Detailed Morocco OSM maps for Garmin etc

[AdvOSM]

Re the OP’s question about the easy way to load on OSM map of Morocco (ideally with contour lines) onto my Zumo XT, I’ve developed a set of free OSM-based Garmin maps for adventure motorcycling that includes Morocco (and has 100m contour lines).

They are now listed on the Wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download

Just copy one or more map files to the Zumo’s SD card into a folder called “Garmin” in the root directory. You don’t need to rename the files.

If you connect the SD card to your PC, Basecamp will open them automatically. You can see far more detail in Basecamp than in a Zumo because the highest detail setting (“More”) is only equivalent to "Medium" in Basecamp.

For example, Casablanca in my Zumo XT on "More":


It looks like this in Basecamp on "Medium":


It looks like this in Basecamp (and in handheld Garmins like Oregons, but not Zumos and not Nuvis) on "High":


I was very surprised to find that Garmin does not include a "High" or "Highest" setting in a Zumo so that it can show on the screen all the detail that is actually inside the map, the way that the handhelds like the Oregon, Colorado, and Montana can be set show all the detail, not only details like viewpoints but the surface, width, grade, and ford warnings I built into these maps. They are clear in Basecamp and in my 2008 Oregon but invisible in my 2022 Zumo.

The direct link to the maps is here, with examples, the legend, and easy instructions:

https://rex8475.wixsite.com/advosm

Enjoy the maps.

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I have copied this post over from the GPS section.

Richard

 

[BozS]

Hi. Thanks for this... may be useful for my forthcoming trip. Presumably these will also work on Nav 6? Also, are there separate maps for download on to Basecamp? Or can same maps be used on both Basecamp and nav device?

Cheers

 

[dommiek]

On two recent trips to Maroc I used an OSM map on my Zumo XT and was surprised how good it was. The contour lines are very helpful and there's so many tracks to choose from, gave me the confidence to go anywhere.

 

[Treb]

@dommiek
Can I ask what scale your contour lines are?


@BozS

If you download the .img file and place it on a micro SD card (in the Garmin folder) then you can use that sd card either in the satnav OR, if you place it in a card reader and plug into your windows PC, Basecamp will read it. Useful if ypu don't need the map to be actually installed in BC.
If you do then you need the .exe one which you launch once download finished and it will install itself (in BC)

 

[BozS]

@BozS

If you download the .img file and place it on a micro SD card (in the Garmin folder) then you can use that sd card either in the satnav OR, if you place it in a card reader and plug into your windows PC, Basecamp will read it. Useful if ypu don't need the map to be actually installed in BC.
If you do then you need the .exe one which you launch once download finished and it will install itself (in BC)

Many thanks... useful info!

 

[dommiek]

@dommiek
Can I ask what scale your contour lines are?


@BozS

If you download the .img file and place it on a micro SD card (in the Garmin folder) then you can use that sd card either in the satnav OR, if you place it in a card reader and plug into your windows PC, Basecamp will read it. Useful if ypu don't need the map to be actually installed in BC.
If you do then you need the .exe one which you launch once download finished and it will install itself (in BC)

I can't recall what the scale was but there's enough of them to give a good image of the the terrain, similar to a UK Ordanance Survey map.
I think I must have paid a small fee to have that feature as they're not showing now. I was there in February 26 and March/April 25.