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gamblingman Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: I3 - American Maps? |
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I'm heading off to California soon and was wondering if anyone knows if I can get US Maps to load onto my Garmin I3.
It would be great if I could take it with me. The little thing hardly ever lets me down.
I couldn't find any links to US Maps on the Garmin site but maybe someone here knows where I can purchase them.
Cheers,
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mk_graham Regular Visitor
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Joined: Jul 13, 2006 Posts: 200 Location: Milton Keynes UK
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:46 am Post subject: |
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You'll need a big fat transflash to load the whole US, so be selective, based on where you're headed. _________________ Garmin i3 gone (sold on eBay)
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Beerbellybill999 Regular Visitor
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Joined: Jan 16, 2006 Posts: 202 Location: Merseyside
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: |
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I depends on how much you want to pay!!
It can be done on the cheap by buying Metroguide North America from ebay. These maps are not locked but you can't load them with the normal mapsource loader but with other utilities(freeware)
see thread
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=43857 _________________ i3 2.70(went to 2.82,3.0,3.1 but downgraded) with V8 map on microSD card
Metroguide Europe V7 & V8 (routable and indexed)
Metroguide N America V6 (routable and indexed) |
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gamblingman Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your help guys. I will check out the links.
Cheers. |
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Beerbellybill999 Regular Visitor
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:01 am Post subject: |
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By the way don't buy and card bigger the 512mb,any bigger maps and the i3 sloooows right down! _________________ i3 2.70(went to 2.82,3.0,3.1 but downgraded) with V8 map on microSD card
Metroguide Europe V7 & V8 (routable and indexed)
Metroguide N America V6 (routable and indexed) |
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georgemac Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:20 am Post subject: |
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I have purchased City Navigator North America v8 DVD (from Canada £80). Installed and unlocked the maps on my laptop. I have selected the Florida maps using map tool, and sent them to my Garmin i3, in which I have a spare 256 Mbyte Transflash card.
It seemed to write the maps OK, but when I turn the unit back on and select view map, it is still showing me the UK maps?
The image file on the card is about 125 Mbytes with what I loaded, any idea what I am doing wrong? |
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georgemac Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like I did nothing wrong - it is the i3 not finding the satellites and dislaying the last point it was at when it had a position fix.
I entered an address and went to view the map and the US maps are loaded. |
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Jamas Regular Visitor
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 76 Location: Toulouse-France
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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georgemac wrote: | any idea what I am doing wrong? |
Nothing.
If you are currently based in UK, it is normal that the i3 shows you the UK maps isn't it ?
What you have to do is a "search" of an address or city within Florida and when found, select "show map"
Jamas _________________ SP i3 S/W 2.9-> 2.7 City Navigator V8 NT+ |
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