'Cheating' Garmin limitations regarding Custom Maps
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:12 pm
Dear All,
I was using GPSMap 65s for some time and I found really frustrating, that only 500 tiles of custom maps can be used in GPS. I found that you can use 65s in "pendrive mode" and you can manage with custom maps using your smartphone and OTG protocol. So long story short, you can have full library of custom maps on your phone and even If you are hiking for longer time you do not need to have an access to your computer, because you can transfer/ manage with custom maps using your phone.
So this is a small tip for users 65s or Fenix watches till generation 5 (Fenix 5). As I was planning to migrate to GPS Map 67 I started to perform deeper analysis (thanks all of you for your patience regarding my last two posts I found out on the forum that 67 does support only MTP protocol, same as Fenix 7... So it means that I will not have an option to manage with files using my smartphone...
Do you have any solution or know any app which will give me possibility to manage files using phone?
Why I can access to general folders using PC but it's not possible using computer? Any additional drivers are needed?
I was not fully sure, where put this topic, because it consider two devices (both 67 and 65) so I would appreciate a little help from administration
Kind Regards,
Filip
I was using GPSMap 65s for some time and I found really frustrating, that only 500 tiles of custom maps can be used in GPS. I found that you can use 65s in "pendrive mode" and you can manage with custom maps using your smartphone and OTG protocol. So long story short, you can have full library of custom maps on your phone and even If you are hiking for longer time you do not need to have an access to your computer, because you can transfer/ manage with custom maps using your phone.
So this is a small tip for users 65s or Fenix watches till generation 5 (Fenix 5). As I was planning to migrate to GPS Map 67 I started to perform deeper analysis (thanks all of you for your patience regarding my last two posts I found out on the forum that 67 does support only MTP protocol, same as Fenix 7... So it means that I will not have an option to manage with files using my smartphone...
Do you have any solution or know any app which will give me possibility to manage files using phone?
Why I can access to general folders using PC but it's not possible using computer? Any additional drivers are needed?
I was not fully sure, where put this topic, because it consider two devices (both 67 and 65) so I would appreciate a little help from administration
Kind Regards,
Filip