Garmin was providing the maps I needed. But left with little option, I decided to try out this web site and see if the maps were any good.

To get a map you need to choose the country on the web site and download it. I left the map type to the default (generic routable), picked Sri Lanka as the country and the map on the web page below highlighted sections that covered Sri Lanka.



I then clicked the download link and was asked to select the type of file.



I picked the windows executable as I use the Windows version of Basecamp software to manage my GPS. I ran the executable and installed the map on my computer. The anti-virus software on my computer complained, but I crossed my fingers and ignored the warning.

Next I plugged in my GPS to my computer, started Basecamp and proceeded to install the map on the memory card of the GPS . I went through the wizard and the file "OSM generic routable(LKA_20-01-2016).img" was copied onto the SD card in the Map folder.

I set this map as the current map in Basecamp and zoomed into Colombo city. All the major roads seemed to be there.



I zoomed in a little more and found that the map had a significant amount of detail in it. Pleased with myself, I proceeded to add way points for my ride around Sri Lanka and created a route.

After reaching Sri Lanka and renting a motorcycle, I strapped the GPS to the handlebar and was surprised to find the map blank. Surprisingly, the GPS was guiding me along roads asking me to turn left and right at intersections. It was as if the map was somewhere in the GPS but I couldn't see the roads. After some fiddling around I figured that multiple maps were active on the device and the OpenStreetMap was hiding under Garmin's map which didn't have any data for Sri Lanka.

I deactivated all maps except the Sri Lanka OpenStreetMap map and the roads showed up on the GPS. I spent two days following the route I had planned and the OpenStreetMap map worked like a charm. The map was completely routable just like Garmin's maps and I could safely take detours and have the GPS route me back on track without any problem.

garmin.openstreetmap.nl gets two thumbs up from me.

Originally Posted by Walkabout

Hence, stick with what you want to achieve right now; I guess you want those OSM maps placed on the Zumo = back to the OP in this thread and the relevant posts that follow that, concerning storing data on SD cards for instance.

Everything else is just pheripheral and nice to know, eventually.

Originally Posted by Walkabout

Apparently, I was wrong in this; you do want to load those maps directly into basecamp without putting them into the Zumo first.

This is what an .exe file does.
https://fileinfo.com/extension/exe

Ref your last post, did you run the file on your computer (it needs to be executed, i.e. run, and not simply cut and pasted, drag and dropped or some other means of transferring said file between locations)?

Originally Posted by MEZ

Hello Dave,
I had a mental block with my PC and at same time Bertrand from here offered to WhatsApp call me and we just spent 2 hours talking me through it all. I have been playing around with all the basecamp features and settings, jobs a guddun...!!!

Many thanks for your input as well, feel I've just spent a very satisfying several hours on HU and internet getting me somewhere very good where GPS travel is concerned...!!!

Originally Posted by Walkabout

Maybe drop a few bread crumbs in to this thread to indicate solutions to what ever the gaps are in the earlier postings that didn't lead you to your solution - for the benefit of those who follow in your wheel ruts

Originally Posted by Walkabout

. but this is starting to very much move away from the original purpose of this thread - as pointed out earlier).

Originally Posted by Warin

Seconded!!!
MEZ while it is fresh in your mind ... write it down, review it in a week and make any mods then post it here? Not a mater of brains, just knowledge and that knowledge is gained in different ways by each individual.

Originally Posted by MEZ

don’t forget my initial honesty about this..!!!!