| budman@frozenorth.ca 2007-09-25, 10:33 am |
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I posted the following on http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6240 last night, after
an exhausting day of trial but surprisingly, no error!
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c330 2008 map update
I have just finished installing ALL of the Map Update 2008 City Navigator North
America NT on my Garmin C330. Once I got my head around what was actually
happening, I'd like to outline the procedure.
The 2008 CD installs a program called "MapInstall" on your computer to be used
later. Don't forget.
-Your are asked to select between Canada (incl. Alaska & northern border states)
OR lower 49 states (incl. Puerto Rico), which replaces the map info in the C330.
-Now then, I have tried BOTH, but which one you load depends on what size of SD
card you have, or want to buy. I can tell you that if you load the US/Puerto
Rico map, you can put ALL of Canada on a 512 mb SD card. If you load
Canada/Alaska, you can get away with a 1-gig SD card, but I had a 2-gig.
-At any rate, after loading your map, you will go to the program "MapInstall".
Do NOT put the SD card in your GPS, but make sure it's on & the USB cable
attached. I have a Lexar USB SD card reader. When you start MapInstall, you will
see both devices. Select the "Removable disk". You then have to select each
state or province individually to 'create' your 'secondary' map. It's easier to
zoom in a bit on the North American map. When your selection is done, you send
the info to the SD card in the USB reader. This takes some time, about 45
minutes to an hour.
When it's finished, remove the SD card from the reader & install it in the slot
of the GPS. That's all there is. You do NOT have to select either map. You end
up with a seamless North American/Puerto Rico map just like before. You'd never
know that you had changed anything. All your previous waypoints etc are there.
Like I said, I loaded Canada to the GPS, then the US to the SD card. I just
selected my friend's place in Lake Worth Florida as a destination. I touched
"Show Map" before Go! and voila, there it was, 2485.1 km away. I then removed
the SD card and the mapping goes away. Stick it in & you're back in business. I
don't know why I'd want to take it out from now on. I download the Florida
waypoint from MapSource, so your POi's must be on the GPS proper.
Since I only have the Canadian map on the GPS itself, I've got room to store
more POi's than this website can provide!
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