Navigate to the folder Garmin > CustomMaps, this is where you will save the KMZ file generated by KMZFactory. If you have one of the supported Garmin devices you can try an example map: the USGS map of Grand Canyon encoded for Garmin GPS KMZ (9 MB) or the alternative from USDA Forest Service. Connect your GPS to your computer with its cord, and find it in the file browser. The application now supports direct export into the Garmin Custom Maps KMZ. Then copy that map file to your Garmin (the drive if you have a micro SD card, not the device) in the Garmin folder (which you must create first if it doesn’t already exist). This will create a single img file for each map you download.
#Gpx and kmz file garmin custom maps software
You can download and use this software for free. Or use the maps at, Download your map first.
#Gpx and kmz file garmin custom maps mac os
I am the author of MapTiler - a graphical application for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, which allows extremely easy and user-friendly transformation of raster geodata into the web presentation (mashups) and tile overlay for Google Maps, Bing, Yahoo Maps, OpenStreetMap or Google Earth. These geodata has already high quality georeference embedded, but they are using different coordinate systems and map projections then Google Earth and this complicates the conversion into the form supported by latest Garmin handhelds.
Look at USGS topographic maps, USFS maps, or NOAA Nautical Charts, etc. Through most of these converters, you can also view GPX file route maps, waypoints, latitude, longitude, and more information over an interactive map. On the Internet you can find plenty of free maps in the standardized GIS formats, which can be now transfered into your GPS device. Prepare maps for your Garmin even in Google Earth. They have chosen to do that with a simplified variant of Google Earth’s KMZ format, so you can Garmin rolled out beta version of firmware for their latest generation handheld GPS receivers allowing you to display scanned paper maps and another raster data in their navigation devices.
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