Garmin Birds Eye View Satellite Download for Tread Baja Devices

Garmin has done a great job of upgrading the Tread Baja devices frequently. One of the recent updates comes to the background mapping. In addition to the included satellite imagery, you can now subscribe to Outdoor Maps+ Annual plan at $49.99 year. Link to Garmin website here.

With these new map subscriptions came a slightly more complicated interface for downloading satellite imagery, as it requires you to download the Tread app to your phone, pair to your Tread GPS device to your phone and log in or create an account before you can download satellite imagery. On the upside - it is easier to download those maps once that pairing has taken place.

We've created a quick guide below to walk you through the steps and you can also check out our Youtube instructional video (coming soon!). All of the steps below are on the Garmin Tread Baja devices.

Update your Tread device to the most current software version. Swipe down from the top of the screen and scroll down to see if there are any updates available. That's the fastest way there, alternatively you can go to Apps> Tools> System Updates.
Once you have the most recent software version, connect your phone to your device by following along the directions on the GPS unit. Go to Apps> Race> Birds Eye Direct> Outdoor Maps+> Download Satellite Imagery. Scan the QR Code with your cell phone and it will open a web browser, click through that to open your App store and download the Tread app on your cell phone. Open the Tread app and click pair a device. It will have you scan the device QR code again. If the accessory doesn't pop up, open your Bluetooth settings, turn off your Bluetooth and turn it back on. Select the Garmin device on your phone and confirm on the GPS.
At this point in the pairing process the GPS didn't change once it was paired. We had to click not now and cancel out of the screen and click on download satellite imagery again.
Notice that the black box on the screen is the selected area you will download. Zoom in and you can see the selected area takes up less GB, zoom out and it will be a larger download.
Click the storage icon on the top left to see how much space you have on the internal GPS storage. You can insert a memory card and download the data to the card. Keep in mind that card will only work on the device it was downloaded from, you can't download here and put the card in your other chase truck GPS.
The layers icon on the top right will allow you to select what data to download.
Most Baja racers are going to be looking to download the Southern half of the Baja peninsula. Garmin already loads satellite imagery of the Northern half, so zoom in where the satellite mapping ends and begin selecting the areas you need keeping the top of the black outline as close as possible to the next section.
Click the download button on the bottom right hand corner of the GPS and it will begin your download. If you have multiple areas to download, click on download satellite imagery again and select the next block to download.