Avenue Verte - Garmin Compatible Map
01 Aug 2023All mapping data is derived from OpenStreetMap. Many thanks to OpenStreetMap contributors for their skill & dedication.
Downloads
The problem affecting the Avenue Verte maps, and the North Sea Cycle maps has now been corrected, and the October 2025 versions are now available as usual - apologies for any inconvenience.
Downloading - Please take note!
It’s slow because I have a normal household internet access, and the files you are downloading are big - some are very big. For instance;
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north sea cycle latest for September 2025 is 1011mb,
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ave verte large latest for September 2025 is 802mb,
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ave verte small - if you download all 3 files is 766mb.
It’s going to take a few minutes to download - be patient, look at your screen - somewhere it will show download progress. Don’t click on download again - doing it twice does not speed it up, but it does slow it down.
If my household connection is going to be continually swamped, I may have to change how people can download the files, or start charging so I can upgrade my internet access - I don’t want to do this.
Verifying the integrity of your download
Using my linux computer the command: md5sum trike-2026-02-01.7z
produces the result: 60e12c4b599077a74d616a5938e9926d trike-2026-02-01.7z
If you have any doubt at all about the integrity of your download, please use this basic integrity check of the download, checking the result you get is identical to the result in this list;
967eef04ee04ac7e9bcd2103eb851923 ave-verte-2026-02-01.7z 7cca042165a3b4ae7a0b071674fe0795 ave-verte-gmapi-2026-02-01.7z 0ea54c04d797e07b9b598f76772b6bd0 ave-verte-large-2026-02-01.7z 82087e5b50a2c478e68602100a0a18b2 ave-verte-large-gmapi-2026-02-01.7z bed0f7eb74c6cb0f65c6bf8798bed25d ave-verte-large-winexe-2026-02-01.7z d2620bb4d0375f9378bbd3ae4e0486ee ave-verte-winexe-2026-02-01.7z fe4b75ab59b4f4ede71c0f3b5079c505 barriers_filtered-2026-02-01.7z b7d7b1ea83d8882d247e208345a50356 barriers_filtered-gmapi-2026-02-01.7z 71926d52a7350d760696ced1e7835388 barriers_filtered-winexe-2026-02-01.7z d2b4886461d1e65685c9d989d22db8ca canal-2026-02-01.7z f3e63d14e2df57714ba560dad21d8ee8 canal-gmapi-2026-02-01.7z 831559397d7341d089d9df5a9958e77c canal-winexe-2026-02-01.7z 8b931808011b732b9a2e8f3ab0ba8e18 electric_wheelchair-2026-02-01.7z 1fc0b1220bcdc01cef8e2c2bd9bd86d7 electric_wheelchair-gmapi-2026-02-01.7z a0c85dd0a1e87c2449b8672613d6dc2c electric_wheelchair-winexe-2026-02-01.7z d5f85adb3d3b5587a35d2aad22f5450c north-sea-cycle-2026-02-01.7z ea3fce5a68391db10c98d92d7326ffb4 north-sea-cycle-gmapi-2026-02-01.7z 4a845cad5fcc7cdf6318eeeb93f0fbd9 north-sea-cycle-winexe-2026-02-01.7z 083e97f283f1a0c7205e9fdb083ed9b4 north_sea_cycle-winexe-2024-08-01.7z 60e12c4b599077a74d616a5938e9926d trike-2026-02-01.7z 7a8b51a97f1fd86086da60099d79d961 trike-gmapi-2026-02-01.7z fac28970978e67c2d202c397fd220234 trike-winexe-2026-02-01.7z
There are two options available to you - the ‘small map’ which covers just the areas needed to complete the Avenue Verte cycle ride in France & GB, or the ‘large map’ which covers a much larger area of France & England.
All of the smaller files (.img, .exe, and .gmapi) are available from https://daphne-nick.uk/nextcloud/index.php/s/7T6HRiHod25rkBT
Only the larger .img file is available as a direct download, from https://daphne-nick.uk/nextcloud/index.php/s/9Jq886WZgAk5Jcd ,
with the remaining (.exe and .gmapi) files being available via torrent download, with the torrent files at https://daphne-nick.uk/nextcloud/index.php/s/6cQesAz38DWRWBo
All dates {DATE} are in the format YYYYMMDD.
All maps also show the start position for Parkruns (where available).
Garmin Compatible Avenue Verte Map
Navigation can get very complicated, and the Avenue Verte can be challenging to follow. These maps are intended to make your journey along this wonderful route much easier. This is a searchable and routable cycle / walking map with the following features;
- Broad Green Line visible on the map following the route of the Avenue Verte,
- On most devices, if you are on the Avenue Verte, the device will read “Riding on Ave Verte” (Garmin Edge 530 displays the name of the next road ahead).
- When you investigate the pretty village just off the route, it’s easy to see where the route is and navigate back to it,
- If you decide to load a gps track and follow that, the device will want to navigate you to the start of the track, even it that means going the ‘wrong-way’ - you don’t suffer from this problem,
- Other cycle routes are also shown, making it easier to follow alternative routes should you wish,
- When you are diverted off of the route (there are always diversions!), it is easier to choose where & how to rejoin the route,
- Icons show where to find toilets, drinking water, cycle shops, shops with cycle departments, cafe’s, restaurants, accomodation, supermarkets, convenience stores, food stores, pharmacies & hospitals.
- Start points of Parkruns are visible,
- Addresses are searchable
- As the device is not constantly recalculating your navigation, and using the backlight, your battery will last much longer (especially important on older devices where the battery is not as good as it once was).
Tested on:
- Garmin Edge 530 (no microSD card slot. The small file was copied to the internal memory - search on internet for ‘how’- at your own risk).
- Garmin Edge 810
- Garmin Edge Touring
- Garmin Edge 605 & 705
- Garmin Etrex 30
- Garmin Basecamp
- QMapShack
The maps are updated every month, often more often, depending on my availability.
_You will need a torrent sharing programme on your computer, such as Transmission or Deluge (there are many, just search on the internet if you haven’t come across them before). There is a guide to installing maps onto your Garmin device here.
Small Map of the Avenue Verte (ave_verte_{date}.7z)
This map covers a slightly larger area than the Avenue Verte itself, and the file size is quite small - ideal for copying to the maps folder on one of the Garmin Edge devices that do not use a microSD card. The download is about 240mb, and when uncompressed you will have an ‘.img’ file, and a ‘.tdb’ file, so you can view the file using Garmin’s basecamp software.
Large Map of the Avenue Verte (ave_verte_w_europe_{date}.7z.torrent.7z)
File name = ave_verte_w_europe_{DATE}.7z.torrent.7z (These files are about 1.5GB in size and are available as a torrent from my nextcloud server).
Much larger area and file size - close to the maximum that can be used on a microSD card. Garmin devices require the microSD card is formatted as FAT16 or FAT32, and the largest file size they can deal with is 4GB. All of the same features that the small map has, but covers a much larger area.
Contact me
If you wish to contact me - feedback about any of these maps is always welcome, please do so through: