Garmin Oregon 450 Review – Custom Map By www.hat.net Show how to create a custom map using Oregon 450 (also works on Oregon 300, 400, 450t, 500/550, and possibily Colorado) 1) Find any map, save to jpg 2) Start Google Earth 3) Add – Image Overlay (Shift-CTRL O) 4) Connect Garmin Oregon 5) Save to /Garmin/CustomMap You can use… Historial Map, Zoo Map, tourist map… etc
Tags: Feature, 300t, 400
I was able to use Trekbuddy to add the OpenCycle map to my Oregon. I also added the OpenStreetMap for the GVRD
I recommend the Vancouver/Whistler city explorer – that will enable routing for driving directions. It’s a 10 dollar map at Garmin.
The Backcountry Mapbook sells a SD card with a BC wide map for hiking.
When “save place as” I can’t save as jpg … only kmz or kml . Placing the kmz file on the Garmin gave me no results.
You have to save as “kmz”. The file has to be placed within ?:\garmin\CustomMap\ (you have to create the folder) “?:” is the drive name of the garmin device.
My Oregon 450 says “Image too big” and does not load the custom map. Apparently Oregon will not take more than 1024×1024 size JPG images within the KMZ. Any video instructions on how to use MAPC2MAPC or other tools to deal with this limitation would be greatly appreciated.
@VancouverDriver
Don’t you mean “Backroad mapbook”? backroadmapbooks D O T com
@jblackrupert yep, thats the one.
@jblackrupert but it’s cheaper at the DiscoverGPS store in Burnaby.
Great video. I learned a lot. ty