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Thanks Boyd, I really appreciate the help. I looked at Extended Labels but I thought it did not apply to labels generated from the shape file.  I think that will work for me.  The map is only intended for hiking type devices so hopefully, the labels will work ok.

It's really unfortunate that the software is not What You See Is What You Get, because when you make a change to the map, then you have to make a new .img file and install it before you can see how the change looks.

I have a canoe map and each portage/hiking trail between lakes has a label.  In QGIS I can apply lots of style options to change the way the labels look but am using MapEdit to create the .img format map and I don't see any way to apply styles to the labels with MapEdit.  I'm using a custom .typ file which I edit with TYPViewer and I don't see any way to style the labels in the typ file either.

I understand "routing" on road maps.  Is it possible to add routing to a canoeing map where the "route" goes directly across a lake to a specific portage (hiking trail between two lakes) and continues on through several lakes and portages?

I created a .img map that I want to distribute.  I would like to prevent others from copying the map and giving it to others.  cGPSmapper has software to "lock" the map so it can only be used with a specific GPS device or SD memory card.  It looks like the cGPSmapper software that has the lock feature is very expensive, is there any other way to lock a map or prevent users from copying the map or using it on multiple devices?

Thanks Boyd, I was mistaken, I thought I had to use specific types because they were not showing in MapEdit but it turns out there were other factors like whether or not they were listed in the draw order in TYPViewer and which level the type was set to and if it was transparent, etc.

Thank you Red90 and zhrd. I started reading the documentation and I have already learned a lot.  One thing I have not found in the documentation yet is about the various Polygon types, for example, when I import a shape file into MapEdit I have to choose a "type", then in TYPViewer, I can also select or edit the types, and Garmin seems to use or recognize only specific types.  Maybe I'm wrong about this, but, for example, TYPViewer gives me a choice of 18 different types to represent lakes, but it looks like Garmin only wants "3C" to represent lakes.  Again, maybe I'm wrong but I've been using trial and error (mostly error) to figure out why my maps look good in MapEdit and bad in BaseCamp and it seems like I need to use only Garmin types in the .typ file.

I will continue reading the documentation.

What is the "Preview Map"?   Can you give me some suggestions for what configuration to use for the levels in the map properties and the preview map.   What should I use for the Bits and the MapSource Zoom Range?

How do I set the levels for the Preview Map?

Thank You!  I set Level 0 to 24 bits and that fixed the problem. 

Do you have any advice on setting the Levels in the map properties or a link to any info, documentation or tutorials about setting the levels?

I imported several shape files, polygons and polylines intp GPSMapEdit and assigned a map skin .typ file.  The map looks good in GPSMapEdit but when I export to Garmin .img format and use MapsetToolkit or JaVaWa GMTK to install the map into MapSource (or make the map available to BaseCamp), the map is blank.  In the lower-left corner, it reads, map created with http://cgpsmapper.com  but the rest of the map is blank.
In the map properties, I have levels 0 and 1.  I tried various TRE sizes and RGN limits but nothing has worked.  Any ideas for what I can check or change?

Thank You! I uninstalled MapSource which somehow also uninstalled BaseCamp, then reinstalled MapSource and now it's working.
Thank you very much for your help!

I am using GPSMapEdit to make maps and MapsetToolkit to install the maps to MapSource and then to my GPS. It worked for me yesterday on a different computer.
But today MapsetToolkit runs through the process and the window pops up "Convert completed" but the new map does not show in the Mapset Installed window.
MapSource is installed on my C: drive. MapsetToolkit is installed at C:\MapSetToolKit_v1.77 and cgpsmapper is installed at C:\MapSetToolKit_v1.77\cGPSmapper
I also tried installing with MapsetToolkit with the Install button in the lower-right but I get the message "Cannot insert a Mapset in Mapsource"

I have the .img .typ .tdb .reg .mdx .mp files all in the C:\MapSetToolKit_v1.77 folder.

Any ideas of things to check or what I might be doing wrong?

Thank you very much for your help.  I'm not sure how to fix the geometry of the polygon, would it be "Cutting donut holes in existing polygons" or maybe "Filling in donut holes in polygons" as in the link below.  Or, do you mean something different.  This is very frustrating because the map looks perfect in ArcMap, but I'm having a difficult time getting the shapefiles to look the same as ArcMap by changing color and the draw order in the .typ file with GPSMapEdit.

http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?id=563&pid=560&topicname=Common_polygon_editing_tasks

I have a vector polygon (blue color) shape file with a hole in the center of the polygon.  I added the shape file to GPSMapEdit and I am using a .typ file to edit the colors, transparency, draw level, etc.


The hole is always white. I can make the blue polygon transparent and raise or lower it above or below another polygon, but whenever the blue polygon is visible, the hole in the center is white.

I re-created the map by adding all the individual shape files in GPSMapEdit.  Then I used TYPViewer to edit a .typ file to get all the colors correct.

If you merge 2 polygons in ArcMap, one polygon represents lakes, the other polygon represents forest. You can add that single merged polygon in GPSMapEdit as a Lake or a Forest with all the same color.