Gramin MapInstall

Install maps onto your Garmin GPS device with no hassle.

Download and install

Gramin MapInstall requires Java on all platforms. Here is how to find out if you have Java installed. If you don't have it, download and install Java from here.

Mac OS X

• Download Gramin MapInstall for Mac OS X
• Open the dmg file
• Move Gramin MapInstall to /Applications (optional)
• Right click (or control-click) on Gramin MapInstall
• Click Open
• Click Open when prompted “Gramin MapInstall” is from an unidentified developer. Are you sure you want to open it?

The last three steps are only necessary when running Gramin MapInstall the first time.

Linux

Gramin MapInstall was tested on Ubuntu 17.10. It might not work on other distributions.

• Install libgconf (apt-get install libgconf-2-4 when using Ubuntu)
• Download Gramin MapInstall for Linux
• Extract the archive (eg. tar xjvf gramin-mapinstall-*.tar.bz2)
• The executable is gramin-mapinstall-*/gramin-mapinstall

Windows

If you are interested in Windows support buy me beers.

Source code

Gramin MapInstall is an open source project. Fork it on GitHub.

Disclaimer

Use at your own risk. It might destroy the Earth. Or better don't use it.