Why would you want to do this?

• If you want to view your T4A GPS Maps on your PC, which will enable you to plan trips etc.
• You have an older GPS unit which does not accept a Plug & Play SD card, you will need to install T4A GPS Maps on your computer and transfer the maps to your GPS.

Summary Steps #

STEP A #

You need to install Free Software from Garmin: MapInstall / BASECAMP / MapSource.

BASECAMP (Recommended) #

View the T4A GPS maps, plan trips etc. and transfer & receive maps, waypoints etc. to and from a GPS unit. (ie. the MapInstall function resides within BASECAMP too)

A guide to installing BASECAMP on your Windows computer:

OR MapSource
(Older software, more popular than BASECAMP – but also discontinued) #

Please note: Before installing MapSource, you will have to install BASECAMP, otherwise the MapSource installation won’t work.

MapSource allows you to view the T4A GPS maps, plan trips etc. MapSource can transfer & receive maps, waypoints etc. to and from most Garmin GPS units – the Garmin Drive GPS units don’t always work with MapSource.

AND/OR MapInstall: #

Note that “MapInstall” is a feature incorporated in BASECAMP. One can also download and install MapInstall separately, which purely transfers the GPS maps to your GPS Garmin Unit. You cannot view the GPS maps or do trip planning etc. in MapInstall.

A guide to installing MapInstall on your Windows PC:

STEP B #

Read the SD card with your PC and go to the PC Install Files folder on the SD card, and run the EXE file to install the T4A GPS Maps onto your PC.

STEP C #

Open and View the installed T4A GPS Maps on your PC, using:

BASECAMP:

• Open BASECAMP
• In Menu: Maps (ie. select the maps you installed & want to view)

MapSource:

• Open MapSource
• In Menu > Switch to product (ie. to select map you installed & want to view)

STEPS A – C are summarised in this video: #