How To

Download Garmin Mapsource Free and Install without error

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GPS mapGarmin is one of the best consumer GPS manufacturers in the world. In order to provide a better experience to the user, thy provide a free mapping tool to load your own maps into the GPS device. This software comes free with Garmin GPS units but if you need to use mapsource for some other reason (I wanted to check the Philippines GPS map), Mapsource will not install on your system.

Garmin Mapsource download is available from Garmin’s website. Once you run the installer, there will be an error that a prvious version of Mapsource was not found, this will automatically quit the installation.

How to download and install Garmin Mapsource without the error

1 ) Download Mapsouce here.

2 ) Right Click the saved file and choose extract (You must have Winrar installed)

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3 ) Run the MAIN.msi file located in the extracted folder and install it.

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4 ) Run Setup.exe and install Mapsource.

5 ) Enjoy !

Here is a screenshot of Mapsource with a Philippines GPS Map loaded into it.
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29 Comments

  1. September 7, 2012 at 4:19 am

    Erwin

    Thanks, works perfect now. Had lots of problem to install basecamp due to lack of .net 3.5
    This is fine for me thanks again!

  2. May 12, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    av

    Dont know whats wrong, its a exe. file thats on the download site… does not help with winrar or ?

  3. April 27, 2012 at 1:04 am

    Sergio

    so easy! thanks a lot

  4. April 10, 2012 at 1:16 am

    steph

    so easy, many thanks

  5. April 5, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    RP

    THANXXXX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. March 29, 2012 at 1:40 am

    Shree Kumar

    Thanks for sharing. Works perfectly for me!

    I have owned lots of Garmin GPSes, but didn’t have any Mapsource CDs to install the software on my new netbook. Was cursing Garmin, and then found this post.

    — Shree

  7. March 26, 2012 at 2:33 am

    Gunier

    After about 4hrs of searching the web and trying diferent things, I found your blog. It has the best instructions and most importantly worked. Thanks a mil!

  8. February 23, 2012 at 11:31 am

    bernard

    thanks Alfred, it works well, bless you!

  9. February 7, 2012 at 4:43 am

    Gabriel

    Amazingly simply solution, and it worked perfectly. Thanks so much for your instructions.

  10. January 19, 2012 at 5:07 pm

    seng

    Works like a charm. Thanks Alfred!

  11. October 27, 2011 at 1:32 am

    Akua

    Wow, it worked . Thanks

  12. June 14, 2011 at 12:27 am

    intouro

    it’s amazing, THANKS!

  13. May 26, 2011 at 12:37 am

    rohit

    really thank u sir bcoz i need this in my job and original software cd i lost somewhere.
    again thank u it is working perfectly

  14. April 23, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    cpc

    worked perfect for me! cheers man!

  15. March 21, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    hamo

    I cant download GARMIN map

  16. March 13, 2011 at 10:50 pm

    carl

    thanks

  17. January 28, 2011 at 12:53 am

    Varsameleon

    Thank you!

  18. January 20, 2011 at 11:02 am

    Paulo

    Thank you! Excellent..:D

  19. January 9, 2011 at 4:12 am

    Ralph

    I’ve been trying to get my memory map and garmin GPS to talk to each other, I had tried several methods of getting the Map Source software, yours was the method that worked for a novice computer user. Great..

  20. July 26, 2010 at 7:17 am

    saeed

    I realize it is helpful to
    I use original source map Garmin source I want. How You can help me?

  21. May 3, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    Jo

    Worked fine for me!!

  22. April 16, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    Purnendu Ghosh

    Required mapsource software because ihave lost that software.

  23. February 18, 2010 at 2:34 am

    Alfred

    hehe Thanks Marcelo

  24. February 15, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    Marcelo

    MAGNIFICA ESSA DICA!!!!! FUNCIONOU PERFEITAMENTE!
    AWESOME! IT HAS BEEN WORKED

  25. September 22, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Alfred

    I think you did not do what this guide says. It still works, I installed Mapsource on my PC with a new hard disk just a week back….

    Any GPS forum you go to, this is the only way… read around, u knw its true :D

  26. September 19, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    paul

    I have seen these instructions all over the internet…it does not work.

  27. July 18, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    Mark

    Tried it a few times did not work for me, but thanks for the post

  28. May 22, 2009 at 12:12 am

    abo-elmakarem

    thanks

  29. May 22, 2009 at 12:11 am

    abo-elmakarem

    thankss

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