cheap maps

[aspiring]

evening all,does anyone have any thoughts about the pro"s and con"s about these cheap map cards? im thinking about getting one but not sure of the quality of them,sorry cant put a link up


ebay item:120902717369

 

[Buz]

Not sure if it will work, theres something about registering that comes in to it I think.....there again i'm new to all this map source stuff, someone who knows tons more will be along with an expert opinion soon

In the mean time Heres the LINK for you....

 

[Sleepy]

For another £25, you can get Maps for life...

 

[Bumpkin]

Can't use these for route planning on your PC using Mapsource as the mapping needs to be on the PC. However, Basecamp will read the mapping on the card and allow route planning.

Might cause issues if you want lots of music though having the mapping on the card means that, I suppose, you can clear out the internal memory and use that for music instead.

As said above MuMaps Lifetime subscription gift card from either Handtec or Pentagon GPS for a shade over £50 inc. postage means that you have updates for the life of your GPS and these can be downloaded to your PC for use in Mapsource.

 

[Ash]

Not sure if it will work, theres something about registering that comes in to it I think.....there again i'm new to all this map source stuff, someone who knows tons more will be along with an expert opinion soon

In the mean time Heres the LINK for you....

they will work,i tried one in a zumo 500...
that is not all of Europe [ on your link ]
see piccy below for EU mapping........

get a Garmin Numaps card ....... [ well worth the extra ]
i have it for my 550...

 

[Nobbyspiles]

None cheaper than these........http://thepiratebay.se/search/garmin/0/99/300

May I suggest the seller has merely downloaded from similar site and put on an SD card to sell on......

I haven't downloaded N America and Aus & NZ from here to 2Gb SD cards and stuck them in the Zumo 550. No probs and for nowt...........

 

[Bumpkin]

Another free alternative is OpenStreetMap, tested this the other day on my Garmin, there are a few minor anomalies but nothing major:

1/ Confused a funny shaped junction for a roundabout once. Have had similar issues using Navfree on my Android phone (this uses OSM mapping). A 'dab' of common sense is all that's been required so far but it's possibly a little distracting when this happens.

2/ Needs more routing nodes in Mapsource/Basecamp as it tended to err on the side of cross country routes on the GPS when compared to Mapsource on default settings. Probably preferable for bike use but not always. Maybe the road speed data is absent as there was no speed limit display.

Out for a run on the bike on Thursday, will give it another try then. Comparing the route proposed by the ride-out leader (he did this in Google Maps) there are some minor roads missing in the Garmin data, these are there in OSM. Having said that these roads are more goat track than road.

Only testing this and will revert to Garmin mapping as I have a Lifetime sub. It's a viable legitimate free alternative if you're averse to 'stepping across the line'.

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[aspiring]

thanks everyone for the feedback,i think ill just go with the official garmin lifetime updates.that seems to be the most reliable and easiest route to go down.like they say,cheapest isnt always best....thanks again

 

[Nobbyspiles]

thanks everyone for the feedback,i think ill just go with the official garmin lifetime updates.that seems to be the most reliable and easiest route to go down.like they say,cheapest isnt always best....thanks again

FYI
I took the lifetime update a a while ago £99.99 Only covers the one region. Europe in my case. I did buy Aus & NZ maps at £124.99 but every time I go to the site now, it says Aus is due an update and cost is .........yep £124.99 again. Fk that.

 

[swissrob]

just download the unlocked image for SD card from gpsunderground and hundreds of other sites.

pop into your GPS and you are done.

 

[ghiribizzo]

I've got lifetime updates from Garmin on the car Nuvi and the Zumo. But Gramin makes you download the same update twice every time.
Once you've got that installed and used it a couple of times you may want to take care using reliable and easy in the same sentence. It should be, but...

 

[rce]

Currently playing with openmaps and my pucka 2011 mapsource maps.

To be honest so far the pros of the open source maps (in UK) far outway the pros of using the proper maps.

The detail in mapsource and basecamp is way better when switched to open source.

Tried a little run yesterday using my Etrex 20 switched to open source and worked well.

 

[Big_Steve64]

My 2p worth

Buying pirated (read stolen) goods, be it maps, cds, dvds. Is pretty much the same as driving off without paying for petrol. I doubt wether many of you would do that. So what makes this OK?

Just saying....

 

[Bumpkin]

Currently playing with openmaps and my pucka 2011 mapsource maps.

To be honest so far the pros of the open source maps (in UK) far outway the pros of using the proper maps.

The detail in mapsource and basecamp is way better when switched to open source.

Tried a little run yesterday using my Etrex 20 switched to open source and worked well.

For open source mapping it's pretty good isn't it

Apart from the odd anomaly there are a few downsides;

It will be bigger, in file size terms, compared with the Garmin mapping fr the same area as it's non NT and, generally contains more data (though there's some data missing as well).

The speed limits aren't displayed on the screen, this must be missing from the data.

Seas are not displayed but rivers and lakes are.

In my limited experience the routing isn't quite the same as Garmin mapping so swapped routes with other users may create differing routes (you can get that with Garmin > Garmin of different vintages anyway...

However, I was very surprised at the number of POIs, appear to a greater density than the Garmin mapping

 

[rce]

In my limited experience the routing isn't quite the same as Garmin mapping so swapped routes with other users may create differing routes (you can get that with Garmin > Garmin of different vintages anyway...

However, I was very surprised at the number of POIs, appear to a greater density than the Garmin mapping

For some reason the Etrex range seem to handle some routes differently to the PC calculated routes using the standard Garmin maps so not a massive loss.

I have learnt generally where to position way points to get me on the roads I want.

Love the fact that OpenStreetMap have footpaths and green lanes shown meaning the mapping is far more useful for all my needs whether on or off the bike.

Must say the clarity on the Etrex 20 in bright sunlight is amazing, I used to use an Etrex Legend which was good but the 20 is way better even though the screen size is the same, and it only cost me £133

 

[Tomcat]

OSM seems to be pretty good in the UK, and Netherlands for example, but the detail in France is very patchy. For France I don't think it is a usable alternative to Garmin's maps. This is just based on comparing the detail in sections of Garmin maps with the same region in OSM.