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Step 17, just leave it blank if you don't have a .TYP file and it works so it's not that.
what is the file name of your .img file? It needs to be an 8 digit number such as: 12345678.img

Yeah, it won't let me bring the file in unless it is named with an 8 digit number, so that doesn't seem to be it.

I got it.  Seems I hadn't copied all of the files for the CGPSMapper file into the folder, so it was missing a file it needed.  I put them all there and it ran fine this time.

Thanks for all the help!

Thanks.

Seems to be having some sort of issue.  Gets a "convert failed" error.  I think it is related to step 17, as I don't have a .typ, nor do I know what to use for a text file to compile into a .typ.  Only files that came to me were the .img, .mp, and .map. 

I tried it by leaving it blank, but that didn't work.  Tried making a blank text file of the same name as the .img file, but that didn't work ("convert failed: cannot compile TYP file" error).

A friend sent me a local map he had made up, which I would like to see in Mapsource so I can see what it has.  He sent 3 files, which he described as:

Polish format (.mp) for GPSMapEdit
cGPSMapper Format (.img) for loading into your GPS
Ozi Explorer (.map) for using a background image

The maps I have downloaded from here all had some sort of automated script to load them into Mapsource.  Can someone explain the manual process so I can load this guy in and see what it is?

Of course, if the map is any good, I will post it here.

Many thanks.  I even read that tutorial a few times prior to posting this message, but just wasn't seeing that pop down window with the maps.  I upgraded to the newest version of mapsource (though probably didn't need to - was probably just missing the drop down window) and it all seems to work now.

I have a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx with a 2gig MicroSD card and use Mapsource version 6.13.7 on a Windows machine.  Have a registered copy of BlueCharts installed.

Looking forward to benefiting from this site.  But, I am not a GPS power user, so figured I'd try something small to start.  I downloaded the Yosemite Topo map.  It contains 4 files:
- 54880637.img
- uninstall.exe
- YosemiteTopo.img
- YosemiteTopo.TDB

It looks like I can stick the MicroSD card directly into the laptop card reader and copy the 54880637.img file there to get access to the maps on the GPS.  Would this work?  Would I also need to copy the Yosemite.img file and/or Yosemite.tdb?

But I would prefer to learn how to load it into the Mapsource program first, and transfer the maps from there to the GPS (I think this will be important when I go for larger maps, like CA's, which contains many IMG files which I may want to select just some from).  The only menu option within Mapsource is File / Open, but that doesn't accept IMG or TDB file types.

I found mention of MapSetToolKit as the way to do this, so have downloaded that (version 1.6).  I run this, but am confused by the boxes in the lower left.  Did find a description in the forum on how to do this, but it seems to refer to an older Command Prompt version and doesn't seem to make sense with this version.   Anyone know of some instructions or help files for this program?

The steps I do are to select the YosemiteTopo IMG in the upper left, highlight this and add to the upper right box.  Mapset directory I use the same location that the IMG file resides in.  Mapset name of YosemiteTopo.  FamilyID and Product Code based on what shows up on the right side.  map version I leave at 1 and Copyright info as blank.  Draw priority and Transparent as default.  Checked Instal in MapSource.  Not sure what to do for TYP file box nor for CGPSMAPPER/CPREVIEW box.