Worldmap

[cookie]

I don't recognise the *.daa archive...??? Is this an ISO file? or something else?

Al...

oh. so it is.

when i posted the torrent, i hadn't downloaded it. i suspect you change the suffix but i don't know what to. it's usually .rar but not in this case. it's not ISO either.

.DAA does not exist AFAICT

dunno

more torrents here

"v.4.06" looks like it's worldmap but version is questionable, unrars to this:

 

[Kritou]

One of the posters in this thread is a Quest user - isn't the Worldmap burned into ROM (or whatever the Garmin terminology is)?

 

[PanEuropean]

Just for the record here - I inquired about WorldMap, and the cartography in the 3.02 version is exactly the same as the cartography in all previous versions of WorldMap. This is why Garmin has never made any announcement of a 'new' WorldMap being released.

The only difference between the versions is technical, it relates to how the cartography gets installed on the computer. So, if you own an early version of WorldMap (from the last millennium), there is nothing to be gained by purchasing the newer version.

Michael

 

[Deleted account W]

One of the posters in this thread is a Quest user - isn't the Worldmap burned into ROM (or whatever the Garmin terminology is)?

Theres more detail on Worldmap than on the Quest basemap.

 

[PanEuropean]

Theres more detail on Worldmap than on the Quest basemap.

This may be true, however, please be careful to ensure that you observe the version number of the basemap before you install WorldMap on any GPSR. Here's why:

ANY installed map will over-ride the basemap and take priority for screen display. There is a 'pecking order' to the cartography, and the GPSR will observe the following pecking order if multiple map products are loaded in a GPSR:

1) City Navigator
2) City Select
3) MetroGuide
4) Topo
5) WorldMap
6) the built-in basemap

The WorldMap data is pretty old, it dates from the late 1990s. The first version of the Atlantic basemap is newer than WorldMap. Some of the newer GPSRs are shipping with a newer version of the basemap burned into them.

In principle, you don't want to have WorldMap segments loaded into your GPSR for areas that are already covered by the built-in basemap, because under those circumstances, the (older) WorldMap segments will display on the screen, displacing the newer data from the built-in basemap.

Executive Summary: Restrict your use of WorldMap segments to only those areas of the world that are NOT covered by the built-in basemap. There are two versions of the basemap, Americas and Atlantic. The dividing line between them is about 30°W longitude. So, if you have an Atlantic model GPSR, you should not be loading any basemap segments from the area between (roughly) Iceland and Saudi Arabia.

Michael

 

[John Armstrong]

While not disagreeing, the World Map detail seems to be better than the base map detail for Morocco. As a EU basemap user I'd still load the World Map on and have the best of both worlds as the autorouting will still work, but if I want to see something in clearer detail I'll have the option. I hope BTW as I haven't tried it, yet. At least I'd have the option of switching off the World Map if it was messing up the base map useage. And with a 2 gb CF card the World map won't use up much of its capacity.

 

[BurnieM]

Executive Summary: Restrict your use of WorldMap segments to only those areas of the world that are NOT covered by the built-in basemap. There are two versions of the basemap, Americas and Atlantic. The dividing line between them is about 30°W longitude. So, if you have an Atlantic model GPSR, you should not be loading any basemap segments from the area between (roughly) Iceland and Saudi Arabia.

Michael

Ah Hmmm.....
There are 3 versions of the basemap - don't forget Pacific

Americas; Covers from 180 to 30W and 60S to 75N

Atlantic; Covers from 30W to 60E and 60S to 75N

Pacific; Covers from 60E to 180 and 60S to 75N

 

[PanEuropean]

Ah Hmmm.....
There are 3 versions of the basemap - don't forget Pacific...

True, but if we want to get really pedantic about it, there are about 8 version of the basemap, depending on when the GPSR was made.

I didn't bother to mention Pacific because there are few (if any) participants here from the Pacific region who will ever need to use their GPSR outside of their home region.

Michael