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Adding Great Britain to a Garmin GPS
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| Ken Rose 2005-07-04, 10:55 pm |
| First, I am really a novice at this.
But I am going to be in Great Britain traveling from the U.S. I want
to get a GPS that will cover the U.S. and be able to add the U.K.,
primarily Scotland to a portable device.
I'm looking for relatively inexpensive, and as best as I can figure
out, I need to buy a U.S. loaded GPS and add the U.K. Here's where I
have the problem.
It appears that Garmin only sells a CD with maps that cover all of
Europe for about $400. Is there a way to get just the U.K. to add to
the GPS? If so, how?
Also, if so, which is your recommendation for a GPS which shows maps.
Thanks in advance.
Ken
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| Ivor Jones 2005-07-04, 10:55 pm |
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"Ken Rose" <krose2@comcast.net> wrote in message
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quote:
> First, I am really a novice at this.
> But I am going to be in Great Britain traveling from the U.S. I want
> to get a GPS that will cover the U.S. and be able to add the U.K.,
> primarily Scotland to a portable device.
> I'm looking for relatively inexpensive, and as best as I can figure
> out, I need to buy a U.S. loaded GPS and add the U.K. Here's where I
> have the problem.
> It appears that Garmin only sells a CD with maps that cover all of
> Europe for about $400. Is there a way to get just the U.K. to add to
> the GPS? If so, how?
No, they don't sell individual regions/countries, you have to buy all of
it. I had the same problem in reverse when I visited the US, I had to buy
*all* of North America, when I only wanted California and Arizona..!
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> Also, if so, which is your recommendation for a GPS which shows maps.
> Thanks in advance.
I use the Garmin SP2610 www.garmin.com/products/sp2610/ but that may be
too expensive for you. Try the 60CS or 76CS handhelds, they should do what
you want ok.
Ivor
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| Ken Rose 2005-07-04, 10:55 pm |
| On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 22:52:58 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
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>"Ken Rose" <krose2@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:md3jc19dtno8o6d
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4ax.com...
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>No, they don't sell individual regions/countries, you have to buy all of
>it. I had the same problem in reverse when I visited the US, I had to buy
>*all* of North America, when I only wanted California and Arizona..!
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>I use the Garmin SP2610 www.garmin.com/products/sp2610/ but that may be
>too expensive for you. Try the 60CS or 76CS handhelds, they should do what
>you want ok.
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>Ivor
Thanks, Ken
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| Colin Wilson 2005-07-05, 6:55 am |
| > But I am going to be in Great Britain traveling from the U.S. I want
quote:
> to get a GPS that will cover the U.S. and be able to add the U.K.,
> primarily Scotland to a portable device.
> I'm looking for relatively inexpensive, and as best as I can figure
> out, I need to buy a U.S. loaded GPS and add the U.K. Here's where I
> have the problem.
> It appears that Garmin only sells a CD with maps that cover all of
> Europe for about $400. Is there a way to get just the U.K. to add to
> the GPS? If so, how?
The cheapest way i`ve found to obtain the european maps is to buy a GPS18
receiver with nroute, which comes with City Select Europe on CD. You can
use the free unlock to use it on another Garmin device, but the first
unlock is tied to the GPS18 receiver.
Try http://www.aspidshop.com and search for "nroute" - its the cheapest
place I could find (based in Portugal)
Garmin have a XXXXed up pricing policy that means the maps alone cost 50%
more than the same maps with yet more hardware you don`t want or need.
http://www.garminsuck.com
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| Ken Rose 2005-07-05, 9:55 am |
| On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:36:20 +0100, Colin Wilson <void@btinternet.com>
wrote:
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>The cheapest way i`ve found to obtain the european maps is to buy a GPS18
>receiver with nroute, which comes with City Select Europe on CD. You can
>use the free unlock to use it on another Garmin device, but the first
>unlock is tied to the GPS18 receiver.
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>Try http://www.aspidshop.com and search for "nroute" - its the cheapest
>place I could find (based in Portugal)
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>Garmin have a XXXXed up pricing policy that means the maps alone cost 50%
>more than the same maps with yet more hardware you don`t want or need.
>
>http://www.garminsuck.com
Thanks. It seems strange that these GPS companies don't sell
individual country data. You'd think if they'd market a single country
for $40-$50 they would wind up ahead rather than sell 15 countries for
$300.
I've decided I don't really need the information at the prices Garmin
sells it for.
Ken
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