Garmin’s Malaysia Map

 

I bought a Garmin Nuvi 255W A-GPS (assisted GPS) unit early this year in Eire, it has a complete maps of all European countries, including United Kingdom. But when I'm back in Malaysia, i really do need a Malaysian map to get around and make use of the GPS unit.

Presently, Garmin have appointed Malsingmaps community as an official partner to update the latest maps for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. The good news is you can download these maps for free, provided you have the Garmin A-GPS unit. Just follow these simple steps (taken from malsingmaps forum):-

1. Download the zip files below (gmapprom1.img and gmapprom1.unl). Current version is MSM NT 2009.5. (2009.3 is now outdated)

2. Backup all existing map files in your unit. We are not responsible if you delete any of the files that came with your unit. Please be careful. Unzip the 2 files: (i) gmapprom1.img and (ii) gmapprom1.unl

3. Go to Garmin Singapore website to get your unl code. For Nuvi's you can find your GPSID under Tools - Settings - System - About. Other unit varies but you should be able to find it.

http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/sg/home/CommunityMapUnlock

4. Double click the gmapprom1.unl file. It will ask you what program do you wish to use to open the file. Select "Notepad". Paste the 25-digit unlock code generated from Garmin website into the .unl file, then "Save". Some OS allow you to right click the unl file and edit the file. Same results either way.

5. Connect your GPS to the PC and browse its internal memory. There is a "Garmin". Copy over gmapprom1.img and gmapprom1.unl into that folder. Do not save it into the "Garmin" folder of your SD card. This map is referred throughout this site as MSM NT2009.XX General Release version.

6. You're done.

NT 2009.5 map

gmapprom1unl.zip [149 Bytes]

gmapprom1_2009.5.zip [13.36 MiB]

(download these two first)

Latest version NT 2009.30 maps (img format)

gmapprom1_2009.30.zip [14.16 MiB]

Happy 2nd Birthday Ameer @ Boboy

Today is my son 2nd birthday, times flies so fast nowadays, just remembered celebrating his 1st birthday just like yesterday. Anyway decided to celebrate his birthday by going up to Genting Highland and spend a night there. I think we wanted recreate our cold Irish weather experiences.

It was my first ride going to GH with my brand new Exora, the experience was a pleasant one. We had no problem going up to GH my Exora, i just stick to D (automatic gear) all the way, no need to play with number 3 or L gear, but you need the skills to use the D because i was going up to GH quite fast for an MPV.

We arrived around 2 p.m. and there was a thick fog welcoming us to GH, the temperature was around 15 degree Celsius, not that cold for me. We check-in to 1st world hotel and then stroll around GH, just spend the whole day inside the indoor theme park, coz it was raining outside later on in the afternoon. Well happy birthday Ameer, hopefully you remembered all these events when you’re older.

Heavy fog in Genting Highland that day