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Tak! Thank you! I just bought an old Nüvi for next to nothing, and instead of having to pay 15 times the purchase price for a map update that I really don't have a need for that matches the value, it us now current again

I bought a used Garmin Nuvi many, many years ago (from Craigslist; I think I paid about $60 for it, and that was a great deal back then). As cell phones came along and were able to easily replace my Garmin, I kept it anyway. Now, some 20 or 30 years later, I still use it occasionally, like when I'm traveling long distance by car and I don't want to have my phone tied up by using it as a GPS; in that case, Garmin Nuvi to the rescue! And, all these years later, I still get free map upgrades, just as Garmin promised. Thank you, Garmin. Great company. I love their smart watches, too.

Thanks for this. I like to use my old Garmin Nuvi the exact one in this video so that big tech isn't tracking every journey I make, and also because sometimes I go on camping trips and these often take me outside cell range. Easier just to click than to download maps. This is a huge help as my maps were updated 10 years ago and are missing a lot of key items. UPDATE: When I tried to use the Garmin Express app to update my firmware, it offered me a map update without asking me for any credit card or any payment! Some of these items were sold with map updates included in the purchase price; and apparently the Garmin Express app identified my device as eligible for a map update - so I ended up getting an update from Garmin! 🙂

Thank you for this video. I have my sister's nüvi 760, and Garmin wants to charge me $89.99 for maps. Fortunately, this Garmin is newer has no issues with files larger 2GB. Downloaded the maps. Joined the files as you explained. Copied the files directly to my 8GB SanDisk class 10 SD card. Inserted the SD card into the Garmin. Turn on the Garmin. The Garmin started loading the maps. I went to Tools ---> Settings ---> Map ---> Map Info , and verified that the Open Map Chest maps were the maps being used.

Thanks! Now I can use my old Nuvi 200 as a backup navigator! It stays in a drawer for 15 years and now it's back to "life"!😀😀

Hey man, you're totally unappreciated. I got an old Garmin Nuvi 200m working again, now I've integrated it into my doomsday laptop. Love the video!

You can actually just combine the 4 maps and rename the bigger US south map instead of splitting it 3 and 2 for the entire maps. saves you a few steps

bought an old Garmin unit. your solution worked perfect on that one..thanks

My girlfriend's car's AC does not work, and she has a 16 hour long road trip coming up. Her phone overheats and shuts off, so using it for GPS wasn't an option. I spotted a Garming Nuvi 780 for $5 at a local thrift store, and was dismayed to find the map updates were paywalled/unavailable. Your tutorial saved me a huge headache. Thanks!

I'm not a broad but I do use GPS....

Now I know that not all hero wears a cape..... You are my HERO 😀

Amazing...very clear instructions bro! About to put my SD card into my device...hoping it works! 👌

thank u :) going through some old devices. Almost used it for parts now the nüvi 205 is happy again with new maps.

Cheers! Thanks for helping me get my Nuvi back up and running as a backup device in the whip

Always loved Garmin. I am still using one from time to time.

Do these older Garmin devices do better than old smartphone in acquiring GPS signal? Many of older smarphone GPS simply stops working or working acceptably, due to changes made in GPS.

Super useful. How do I find out the file size / number of files restrictions for my Nuvi 2569 LMT. Also are there any differences between the Garmin supplied maps and the OpenMapChest versions? Do they look the same / have the same info? Cheers again!

Thanks man worked like a charm(nuvi 40). Cheers! :)

Nice video... , thanks for taking the time and posting this video 😊

Great. I managed to revive my old Garmin Nuvi 200. Many thanks!

This is very useful video with lots of information. Will this process works with BMW Motorrid Garmin Nav6?.

I have a GPS 255W Garmin and I download the Canada map and it did not work for me. I update it with Garmin Express and this part worked well. I follow each part of your video and I don't know what I'm doing wrong, it seems that my GPS Garmin doesn't detect the SD card, nothing happened when I inserted it in. Can you help me?

Gracias , muy buen tutorial , revivi un viejo nuvi 50 lm , que tenia muchos años guardado, le baje el mapa de mexico y como bien dices puede servir para alguien que no quiera gastar datos del telefono o para quienes lo quieran para navegar en centroamerica .Good job on giving your knonledge tu us for updating or reviving our old garmins .

Thank you. Your video walked me through the install no problem

Thanks for that .Well explained , job done !

Can you add a simpler video where you are not merging files? I'm trying to install the USA South file to my Garmin Nuvi 750 but have not been successful and do not know why. Too much going on in your video.

Wait is there a difference between the full map from Garmin Express and the one from the website mentioned?

Very helpful! Thanks

Thx a lot, i didnt know about the 2 and 4 gig limitation on old gps

Hello Thank you for the procedure to get the maps. I have a Oregon 450 and the SD card was corrupted so I had to format the card. I lost my Garmin City Navigator, so I downloaded Canada map from Open map chest and then open it with QB.torrent on the 4G SD card in a folder Garmin but it does not show up. Any reason that you think to solve my problem? Thank you

Worked perfectly thank you so much!

