I've spent hours on garmin map source working out how to work it and transfer maps when I first bought a garmin 2610 many years ago, I was a little reluctant to swap over to basecamp but I did it wasn't that bad, when touring I use two navigation units, a Montana 650t and a BMW VI only because I have the two units on different zoom levels the bmw unit has extra buttons to zoom in and out, the Montana is about the best unit I've used upto now with off road,

I still have the two old units I first used the 2610 and a BMW nav II I still use today.

I'll post a link to a site that I use to get my osm from, you may have to make a small donation to access the full maps you want, what I would say is before you do that upload a big maps only upload one country map and have a play till you get to no your way round

Here is the like to where I get my maps
Free maps for Garmin from OpenStreetMap - Maps Download

You don't say why!
There are plenly of folk on here who will help out with any aspects.

It is probably best to post about aspects of OSM downloading in the sticky thread below, which contains a lot of posts over the years about that process - then it is easier to find in future.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...eet-maps-64135

Downloading OSM was certainly free last time I looked at it, but there are a few websites that are attempting to make some cash by doing the small amount of computer work on behalf of others - I posted in there about that aspect a while ago.

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I've used these many times before Free worldwide Garmin maps from OpenStreetMap
It's a bit of a chew on with uploading as you are put in a que then you can only put a set amount of maps on in one down load, 4gb if I remember
With the site I use it lets you upload all of Asia or Europe or South America or North America all in one go then it separates it into 4 or five units so you can put onto one 16gb memory card, for the sake of a five pound donation that's acceptable,
You may correct me here but the guys that do these free maps rely on people like use to make a small donation to keep these maps free for every one

Yep basically - Hundreds of thousands of volunteers put together the OSM data, including some folk who post on here, and all that data goes into the OSM website from where it can be accessed freely, gratis, no charge.
The main motivation appears to be that maps should be free, so to speak.
There is a voluntary paypal donate button on the main webpage.

Thereafter, some websites are doing some of the downloading "computer work" in advance on behalf of the public and they want a financial contribution toward their own labour - there is nothing wrong with that per se; I just happened to mention this in the sticky thread a while ago when I first became aware of this.

Even further along the evolutionary chain, a lot of free apps are now using OSM; possibly OSM is the most popular mapping source for smartphone apps as the OSM levels of accuracy have improved so much (updated at least weekly - there are not many other maps that can make that claim).

So, apps may even charge a few £/$ for their own product, or stream advertisements in lieu with their free versions, thereby making profit from the open source OSM.
But, they have put in the work to build the app in the first place.


I suspect we are well away from the needs of the OP however!
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ps
The spanish site that was linked above (.es in the web address) is one example of those who are making maps available based on OSM.
"Maps for Garmin based on OpenStreetMap" to quote the website.

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Meanwhile, I forgot to mention that there are a whole shedload of videos on the likes of Youtube that tutor about basecamp.
Am I right in thinking that garmin have their own online tutoring for basecamp? (it's been a while since I looked at anything specific to Garmin).

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As usual walkabout absolutely spot on, some apps I feel make it more simple than others to than others.
Garmin do m8,

That site has precomplied maps ... if you just stick to their selected countries on the pull down bits then the download is available straight away. Will still take some time for the download itself. Only if you need a combination of one or more countries and maybe some added areas .. then you need to wait while the custom map is compiled for you.

The site I use you don't

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