Maps for Garmin based on OpenStreetMap
Maps with Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
Information: a Digital Elevation Model is a file which contains information about land height in each point of the map. Garmin maps format can include a DEM, so that a hill shading like in the image below can be shown.
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It is also possible with a DEM to see maps in 3D on BaseCamp and devices with such option (Oregon 600 for example).
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Additionally, maps with DEM are able to calculate vertical profil of routes created in a computer or in a GPS device (if the model has such capability).
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I want to use DEM maps for garmin 1040 for climb pro. but while using provided dem maps have very mismatch data. what should i do ? can i help me in any way.
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I use the best possible sources to build DEM data, but I think in very step areas, like those where one can climb it's difficult to get really good accuracy. Can you provide an example, so that I can check it?
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025th January 2024 6:50am
Hello,
Would you care to share how you integrate DEM info into map files ? I've downloaded Copernicus data (EU DEM Data) which are GeoTIFF files, but couldn't find how to 1. convert them to HGT format (used by mkgmap) and 2. I suppose there is some extra preparation before running it with mkgmap ?
Maybe some script examples could help :)
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You can convert GeoTiff to hgt using gdal, running the following command in the folder you have them:
FIles used by mkgmap must have a given size. If your files don't have this size you'll have to cut/join them. I suggest you have a look at mkgmap help for more info (java -jar mkgmap --help)
for i in *.tif ; do gdal_translate -strict -q -eco -of SRTMHGT $i `basename $i tif`hgt ; done ; rm -f *.hgt.aux.xmlFIles used by mkgmap must have a given size. If your files don't have this size you'll have to cut/join them. I suggest you have a look at mkgmap help for more info (java -jar mkgmap --help)
19th December 2021 12:30pm
I've downloaded the Europe map with DEM. I installed it and can use it in Garmin Basecamp. However when I want to install (part of) a map to my device, Garmin Etrex I cannot select the Europe map as a source to select the parts of the total map that I would like to send to my device.
I can't do it from Basecamp and neither can do it by opening MapInstall seperately.
Admin:
It's very estrange. If you can see the map in BaseCamp, it means it recongizes map correctly and it should be available to select in MapInstall. I guess you have other maps installed. If you use maps from other source may be there's some conflict between maps, but it is not probable.
15th June 2021 9:07pm
Jan Kaper (Holland)
I have some older OSM based maps installed (2016 versions) on my D:// drive in a folder. I could only get the DEM map to show in Basecamp by installing it along the path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Garmin\BaseCamp\Maps To test things further, I installed Basecamp on my laptop completely fresh. It installs with a basic world map, which also installed in the program files directory as shown above. I then installed the Europe DEM map on the laptop, using the installer's default path: ... Read More
16th June 2021 9:55pm
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