CN North America 2014.30 Available For Download

I just updated the maps only on my other PC. After installing them, I started BaseCamp, selected the new 2014.30 maps and closed BaseCamp.

I then went into Control Panel and uninstalled the previous maps (2014.20) just like I usually do. When I went to start BaseCamp, it wouldn't start. Looking in the program folder, all the files are gone.

I had to reinstall BaseCamp on that PC, too.

I used Map Updater on both PCs just as I have done in the past. The 1st PC is Win7 and the one I updated this morning is WinXP.

Strange! I've never had BaseCamp get wiped out by uninstalling the previous map version in Control Panel.

I'm puzzled on your post, please correct me if I am wrong or have misread your post.

I'm not a user of Basecamp, however I can't imagine Basecamp would enable any entry into Control Panel to remove a map. Control Panel removes programs not files such as a Garmin Map. If the maps are stored in the Basecamp folder then by removing the Program (Basecamp) the map is also removed.

Garmin Map Updates are installed like any other program and are displayed in Control Panel. When I install the new map update, both are listed in Add/Remove Programs. I select the older map update and uninstall it, leaving only the current map update.

Screenshot http://i42.tinypic.com/zu09cw.jpg

You can also see in the screenshot that BaseCamp has the same installed date as the map update. That's because I had to install BaseCamp after it got clobbered when I uninstalled map update 2014.20.

Yes I download yesterday for 19.95 with Garmin express, they offer for this black friday

It is simple to upload/send the whole maps or regions of maps in Mapsouce to a Garmin GPS:

1. Connect GPSs to computer.
2. Run Mapsouce. Open the map that you want. Highlight a region that you would like to transfer. Hit the send-to-device icon. Selected the connected GPS that you would like to upload the map. The transferred map is ready for use. Done.

That's scary.
I usually do the same thing GaryA does and I'm running on Windows 7. I uninstall the previous map a few weeks after I download the newest map. Hope I don't run into the same problem. Right now I still have both 2014.20 & 2014.30 on my PC and both show in control panel.
One thing that seems different is the install date of basecamp is 3 days older than the 2014.30 map not exactly the same.

This is the way I've always done map updates and this was the first time anything went wrong with BaseCamp. I might have written it off if it only happened on 1 PC, but TWO... and with different OS's!?!

But, it's easy enough to download BaseCamp and install it. It's just an extra step.

BaseCamp download link http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435

Deleting 2014.20 deleted Basecamp, even tho I had saved resources on it (waypoints, Birdseye images, etc) as well as the 2014.30 map. Oh well, Basecamp is typical Garmin junkware, so no big loss.

Wow. Let's hear it for Mapsource!

Uninstalled 2014.20 like several previous versions and poof basecamp is gone except for the language dictionary files.
Way to go Garmin! Watch out basecamp users backup your stuff before you get rid of the 2014.20 map.
GaryA thanks for the link to download the latest basecamp, saved me a few minutes trying to find it.
Just reinstalled basecamp, no problem with that. "My Collection" files are still intact, they must be stored in a different folder (backed them up prior just in case).

Thanks for confirming that uninstalling the 2014.20 maps also clobbers the BaseCamp program requiring a re-installation. I was wondering if I did something wrong or if I had PC problems.

Way to go, Garmin!?!

@Icedog: My response to your questions is three days late, but perhaps it can be useful information for you when the next update happens.

The JCV file is the file that stores the Junction View images for when you approach an exit or intersection along a route. You have a Garmin 2595 according to your profile so you shouldn't need the posted file. The posted file is for Garmin owners with full-screen Junction View, primarily the 7xx and 1xxx units.

The option to download to the computer is available in Map Updater, but may not be available in Garmin Express. You would need MapInstall (included with BaseCamp) to install the map once it's downloaded.

I uninstalled the 2014.20 and got the same results.

Although, I think that it doesn't totally uninstall Basecamp. After re-installing Basecamp, it came right up to where I had previously been zoomed in to.

The icon was missing from "Programs", so it does remove some Basecamp files.

From what I saw, uninstalling the previous map files (2014.20) deleted the 11 files in the main program folder on my Win7 laptop: C:\Program Files (x86)\Garmin\BaseCamp

It left the sub-folders & files alone. That's why I just reinstalled BaseCamp over the top of the previous install.

Screenshot http://i41.tinypic.com/14b2kw7.jpg

So no, BaseCamp is not "uninstalled" like it would be if you intentionally ran the uninstall routine from Control Panel Add/Remove Programs. That's why I used words like "clobbered."

I also downloaded and installed with GE without issue. Took about an hour.

...to remove 2014.20 from the computer, with 2014.30 installed.

Yea! Garmin finally got it right. Delete 2014.20 and Basecamp goes away also. Saves me one extra step.

I looked at my control panel and I do have 7 maps installed.

Do I need to delete some of these?

I have not installed the new map yet. Hope to do it today.

Hope you don't have any problems - back up first. Good luck!

This only applies if BaseCamp was downloaded and installed with the map update. If you're like me and downloaded BaseCamp separately, it doesn't get uninstalled with the map. Plus, the next time you update a map Garmin likely will throw BaseCamp back on to the computer, even if MapSource is installed.

And then it will get deleted with the old map. Hope they keep this features. Self-cleanup.... but it still leaves some folders laying around, so they need to enhance & tweak this feature a little more.

