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skivi

2006-10-28, 3:33 pm

Hi there,
I live in the US and I'm looking at buying a Garmin 276C chartplotter
for my father who lives in New Zealand.
Can anyone tell me if the basemap will be automatically set to North
america if i buy it here, or will he be presented with a one time
choice of which region he wants when he sets it up?

Also, what detail/useability can i expect to get from a basemap?
streets? only major highways? any marine info?
If so, would i need to purchase more detailed New Zealand street and
marine maps anyway?

I guess my second question can be summed as: If I purchase the unit in
NZ with the nz basemap, am i going to have to purchase more detail
anyway, in which case I might as well just buy the USA version and just
get the extra street and marine detail to add to it.

thanks in advance for your help

Sam

JBDragon

2006-10-28, 10:33 pm

The Basemap will be US!

"skivi" <samkivi@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162057000.687318.208660@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi there,
> I live in the US and I'm looking at buying a Garmin 276C chartplotter
> for my father who lives in New Zealand.
> Can anyone tell me if the basemap will be automatically set to North
> america if i buy it here, or will he be presented with a one time
> choice of which region he wants when he sets it up?
>
> Also, what detail/useability can i expect to get from a basemap?
> streets? only major highways? any marine info?
> If so, would i need to purchase more detailed New Zealand street and
> marine maps anyway?
>
> I guess my second question can be summed as: If I purchase the unit in
> NZ with the nz basemap, am i going to have to purchase more detail
> anyway, in which case I might as well just buy the USA version and just
> get the extra street and marine detail to add to it.
>
> thanks in advance for your help
>
> Sam
>



Helge Olav Helgesen

2006-10-28, 10:33 pm

Hello skivi,

> Can anyone tell me if the basemap will be automatically set to North
> america if i buy it here, or will he be presented with a one time
> choice of which region


US
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Helge Olav Helgesen
http://www.helge.net



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