Step By Step Instructions On How To Download Open Street Maps To Your GPS!

The Steps are short, sweet and to the point. Pictures are added for easier installation. WINDOWS ONLY. NO MACS(apple)- SORRY  :(

Step #1-
     Open your internet browser and type into the url bar at the top of the page(or click on the link or copy and paste it): http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download

Step #2-

     Scroll down on the page until you find North America and then find Canada(all Provinces). Now make sure that you click the second Canada All provinces as the first takes a while to download. See image for the right one.

Step #3-
     Now CLICK on the "osm_routable_mapsource_Canada_2_feb_2010.exe" file highlighted in blue on the page.

Step #4-
     The link will take to a website called mediafire.com   Click to start downloading!

Step #5-

     Click RUN to start the download.



Step #6-

     Let the program run. When completed save it where you can find it accessable. Mine took about 4 hours to download. Judge it on how fast your computer is. I have high speed.

Step #7-

     When done downloading. Go to the spot where you had saved the file and open it.

Step #8-

     Click NEXT on the wizard. Agree to all the terms and then install.

Step #9-

     Let the file do its thing.

Step #10-

     Click FINISH.

Step #11-
     Go to your start menu and type in "OSM World Routable". Click the folder.

Step #12-

     When opened there will be a lot of IMG files. What you have to do now is plug in your Garmin GPS Device and open the hardware( Should automaticly open) if not go into "My computer through your desktop and open it that way. Then open the GARMIN folder.

Step #13-
     GO back to the OSM World Routable folder and highlight all the IMG files from #63240256 to #63240391. So everything but the 63240000 files and the Uninstall file. Highlight by going into the empty space beside(right of) #63240256 and click and hold and drag left and then down to #63240391. See pic.

Step #14-

     Let go from holding down the mouse and right click on any of the highlighted files. Click COPY.

Step #15-

     Go back to your GARMIN folder and right click and click paste. It might take about 10 minutes to copy. Once done. X out of everything and safely remove your Garmin Device and start er up and bam you got FREE Routable Maps. Enjoy!! Comment if you have ANY questions. Hope this helped!