Your mileage may vary--and I know a lot of folks do routinely uninstall the old maps.

But for me, as long as I have lots of free hard drive space on the computer, I like to keep the old maps. With Mapsource (and I suppose, Basecamp), it's good every now and then when zooming in on an area to switch between current and older maps to identify changes to streets or built-in POIs.

I just did the update to 2014.30 and using Mapupdater, I was able to unselect Mexico and it fit on the 255LMT no problem. I only have 191MB free at the moment. Going to have to get a 4GB micro SD card for this I would think for the 2015 updates.

I just downloaded and installed the 2014.30 map on my Dad's 755 and got the Opps screen syaing he didn't have enough room on his internal storage. Guess I have to get him a SD card now. It would allow him to load selected areas.

The point here is that Garmin is giving you a subtle hint that you might want to start getting used to BaseCamp, regardless of your preference for MapSource. Like I've said multiple times already in past threads, when you least expect it something is going to break MapSource, and when that happens you'll be forced to switch. I would prepare myself for that eventuality by keeping both MapSource and BaseCamp installed, and learning how to use BaseCamp, so that when MapSource finally dies you'll be able to continue your workflow virtually uninterrupted.

I'm only speculating here, but the very fact Garmin automatically installs BaseCamp with a map update, despite having MapSource installed, tells me that it probably won't be much longer before MapSource disappears from Garmin's servers.

And when you clean up old maps it deletes itself.

Sounds like something I don't need yet.

Maybe in the future, but for now I'll let it delete itself. Works for me.

But thanks for pep talk.

And by the way. Maybe you should start using Garmin Express instead of Mapupdater since that is what Garmin is pushing as the new and improved way to operate. Garmin Express has been working for me since it first appeared.

But your mileage may vary as does mine.

Happy motoring.

I think the OP wanted to know if ALL of 2014.3 can be transferred, not just individual or regional maps.

Haven't tried deleting the previous version from my computer.

I updated to 2014.30 by copying gmapsupp.img and the new jcv file to my SD card on my nuvi 1450. Can i delete the old gmapsupp.img on the internal memory's .System folder ?

Really? Are you seriously comparing BaseCamp, a piece of software that is stable and runs well on the average computer with Garmin Express, a piece of software that is the exact opposite?

That's funny.

Yes you can. Backing the old map up to your hard drive is better however.

Yes the cmplete 2014.3 can be transferred. Just select the whole map, i.e. all regions, of 2014.30. Simply zoom all the way out to show the whole map. Select the Map-Toll. Mouse click and drag to draw a rectangle that encompasses the complete map. And send-to-device.

This works the same way of course for any maps installed in MapSouce.

That time of the year again

I stopped getting Garmin announcements a while ago, not sure why, I do get their other SPAM crap emails though ...

Thanks for the info. Hopefully some of the TX shortcomings will be resolved.

I did go to grmin website and downloaded the map with no problem. I did not need the extra space that I did mentioned. Now I know, when I need to update my maps I log in to garmin web site.

I had problems updating with Garmin Express. My GPS was locked up and my computer would not recognize it. I reloaded Garmin Express and just moved the volume control on the GPS which unlocked it and I was able to update to 2014.30

Ditto

Used the MapUpdater and all went great. Took one hour and 20 minutes. Will have to see if all is ok on my next trip outdoors.

The bug I encountered with prior Maps version (say your going from Indiapolis to Milwaukee...) At the 394 turnoff from I80 toward I94 used to have you go south, Instead of North... Incorrect...
Now it has you take 394 turnoff, but immediately go right (North) on I94... with the new maps....

No trouble encountered...

When going from GTA West to downtown Toronto, from 401 West,the 2014.30 map will have you exit 401 at Renforth and get back on 427 instead of just taking the 427 exit from the 401.

When going from downtown Toronto to GTA West via 427 and 401, the 2014.30 map will have you exit 427 Express lanes to the collectors at Dundas and then back on to 427 Express.

Anyone else in the Toronto area notice this? The 2014.20 map did not have this "feature"...

Finally got around to updating to 2014.30 on my nuvi.

I used Garmin Express and it went pretty smoothly. I did get the 'free space' error, so I put in the micros SD card I bought last year and the update went on with no problems.

I think.

Updated with MapUpdater. Looks like it worked well so far.

Finally updated my 770. New map is fine and it seems the routing is much improved in many places. Not perfect though, but better!

Finally successful in updating new 3490 with 2014.30 using mapupdater on macbook pro OS X 10.6.8. Took 1 hr 30 min. Tried using garmin express 3 times and hung each time. The last time left it running overnight with no progress beyond saying it was trying to load file 1 of 200.

These maps downloaded very fast. Faster than usual.. Hope they are ok..

This map has been extremely useful for accurate navigation in the Cabo San Lucas and San Juan del Cabo area of Baja California Mexico. Even the included POIs are accurate and useful.

Used this map version for over a week in Cabo San Lucas and San Juan del Cabo. If we ever go back, I will be taking the GPS for sure.

In the small town in Mexico not too far from Manzanillo, Colima where I spend the winter, I have noticed that for the first time the Garmin map includes icons for a lot of businesses etc., which was never there before.
But not necessarily accurate, it shows a PEMEX gas station where there is none.
The do NOT show it where the station actually is located!

No problem with updated, used and seems to work fine.