Gaelic Garmin Maps

OSM Alba - Gaelic maps of Scotland, in Garmin format. Suitable for loading on a Garmin GPS device, or viewing in MapSource.
Map data is from OpenStreetMap, licenced as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0.

Download

OSM-Alba-mapsource.exe - 27.3 MB

Installer for Garmin MapSource (Windows)

OSM-Alba-gmapsupp.zip - 29.6 MB

Combined image for directly copying to the GPS device (gmapsupp.img)

Maps updated 2011-12-22

Installation

To install the maps in Garmin MapSource:

Just run the OSM-Alba-mapsource.exe file, and follow the instructions.
The map can be selected in MapSource from the drop down menu on the toolbar, or use View menu -> Switch to Product.

To install on a Garmin GPS device with a memory card:

Connect the Garmin to your computer, and put it in USB Mass Storage mode.
The Garmin will appear as a flash drive.
Create a folder on this drive called "Garmin".
Uzip the gmapsupp.img file, and copy it to this Garmin folder.

If your Garmin doesn't support USB mass storage mode (ie older models without memory cards): screenshot from eTrex

The gmapsupp.img file can be uploaded using Sendmap.
Or install the maps in MapSource as above, then select the maps using the Map Tool, then Send to Device.

About

This map is generated using the Planet.osm extracts for Scotland, provided by Geofabrik
This is processed using Osmosis with the TagTransform plugin.
Then the maps are generated using Mkgmap.

The example screenshots are from a Garmin eTrex Venture Cx.

This map mainly uses the name:gd tag - gd is the ISO 639-1 code for Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig). This map also translates a number of standard operator and name tags, plus setting some Gaelic default names for unnamed features.

For instructions for how to add more Gaelic names to the map, see How to add Gaelic names.
These Garmin maps will be updated monthly.