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How To Create Garmin Topo Maps
The ultimate how to on creating custom Garmin topo maps. A step-by-step that details where to get data and then how to create maps.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 1 - Setup
Part 1 of my tutorial on how to create Garmin Compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details how to setup your computer to quickly and efficiently download and process the data.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 2 - Elevation Data
Part 2 of my tutorial on how to create Garmin Compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details how to download and process USGS elevation data for an entire state.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 3 - Water Data
Part 3 of my tutorial on how to create Garmin compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details how to download and process USGS NHD high resolution water data for an entire state.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 4 - Transportation Data
Part 4 of my tutorial on how to create Garmin compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details how to download and process US Census Bureau Tiger data into usable shp and mp formats.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 5 - Points of Interest
Part 5 of the tutorial on how to create Garmin compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details how to download and process points of interest data into usable shp and mp formats from the USGS geographic names information system.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 6 - Federal Lands
Part 6 of the tutorial on how to create Garmin compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details how to download and process Federal Land data such as National Parks, Native American Reservations, etc.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 7 - Borders
Part 7 of the tutorial on how to create Garmin compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details how to download and process state and county borders in GPSMapEdit and Global Mapper.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 8 - Combining Data
Part 8 of the tutorial on how to create Garmin compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details how to combine all the previously downloaded and processed data into a few polish format (.mp) files.
How To Create Garmin Topo Maps - Part 9 - Compiling Data
The final part, part 9 of the tutorial on how to create Garmin compatible topographic maps from available data. This part details the file conversion from .mp files to Garmin compatible .img files. It also details creating a setup file.