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First, let me say thank you to all who have contributed to this wealth of knowledge, and thanks to all who have made the various programs and tutorials. I have been trying to convert nautical NOAA BSB raster charts to .img files to use on my Garmin 76cx with some success and some failure. Working with 1:40k and 1:80k charts, I have been cropping them with Microderm, boosting the color saturation and levels with GIMP, converting the files with BMap2MP (using MOAGU), and adding the charts to Map Source with Map Set Tool Kit. The only setting I change in MOAGU/BMap2 is to change the ID# to increase in sequence.
I have learned that I need to have a different Map ID# in BMap2 and Family ID# in Map Set Tool Kit to allow me to upload multiple charts into the GPS at once. However, I am suffering from a problem where when uploading multiple charts, some will display with the correct color on the GPS while others will have what is essentially the default Garmin yellow background with very faint words and markings, making those chart useless. However, when the problem charts are uploaded individually, they display perfectly. All charts display properely in Map Source on my computer.
I have some charts that overlap in coverage, and those display properly. I have tried to crop the problem charts so they do not overlap with neighboring charts, but still have the same problem. Hopefully this is some easily corrected rookie mistake, so please tell me that I am a fool for missing xxxxx
Thanks for your help
First, let me say thank you to all who have contributed to this wealth of knowledge, and thanks to all who have made the various programs and tutorials. I have been trying to convert nautical NOAA BSB raster charts to .img files to use on my Garmin 76cx with some success and some failure. Working with 1:40k and 1:80k charts, I have been cropping them with Microderm, boosting the color saturation and levels with GIMP, converting the files with BMap2MP (using MOAGU), and adding the charts to Map Source with Map Set Tool Kit. The only setting I change in MOAGU/BMap2 is to change the ID# to increase in sequence.
I have learned that I need to have a different Map ID# in BMap2 and Family ID# in Map Set Tool Kit to allow me to upload multiple charts into the GPS at once. However, I am suffering from a problem where when uploading multiple charts, some will display with the correct color on the GPS while others will have what is essentially the default Garmin yellow background with very faint words and markings, making those chart useless. However, when the problem charts are uploaded individually, they display perfectly. All charts display properely in Map Source on my computer.
I have some charts that overlap in coverage, and those display properly. I have tried to crop the problem charts so they do not overlap with neighboring charts, but still have the same problem. Hopefully this is some easily corrected rookie mistake, so please tell me that I am a fool for missing xxxxx
Thanks for your help
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