Want a map but don't know how to get one?

Here we will present to you in regular intervalls great free maps which you can use with your GPS! Free maps are a great alternative to commercial maps as commercial maps are quite expensive, and cover only very few countries. Free maps are available of almost every country in the world!

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November 29, 2008

Contour lines of all of Italy

Here you can find three different sets with contourlines from all of Italy. The sets include the lines in intervall of 100, 50 or 25 meter. The tiles are transparent, which means that you can use them easily in combination with other mapsets such as the City Navigator. The maps are included in a .exe file which includes the map automatically into Mapsource, from where you can easily send it to your Gamrin GPS device

November 23, 2008

Topographic map of the Harz

This topographic map of the mountain-region "Harz" includes rivers, contourlines, POIs and of course trails and roads. Some of the trails are wrong though or not complete, but except for that it's a really nice and detailled map. The site is only in german, but it's still possible to find everything, and in case you get lost google translate might help you. You can download it as a .zip file which includes three .img files, which you can either integrate manually in Mapsource or send it directly to your Garmin GPS device .

November 20, 2008

Map of the Jamtal

This basic map of the Jamtal includes some hiking trails and tracks up to the peaks. It does not include contour lines, but some points do show you the height along the tracks. The site is only in german, but it's still possible to find everything, and in case you get lost google translate might help you. The map is a single .img file, which you can either integrate manually in Mapsource or send it directly to your Garmin GPS device .

November 16, 2008

15.000 Cities of Germany

This map is not a real map, more a collection of towns and cities. It includes more then 15.000 cities and villages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The site is only in german, but it's still possible to find everything, and in case you get lost google translate might help you. The map is a single .img file, which you can either integrate manually in Mapsource or send it directly to your Garmin GPS device .

November 11, 2008

Very nice topo-map of Czech Republic

This very nice, detailed topographic map from Czech Republic can be downloaded as a .exe files which includes the map automatically into Mapsource, from where you can easily send it to your Gamrin GPS device

November 9, 2008

Really good topo-map of Poland

This excellent topographic map can be downloaded only from a polish site. But it's still quite easy to navigate through it. Just klick on Garmin on the menu at the right side, and the you will see the available maps. The maps are included in a .exe file which includes the map automatically into Mapsource, from where you can easily send it to your Gamrin GPS device

November 1, 2008

Routable map of Tunisia

This routable map of Tunisia also includes contour lines. Mainly small mountain tracks and desert tracks are included in the map, but also a couple of "normal" roads. Besides that it includes many POIs like gas stations, hotels, campgrounds, sights and so on. The map is included in a .exe file which includes the map automatically into Mapsource, from where you can easily send it to your Gamrin GPS device