All maps sold through the Digital Map Store are available for download directly onto the device. The best way to get maps onto the device is to use the bulk download tools in the app to download the maps directly from the Digital Map Store. If you have already downloaded the map to your PC, you may think it is easy to copy the map from your PC onto your device. However, that is the hard way, while bandwidth is cheap! We recommend doing a separate download to each device that you are using, using the bulk download tools provided in the app.
The methods described below are only for use where the map is NOT available for download. Before resorting to a manual copy, please:
The rest of this page applies to maps that are not available for download from the digital map store. These include older Memory-Map map packages, or any third party maps that are compatible with the desktop product. For example BSB charts, or eTopo maps can be used. You can also scan a paper map (with the permission of the copyright holder), calibrate it using the Memory-Map desktop app, and use the result for navigation on your phone. All maps that you use with the Memory-Map desktop mapping products can be used on your device. The map files (with QCT, QC3, MMI extensions) can be loaded directly off your original Memory-Map DVDs. Alternatively, they may be found in the folder C:\Maps or C:\Maps_V5 on your PC hard drive.
Some older maps on your PC require you to purchase a "Classic Map" compatibility license, and maps imported from third party files require an "Import Map" license. Demos periods of both of these are available. If you are using old versions of a map such as the Ordnance Survey topo maps, we recommend you purchase a new edition map from the Digital Map Store. As well as being up to date, the download process is much easier and more reliable than manually copying maps.
Next, you have decide whether to copy into the internal storage of the device or onto an SD card. Maps downloaded from the Digital Map Store are securely stored in private internal storage, but this option is not available if you manually copy the maps. The options are:
Setting up the SD card
Insert the card in your device, and use the Storage settings to format the card. Use the "Removable" rather than internal format option.
Power off the device (press and hold the power button). Never remove a card from the device or from the PC without first either powering off or "Ejecting" or "Unmounting" the card. If you remove a card from the device or the PC while it is mounted, you risk corrupting the data on the card.
Remove the card from the android device and insert into your PC using an adaptor.
Create a folder called "Download" in the root folder of the card, and creating a folder called "Memory-Map" within the Download folder. The names are case-senstive. If you create the folder with the wrong case, you cannot rename it. You have to delete it and create a new folder with a capital D, capital M, etc.
Copying the Maps
First make sure you have the Memory-Map app installed on your Android device (from Google Play Store),
Run the app to initialize the free basemap. This initializes the storage so you can find the folder.
On a PC, maps are typically installed in the C:\Maps folder
The files you want to copy will have the *.qct, *.qc3 and *.mmi file extensions. The file type may be displayed on your PC as "Memory-Map QuickChart". *.qed files are not required.
If you are going to use internal storage, connect your device to the PC using a USB cable and set it up to share the file system if prompted on the device. Open the device on the PC and go to the Downloads folder, then the Memory-Map folder. This folder is created when you first run the app. Copy the maps into this folder (you can use sub-folders). Before you unplug the device, right-click on the device and if it gives you the option to Eject the device, do so. If there is no option to eject, you should shut down your PC before unplugging. When you have unplugged the device from the PC, reboot the device by pressing-and-holding the power button.
If using an SD card, copy the maps from the PC to the /Download/Memory-Map folder on the SD card. Then right-click on the card in windows explorer and "eject". Insert it back in the device.
There are many other ways to copy files from a PC to an Android device or SD card. You can use Windows File Explorer, or a remote access app on the phone... Contact your device supplier if you have problems physically copying the files. People assume that USB storage devices are hot-pluggable, but when copying multi-GByte files we have found this gives rise to problems. Always take every precaution to ensure the integrity of the file system on the card before unplugging.
Did Memory-Map automatically find the maps?
After rebooting, run the Memory-Map app on the Android device
Tap the Maps button on the toolbar at the top
Tap Maps Everywhere
Expand all the map type sections in the list.
If the maps now show up in the list, you have successfully copied the map!
Not NOT try to use a File Explorer app to open the map. Early versions of Android allowed this but it doesn't work any more.
Setting the "map folders" setting so Memory-Map can find your maps.
If Memory-Map did not automatically find your maps on SD card, there is a way to tell it where to look. Before you do this it is worth checking that you carefully followed all the instructions above. Did you place the maps in the "Download/Memory-Map" folder? The folder names are case-sensitive.
To tell Memory-Map where to find the maps, you can create a text file call "map_folders.txt" in the internal Download/Memory-Map folder. This file should contain a list of the additional paths that the app should search for maps. When you have created this file, restart the Memory-Map app.
Detailed instructions:
If you are having trouble copying the path, try this:
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