Using i3 in Europe.

newtosatnav · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 66

Excuse my lack of knowledge if this question seems stupid.

My i3 has the UK and Eire loaded but apparently has maps of western europe. I have just bought an appartment in Murcia in Spain but although if I scroll out I can see Spain with roads showing I can't get the search to find either an address or even a town nearby. If I set off what will show on the screen when I hit mainland Europe??

mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

Interesting question! I had assumed no current position shown on screen beyond detailed map area (northern France seems to be the limit) but if this is true why would main roads over the rest of Europe show on scrolling the map?

Has anyone tried it abroad?

portman · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject:

When you head in to Europe beyond the coast it continues to show the main roads and your position relative to them. What you cannot do is search for addresses or route plan beyond the west of France or the channel ports.
In America with a UK i3(no US mapping) you can still add favourites but you can't navigate to them!!

newtosatnav · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 66

So would I be able to follow my progress along the road but have to rely on old fashioned paper maps to get from where I know that I am to where I want to be?

portman · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:20 am Post subject:

The number of roads on the basemap is quite limited, but yes it would act as a guide to your position.

Skippy · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:29 am Post subject:

Not sure about the i3 but many Garmins have something called a "basemap" which is a rough map of major roads and cities. It's not very accurate, it might be 400 meters off in places. Some units will let you navigate using the basemap but it doesn't work well - motorway junctions are shown as a normal intersection for example.

Try and zoom in on Paris and see what's there.
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mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

I must say that I'm very surprised that there seems not to be uproar that the claimed (on the box) optional extra European maps on card are in fact not available and Garmin seem to have no idea when they will be. Indeed one wonders if they ever will appear.

Perhaps more people will be concerned as next year's holiday season looms!

newtosatnav · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 66

Has anyone tried the maps that you can import?

If so what was the result and how did you do it?

zogman · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject:

francisc · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:28 pm Post subject:

francisc · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:55 am Post subject:

You can find preprogramed TransFlash cards for i2/i3 here:
- for France
- for Spain & Portugal

zogman · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:44 pm Post subject:

francisc · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject:

newtosatnav · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 66

Skippy · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject:

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