Drive 40 Route Planning Issues

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Good day all,

I have a Garmin Drive 40 which I use to travel some with from time to time. The problem is, some of the back country roads I would like to take are not on the City Navigator Map, so I attempted to create a track on Google Earth and import it on Base Camp to create a route from there however the route would not save on the device, even though I've reduced the via points significantly.

Any idea how I can work around this? I am thinking it may be a compatibility issue with the device, or perhaps I should try loading other maps on the device?

Any advice will be appreciated.

Regards
 
Some Satnavs will only allow Routes (Rather than Tracks) to be sent from Basecamp, this can cause a problem because Routes usually have a road / path etc to follow on the map, If your Drive 40 won't accept Tracks then you can generate a Track in basecamp and then convert it to a Route using the 'Create Route from Selected Track' option, an alternative is to install a map that has the road / paths that you want to use on it, have a look at the Free Map section here :-
https://www.gps-forums.com/threads/can-i-get-free-maps.46545/

If you have a map that contains the road / path you want to use you can create the Route directly in Basecamp and then send it to your Drive 40
 
Hi Nuci-Nebie,

Thank you for the response, I found all the roads I would like to take on OpenStreetMap, now my question is, how do I download the maps for a specific region and install it on the GPS device, for some reason I keep hitting a wall with this.

Regards
 
Each download link in post #2 has instruction on how to install maps, if you use Download 2 link, (Note, Download link 1 is only for UK maps), then use the link 'How To Use', at the top of the page, here are the steps :-
  • From the 'Maps' link scroll down to the bottom and select South Africa and Lesotho, then select 'Save link Target'
  • When you have downloaded the *.img file, copy it to a microSD with a Garmin folder e.g. /Garmin/*.img
  • Place the microSD card into your Drive 40
Your Drive 40 will now have a new map to select, also when you connect the Drive 40 to a computer running Garmin Basecamp, Basecamp will also be able to 'see' the new map and it can be used to create a new Route that can then be sent back to the Drive 40

If you already have a microSD in your Drive 40 then simply add the new downloaded *.img file to the /Garmin folder
 

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