Garmin IMG
Price before paymentGarmin IMG is het navigatiekaartformaat voor Garmin GPS-apparaten (eTrex, Oregon, Drive). Onze dienst zet OpenStreetMap-gegevens om in een IMG-bestand met behulp van mkgmap. Het resulterende bestand wordt naar een GPS-navigator gekopieerd voor offline navigatie.
OpenStreetMap data as of 26 October 2026 · 17 days ago
Belangrijkste functies
Over het Garmin IMG-formaat
IMG is the format of the vector maps Garmin installs on its devices: eTrex, Oregon, GPSMAP, Edge bike computers, automotive Drive units. It is not a picture but a map with a road graph, so the device will plan a route on it, find an address and warn you about turns — with no internet.
The export is for when the stock map is not enough: in your region the manufacturer only provides rivers and highways, and you need hiking trails, recent development or a district that simply is not in the catalog. OpenStreetMap is updated by the community daily, and a map built from it is often more detailed than the factory one.
On export the selected layers are converted into OSM data and compiled by the mkgmap program — the standard Garmin map building tool the whole community uses. The output is a single gmapsupp.img file with routing, a search index and points of interest; labels are written in UTF-8.
If the server-side build is unavailable for some reason, the export will honestly report an error rather than hand you a file the device will not accept.
Welk programma opent Garmin IMG-bestanden
De volgende programma's en toepassingen kunnen Garmin IMG-bestanden (.img) die uit OSM2CDR zijn geëxporteerd openen, bewerken en verwerken:
Format specifications
- Proprietary format
- 2D only
- Lossless (no quality loss)
- Stores feature attributes
- Output: 1 file
- Garmin .img (proprietary). For Garmin GPS handhelds. Generated via mkgmap; Beta status — may fall back to GPX.
Wie gebruikt Garmin IMG-kaarten
Garmin IMG exporteren
Openen na de export
- The device directly — connect the Garmin over USB and copy the file into the Garmin folder on the unit or on the microSD under the name gmapsupp.img; after a restart, enable the map in the map settings.
- GPSMapEdit — another way to view the .img on a computer: you see the layers, roads and points of interest before writing it to the device.
- QMapShack (free) — opens .img on a computer: a convenient way to check the contents before writing it to the device.
- Be careful with the file name — if the Garmin folder already contains a gmapsupp.img, it will be overwritten: rename the old one (for example to gmapsupp1.img — many models read several) or merge the maps.
Ontvang Garmin IMG-kaartexports
Download professionele Garmin IMG-kaarten van OpenStreetMap. Directe generatie, elk gebied.
Veelgestelde vragen
Verwante formaten
Vaak samen geëxporteerd
Related Articles
Garmin IMG — Binary Map Format for Garmin GPS Receivers (mkgmap, OpenStreetMap)
Garmin IMG is Garmin's proprietary binary GPS map format: eTrex/Edge/Oregon/nüvi; mkgmap (Java OSS) converts OSM to IMG,
guideOSM maps for Navitel — and what to download for Garmin, OsmAnd, TomTom
Need OSM maps for Navitel? Honestly: we don't produce the native .nm7, but Navitel imports GPX — we show the steps. Plus
guideGPX Format: Complete Guide to GPS Tracks
What is GPX, file structure, waypoints and tracks, import to Garmin, OsmAnd and Strava. Route export from OpenStreetMap.