unable to use Vietnam map

[B_Cam]

I am also having problems using the .IMG file on my Garmin. I have tried saving the Cambodia map (.IMG file) to the root directory of my SD card in my GPS but cannot find any detail when I zoom in to Cambodia.

I have installed Mapsource onto my PC, but not sure what to do with it. As you say, Mapsource won't open an .IMG file

Windows wants to use the file to either burn a disk image or open it with IrfanView, but is unable to do either as it tells me the file header is incorrect.

Any suggestions?

[lurkin]

I am also having problems using the .IMG file on my Garmin. I have tried saving the Cambodia map (.IMG file) to the root directory of my SD card in my GPS but cannot find any detail when I zoom in to Cambodia.

I have installed Mapsource onto my PC, but not sure what to do with it. As you say, Mapsource won't open an .IMG file

Windows wants to use the file to either burn a disk image or open it with IrfanView, but is unable to do either as it tells me the file header is incorrect.

Any suggestions?

The IMG-file is a map file in Garmin's native map format. Besides of Garmin GPS units there are only very few application which are able of reading the IMG-file.

To use the IMG-map file on a microSD card inserted into your Garmin unit is pretty straight forward procedure.
You need to create a directory called "garmin" on the microSD card in the first step.
Next copy the IMG-file onto the microSD card into the directory Garmin and insert the card into the device.
Fire up your GPS and from the main screen navigate to "Tools" button located on the right bottom end of the display.
In the next menu which pops up automatically select "Settings" which takes you to the next menu.
Tap the "Map" symbol there and you will be taken to the Map menu where you can adjust the Map details (most) Map view (3-D), the vehicle and if the unit should display the trip log.
On the same page on the bottom you should see "info"; when you tap this the unit will display all available maps on your unit.
Make sure you tick the ack of the new map which you just copied onto your microSD card.

Much easier would be to upload the map via Mapsource. The following applies for map with Mapsource installer (i.e. our Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam map set) only.
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Hope that helps

[B_Cam]

HI, still not having any sucess.

I have created a folder on my micro SD card called Garmin and coppied the file gmapprom.img into this folder. When I go into Settings/Map/Info in my GPS device, there appears to be only the Australia/New Zealand map installed. There is a check box with a tick in it beside the words CN Aus & NZ NT 2011.20 and no other maps listed.

I am also unable to find any detail when I zoom in on Cambodia in my GPS.

I would greatly appreciate any advice as to what I can do to solve this problem. I have Mapsource on my PC, so would try transfering the maps via Mapsource, however my understanding is that I would need the Cambodia maps in a different format to open them in Mapsource. Is this correct?

Any help is much appreciated.

[lurkin]

I would like to suggest to download the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Mapsource installer from the download area here and install it using Mapsource.
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[Chuparuedas]

Hi All,
This could maybe solve my identical problem. (Only Thailand visible, but not Cam-Laos-Viet.) I'll give it a try. Thanks Lurkin.

[Chuparuedas]

Hi,
Excuse for the strange header. I must have ticket the image verification in the wrong bar. Anyway you will understand.
Chuparuedas