[mkgmap-dev] Short mkgmap HowTo

Wed Nov 16 12:10:54 GMT 2011

On 2011-11-16 11:03, Nuno Pedrosa wrote:
> This page should help:
>
> http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/03/29/download-mapsource-from-garmin-and-install-without-cd/
>
> The short version:
> - get Universal Extractor (http://legroom.net/software/uniextract)
> - use universal extractor to extract all files from MapSource update 
> installer (7Zip may work also)
> - run Main.msi first!
> - run Setup.msi, later.
>
> This bypasses the previous version check. I own two Garmin Quest 
> devices (2004 was a good year) and this saved me the hassle of digging 
> up the CDs.
>
>
Excellent - that worked (just the "short version" of the instructions 
above was plenty enough). Thank you Nuno.

Now - can this be added to the "Short HowTo" wiki page please?
Steve