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Current Versions of TopoActive Maps

Current Map Version: TopoActive 2025.10

The available region coverage for these maps includes North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Oceania, Middle East and Central Asia, Africa, Greenland, and Antarctica. To learn how to check and update your maps, see the How Do I Check for Updates? section below.

Change Log

  • Fixes a known bug causing routing and course creation errors in Europe

  • Improved road colors to better distinguish road classes

  • Higher contrast colors for roads/trails to improve visibility

  • Larger labels for major cities

  • Major parks will drop from the map display when zoomed in (borders will remain)

  • Updated popularity data

Cycling Maps

Effective May 7, 2025, Garmin Cycle Maps for Edge® cycling computers and Garmin® watches are being discontinued. The same mapping content will now be included in our TopoActive maps and can be purchased or downloaded on compatible devices. For more information on Garmin TopoActive maps, see TopoActive Maps on Garmin Watches or Verifying the Maps Installed on a Garmin Edge Device.


Information on Changes

Choose an option below to learn more about these map updates:


Which Map Regions Receive These Updates?

NOTE: Separately purchased maps do not receive map updates.
  • Africa

  • Australia and Oceania

  • Europe

  • Middle East and Central Asia

  • North America

  • South America


What are the Major Changes in this Update?

The following changes have been added in the latest update:

  • Updated color scheme for roads, parks, trails, and more (all regions).

  • Updated popularity data (all regions). 

  • Added built-up commercial and residential areas (North America).

    • Not visible on all fenix® watches. 

  • Added additional natural surface cover areas (North America).

  • Improved visibility of lakes at higher zoom levels (North America).

  • Improved visibility of mountain Summits (North America).

  • Improved visibility of railroad tracks (North America). 


What are the Major Changes in the Previous Updates?


Cycle and TopoActive Map 2024.10

The following changes have been added in the latest update:

NOTE: These changes only apply to South America, Middle East & Central Asia, Australia/Oceania, and Africa coverage.

  • Updated icons for points of interest

  • Updated popularity data

  • Improved visibility of roads at higher zoom levels

  • New coverage in Oceania:

    • American Samoa

    • Cook Islands

    • Federated States of Micronesia

    • Fiji

    • French Polynesia

    • Guam

    • Kiribati

    • Marshall Islands

    • Nauru

    • New Caledonia

    • Niue

    • Norfolk Island

    • Northern Mariana Islands

    • Palau

    • Papua New Guinea

    • Pitcairn Islands

    • Samoa

    • Solomon Islands

    • Tokelau

    • Tonga

    • Tuvalu

    • United States Minor Outlying Islands

    • Vanuatu

    • Wallis and Futuna

TopoActive Australia and Oceania Coverage 2025.10


Cycle and TopoActive Map 2023.10

NOTE: These changes only apply to North America, South America, and the Australia/New Zealand coverage.

  • Improved routing for cycling activities

  • Updated popularity data

  • New coverage in the Caribbean:

    • Dominica

    • Haiti

    • Montserrat

    • Saba/Sint Eustatius

    • Saint Kitts and Nevis

    • St. Vincent and the Grenadines


Cycle and TopoActive Map 2022.20

NOTE: These changes only apply to North America, South America, and the Australia/New Zealand coverage.
  • New coverage for northern Canada (Yukon Territory, Northwest Territory, Nunavut)

  • Various color modifications affecting roads

  • Added additional POIs for natural features

  • Addition of running tracks

  • Updated popularity data and routing improvements

  • Split North America into three regions:

North America Region Divisions


Cycle and TopoActive Map 2022.10

NOTE: These changes only apply to North America, South America, and the Australia/New Zealand coverage.

  • Various color modifications

    • Parks

    • Contours

    • Interstates

    • More

  • De-cluttering of various points of interest

  • Updated popularity data and routing improvements


Cycle and TopoActive Map 2021.20

NOTE: These changes only apply to North America, South America, and the Australia/New Zealand coverage.

  • Night mode color improvements (Edge/Handheld devices only)

  • Various fixes to improve routing

  • Improved searchability for restaurants and other points of interest

  • Updated icons for some outdoor-related points of interest


Cycle and TopoActive Map 2021.10

  • Refreshed icons for cycling-related points

    • Bike Rental

    • Bike Repair Stations

    • Compressed Air

    • eBike Charging (Europe Only)

  • Improved popularity for Trail Running activities

  • Updated color for water features1

  • Improved visibility for some roads when zoomed out

  • Shifted the below southwest US states into the Americas, Central map region

    • Arizona

    • California 

    • Colorado

    • Hawaii 

    • Oklahoma 

    • Nevada

    • New Mexico

    • Texas

    • Utah


1 These changes only apply North America, South America, and Australia/New Zealand.


Cycle and TopoActive Map 2020.20

NOTE: These changes only apply to North America, South America, and the Australia/New Zealand coverage (2020.20).

  • Routing improvements for cycling activities

  • New boundary lines for National Forest (North and South America only)

  • Improved street name abbreviations (Example: North Main Street is now N Main St)

  • Inclusion of Bicycle Repair Stations and Compressed Air

  • Improved icons for Bicycle Rental and Bicycle Parking Points

  • Inclusion of elevations for summit points where available 

  • Improved labels for major highways


Cycle and TopoActive Map 2019.20

NOTE: These changes only apply to Europe coverage (2019.20 Version).

  • Added E-bike charging POIs

  • Differentiation of summit points by topographic isolation

  • Modified how unpaved roads and city POIs /Areas appear in the map



How Do I Check for Updates?

Using Garmin Express

The Garmin Express™ program is an application designed to manage Garmin devices. It is used for product registration, device updates, syncing fitness data with Garmin Connect™ account, and much more. It can be used to update the maps on your Garmin device.

How Do I Install Garmin Express Software?

Using the Map Manager

Garmin watches with the Map Manager feature allow you to add, update, or remove maps directly from the watch. 

Using Map Manager on Garmin Outdoor Watches

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