You're a legend man thanks

thankyou so much ,it worked great on my nuvi 200

Holy! It works for garmin navi ! Thank you! Is this work for honda garmin dash gps too?

awesome tutorial. now i can sideload maps onto my garmin. Do these maps include searchable points of interests (POI) Just like on original garmin maps?

I can see why you didn't bother to try and update the nuvi 360 (one of the ones you showed) because garmin express doesn't recognize this device, they no longer support this older device, so why did you give the impression it could be upgraded with garmin express?

Good stuff!

Exactly what I was looking for.. have a nuvi 1300 so just my luck lol... Question: do you think it would be possible to compress the files?

Thanks it was very clean instruction

Fantastic video! Wondering if one can download marine maps? Specially for Canada.

i extracted the openmapchest folder(for Europe) and i doesn t have the img file just a bunch of folders (over 150)

Thank you! It worked on my nuvi 50

Very helpful. Thnx!

I found an old Garmin Nüvi 1250 in my drawer. Will your tutorial work on such an old device? My goal is to load the maps of Europe, they are 8 GB in a single file.

I tried this on my garmin drivesmart 61 got the map to show however i cannot set routes as the search doesn't find any streets even though it shows them on the map. Anyone know how to fix this?

You talk about upgrading the "Firm ware" first; what's a "Firm ware" and what does it do ?

Has anyone tried for the maps of Europe? I get something completely diff from video and hundreds of folders

So can I update other country's map for it? How do I know if that model can update the map and what is the difference in the characters behind it? like T and LM , and has no characters

Thanks for the great detail, 100% video...

Does this still work in 2024? I tried it and got a "header length not even" which gives me a create output file error when I attempt to join the files..

Do you know if this works with the current Garmin Zumo motorcycle devices? I would like to load US maps for a holiday road trip Thanks

Would you know how to stop a Garmin nuvi 1390 from crashing? I Installed the Canada map and every time I try to view the map it just freezes and then goes black. Many Thanks!

That mexico example hurt Beacause its not that different from the us where i live go to tijuana and check it out

Your video is very nice but I don't know how to use gmap tool. My question is if direct copy paste and install in memory card will it work? please reply me. Thanks

My garmin is telling me. System software missing and I hooked it up to the computer and did what the video told me to do, and it's still not working.

Hi, Tried to install Philippine map on my Garmin 770 LM . Did everything you said but Map never appeared on my Garmin.

Where can I download topo maps for old garmin like 260W, 205 or 1350?, thanks.!

How can I do this on a Nuvi 255W? when I put the sd card into the gps, the map does not show up on the map list.I have followed all the steps

Hallo Can you help me to Update the Pioneer Avic S1 ? Thanks

poste code needs city navigator maps otherwise no poste code search facility on garmin

Thank you

Hi, I am from INDIA I have Garmin nuvi 2567LM model want to update it... So will it work...? Plz reply

hello brother help me to get RGN For Carmen 1390 because it stops at the name garmin

Hi. Is it possible to do this with a Garmin 10r-04 6953? Thanks.

we couldn't find India map for download Garmin Nuvi gps ? is there any other website to download those map please?

Can I download it directly to my GPS? I don't have an sd card

i tried but it does not work ; i'm sad because i lost my original SD Card with the Noth America map

Hi! I bought a car with Nüvi 2250. What to do, if I unzip the maps and it not .ISO Western Europe is 8Gb. How to split if there is no .iso? Thx for your help.

Can I just upload the south or south and northeast U.S. or do I have to upload all of the U.S.?

Bro this was very helpful and worked. If you can figure out how to do something like this for a 2007 chevy avalanche with factory navigation I would really appreciate it!

how can you get water maps for sailing ?

Does anyone know where to get map of east erope? On this site is only west...

I'm ready to take on the freaking world .... or at least 4.3 inches of it.

Garmin 265 maps never showed up

Got completely lost after winrar.

I'm going back to Carmen because on Google maps they are shit now and I'm pretty sure they're going to start putting ads more and more

Ontario Canada maps available?

Hello again, I am still waiting for somebody to help me. I have "liked and Subscribed", but I am unable to download said maps. Thank you.

Honestly, this video goes in all directions from wanting to do too many things at once! Instead, you should have focused on ONE task and explained how to do it! In the end, this video goes in all directions at once, and becomes useless! Sorry!

Similar to @Bills5423 problem below, I've downloaded Western Europe, followed all the steps and unzipped (‘OpenMapChest Western Europe.gmap') into its own folder as per your vid but now I have hundreds of folders within the OpenMapChest Western Europe.gmap folder, but all containing odd files?? I got as far as 7:15 on your video "..extract into their own separate folders".. but I don't have any maps extracted into their own separate folders, only the hundreds of folders containing 'stuff'.. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers.

Don’t bother,the graphics are so bad on older satnavs you are better off with a free version on your phone from play store

GET TO THE POINT ALTEADY!!!!