Garmin map detail for Poland

[ballistic]

Three of us are going to Poland next month. We all have Atlantic Basemap Garmin GPSs (a 2720, an SP3 and a Quest) with v8 maps loaded.
MapSource seems to show only fairly major roads for Poland. Am I correct in assuming that this is reading off the base map and will be the best we can do?
I read somewhere about loading a World Map, but wondered if that was just for regions outside 'basic Europe'

 

[ianboydsnr]

Three of us are going to Poland next month. We all have Atlantic Basemap Garmin GPSs (a 2720, an SP3 and a Quest) with v8 maps loaded.
MapSource seems to show only fairly major roads for Poland. Am I correct in assuming that this is reading off the base map and will be the best we can do?
I read somewhere about loading a World Map, but wondered if that was just for regions outside 'basic Europe'

Can you not get the poland maps, i know you can for Hungary



http://www.garmin.com/cartography/mpc/#Poland

 

[Taff]

I'm sure I read here somewhere that City Navigator V9 is expected to have better coverage of Poland, but as you're going in 3 weeks, you will probably need the "Garmin compatible" GPMapa4 if you want to rely on the GPS. I used it with my 2610 and it helped make my trip a doddle. I met a map reading mate near Krakov for 2 days - lets just say he was far happier following me.

Poland seems quite popular, as this question comes up pretty frequently. Eg Here or Here

If you want to know more about it, feel free to PM me.

 

[ballistic]

GPMapa4 seems just the job... thanks.
I've had a browse through the details etc. but can't seem to find a price... and idea?

 

[Taff]

It was priced in Zlotys, but I think it was around £120. Ordering the single disk via a Polish website was a nightmare, but thanks to Cyprus we got there in the end.

As I said, the maps weren't cheap, but I'm convinced my 10 day trip would not have been as enjoyable if I'd been spending ages reading maps - still took the maps with me mind you, just in case. In fact, I think I only looked at a map once on the whole trip, as the waypoints (but not the routes) had all been downloaded before I left this country. I'm sure you will have your own itinery, but if you wanted some useful waypoints (eg the ferry port, etc) I can e-mail the Mapsource file to you.

I did look at Worldmap before I bought the Polish maps, but frankly I found the road detail very poor by comparison. For some reason, Worldmap seemed to have excellent railway coverage - never did find out why.

 

[ballistic]

It was priced in Zlotys, but I think it was around £120. Ordering the single disk via a Polish website was a nightmare, but thanks to Cyprus we got there in the end.

As I said, the maps weren't cheap, but I'm convinced my 10 day trip would not have been as enjoyable if I'd been spending ages reading maps - still took the maps with me mind you, just in case. In fact, I think I only looked at a map once on the whole trip, as the waypoints (but not the routes) had all been downloaded before I left this country. I'm sure you will have your own itinery, but if you wanted some useful waypoints (eg the ferry port, etc) I can e-mail the Mapsource file to you.

I did look at Worldmap before I bought the Polish maps, but frankly I found the road detail very poor by comparison. For some reason, Worldmap seemed to have excellent railway coverage - never did find out why.

Wow!... £120
I think it'll be good old Michelin maps for us then, we'll only be there for about 5 or 6 days.
After several years of relying on a GPS, it'll be interesting to see how we fare using the old fashioned method.
Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

 

[Taff]

You're forgetting 3 things Mr Ballistic. Firstly, once you've got the disk, you can use it again (if / when you revisit Poland). Secondly, that you get 2 unlock codes, ie one for both your GPS units. Thirdly, you can't take it with you.

The short term pain of getting parted from my £120 has long since been forgotten, but the memories of travelling all over Poland with ease, will last for a very long time.

 

[Dickieboy]

You're forgetting 3 things Mr Ballistic. Firstly, once you've got the disk, you can use it again (if / when you revisit Poland). Secondly, that you get 2 unlock codes, ie one for both your GPS units. Thirdly, you can't take it with you.

The short term pain of getting parted from my £120 has long since been forgotten, but the memories of travelling all over Poland with ease, will last for a very long time.

Good morning Taff

Are there maps available for the Baltic states and Belarus and if so where do I source them.

Dick

 

[Taff]

Dickieboy, the only info I could find on Belarus was THIS from the Garmin site, but this is exactly the way I got the Polisgh maps ie sending an e-mail to the company listed. I did try a search on "Baltic" but just got a load of links to Blue Chart maps. Perhaps, you would get a better result if you entered the name of the individual countries, rather than a region.

 

[Britishbeefy]

Have you tried getting a visa for Belarus? Went to the Embassy in London...nightmare unless you are going on an organised trip or know someone there! Saw the Iranian embassy just around the corner though...only seen on TV before, and Harrods van getting a ticket, to which the driver said...feck em...Al Fyed(spelling) is picking up the fine!!! So trip not totally wasted

Poland...Michelin maps and base map on Quest were enough for me....learn to trust the compass feature though, rather than your instinct!!

 

[fcasado]

Just been to Poland and the baltics (and now in Romania heading to Bulgaria), we're using a quest 2 with CN8NT...Absolutelly fine!!!

The only thing we do is get some coords on google earth, put on the gps and off we go, not a problem even in big cities and to be honest, once you start looking on the maps/google earth the trip gets even more intresting...

Of course it was a hell of a lot easier in Belgium/Denmark/Norway etc etc...but I don't regret not having bought the extra maps! And sometimes you also have to stop and ask for directions, very good way to meet people (even when you don't speak the lingo) and you just don't ONLY follow a machine!

All in all, don't worry Poland is a very nice country and loads of nice places (I did swear at the polish roads, little did I know about the Romanian ones... )

Enjoy

 

[John Armstrong]

I did look at Worldmap before I bought the Polish maps, but frankly I found the road detail very poor by comparison. For some reason, Worldmap seemed to have excellent railway coverage - never did find out why.

How often has a new railway been built since Victorian times? Apart from the TGV / Eurostar ones

 

[Garry H]

Did Romania in july and use the basemap with world map and a paper map...had no problems...I used the paper map ( 1 in 400,000 ) as the main guide and the gps as a second aid...Unless i am in Europe then it's the GPS only