Garmin vista/new zealand

[tonys]

Thinking about buying a Vista, emigrating to New Zealand august next year, noticed they are much more expensive over there, so thought I'd get one in the UK, can I change the base map? Can I buy one here, with the NZ base map? What about buying one from the States, even cheaper there!

 

[BurnieM]

No you cannot change the basemap. Neither will one purchased from the US have an NZ basemap. I would not worry about it as the NZ basemap is the same as WorldMap (crap) but there are some third party loadable maps available;

http://www.gpsriders.net/nz_mapping.html

Don't expect all the features (like POI for example) that you will find on a Garmin product. You will get all streets and most tracks and almost all street names.
Then again, they are free

 

[AdamZ]

No you cannot change the basemap. Neither will one purchased from the US have an NZ basemap. I would not worry about it as the NZ basemap is the same as WorldMap (crap) but there are some third party loadable maps available;

http://www.gpsriders.net/nz_mapping.html

Don't expect all the features (like POI for example) that you will find on a Garmin product. You will get all streets and most tracks and almost all street names.
Then again, they are free

Is NZ on the worldmap?

 

[Howard Millichap]

Is NZ on the worldmap?

Yes.