Streets, roads and important icons are displayed significantly. Features: All areas are marked with 'pale' colors with 'medium' contrast.Purpose: Design optimized for use on handheld GPS devices (tested with Garmin GPSMAP 62s).These maps are 'easy' to read for people with defective color vision.ĭownload 'freizeit.TYP' Design 'outdoor':Ĭharacteristics of the map design 'outdoor': Extras: Important objects are in 'pure' colors.Streets, roads and important symbols are represented more 'significantly'. Features: For many areas 'pale' colors with 'medium' contrast are used.Purpose: Standard design of all Freizeitkarten project maps which is easy to use on PC (Basecamp) as well as GPS units.start shell script: sh ReplaceTyp.sh /path_to_my/gmapsupp.imgĬharacteristics of the map design 'freizeit':.connect the GPS device with your linux computer.Replace the design right in your GPS device (Linux):įor users of Windows systems, this is possible via drag & drop now: drag the file 'gmapsupp.img' on the icon of the 'ReplaceTyp.cmd' file.display the contents of the SD card (GPS device) in another explorer window.display the contents of the 'ReplaceTyp' folder in an explorer window.connect the GPS device with your Windows computer.Replace the design right in your GPS device (Windows):įor users of Windows systems, this is possible via drag & drop:

To install map with alternative design into GPS receiver:

the previously selected map should appear in a new design.

select map -> Extras -> Change or add file TYPE -> select TYPE file.

Program JaVaWa GMTK installed (OS X, Windows).Afterwards the map can be transferred to the GPS device via Garmin MapInstall. The following describes how the map design is changed in Garmin BaseCamp. To install alternative map design for BaseCamp: The right the high-contrast design 'small'. Bern, the 'capital' of Switzerland - left the default display 'freizeit' and on If they don't match probably some elements are wrongly displayed or not shown at all!ĭifferent map styles - the visual appearance of the card is strongly influenced by the design used. For the Freizeitkarten Project maps, there are various designs (illustrations) that make the map look very differently.Ī map of a given release and a design file of this release belong together.

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