Change Map Name in Installed Map List?

[FarRaider]

I dug my XT out and decided I wanted to add some OSM maps. I CANNOT for the life of me get the XT to be seen by the PC but that is another issue and I have a call into Garmin for this.

As a workaround, I have been unzipping the downloads, placing the .gmap folder in my Garmin Map folder on the PC, going to BaseCamp and then using Map Install to install the map to the SD card. I then rename the map in the SD Garmin map folder from gmapsupp.img to the country name. I then drop the SD into the Zumo XT and on start up it displays that it is adding the map and displays it. Functionally, so far so good.

However when I go into the "Installed Maps" folder in the XT to check or uncheck maps I want displayed I see that the map names are a mess.
Most of them at least have the country abbreviation in the confusing name somewhere to make it identifiable, but my France map, I am sure it is my France map, displays as with a Spanish abbreviation "ES". The name is "22.03 ES - Zaragoza (62500001), 22.03 ES Bilbao (625".
I do not have Spain loaded.

My question is: How do I change the names of the maps installed in the Garmin?

I do not see that map name displayed on the XT in my files or in BC and it does not seem possible to change the name within the limited menus in the XT.

Any advice?

[lkraus]

One option, IF the maps do not overlap, is to just make all the OSM maps active. That is a big IF, because if they do overlap, the XT will produce some strange results.

There might be another solution to this problem, but I use JaVaWa IMGName to change the name of the map set.

On the XT recognition issue, it typically takes a full minute or two for my PC to detect the XT connection to my USB 3.0 ports. Even then, large file transfers (gigabytes, as in map updates and music refreshes) sometimes don't complete properly. I've found that going through a USB hub works reliably.

Even with the connection issue fixed, you will probably want to edit the map names with the SD card in the computer. Since the XT is not a mass storage device it will not be assigned a drive letter, which the JaVaWa utilities need to load the files. Moving the SD card to the PC will be quicker than copying the .img files to the PC, changing names, copying back to the XT, etc.

[FarRaider]

Even with the connection issue fixed, you will probably want to edit the map names with the SD card in the computer. Since the XT is not a mass storage device it will not be assigned a drive letter, which the JaVaWa utilities need to load the files. Moving the SD card to the PC will be quicker than copying the .img files to the PC, changing names, copying back to the XT, etc.

Thanks for the reply Ikraus. I can change the name of the .img files very easily on the SD but it seems that name has nothing to do with the map name on the XT, when you go in to select the maps to be active. That's the name I am trying to change and I have no idea where that file name originates.

[lkraus]

That's correct, the filename on the SDcard is unrelated to the name displayed in Basecamp or the name displayed on the XT in MyMaps.

As an a example, I downloaded an OSM map for the Caribbean (because it was fairly small) and installed it in Basecamp, then used MapInstall to load it on my XT. I copied it back to my PC Desktop for editing in JaVaWa IMGname (for more or larger maps, just move the SDcard to the PC.)

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The blue top line shows the file name on my desktop and the SDcard.

"Map set name" is the useless name MapInstall made up from locations on the map and which is displayed in MyMaps on the XT. That's the name you want to change, then Save changes.

[sussamb]

You can change the names using JaVaWa's Device Manager https://www.javawa.nl/jdm_en.html

[lkraus]

I knew somebody would have a better solution!

JaVaWa Device Manager has a nice feature that shows you the area covered by a map. This really helps when creating a meaningful name for the map set.

Device Manager still requires the device to have a mass storage mode, which the XT lacks. To change the map names, they will have to be on the SD card and you still need to put the SD card in your PC so that Device Manager can find it.

[JohnnyRidesAlone]

FYI, My XT takes arounf 1 minute to be seen by my PC

[Peobody]

FYI, My XT takes arounf 1 minute to be seen by my PC

My connection time is very inconsistent, sometime taking under a minute and sometimes taking several minutes. If it hasn't connected after around 4 minutes I unplug it, do a shutdown/restart cycle of the XT, and then try again.

[FarRaider]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I hopefully will get some time today to try the suggestions.

[FarRaider]

You can change the names using JaVaWa's Device Manager https://www.javawa.nl/jdm_en.html

Thank you! Perfectly simple to do. Now I need to explore the other capabilities of the device manager.