Garmin MapSource City Navigator, North America DVD-ROM for Garmin StreetPilot GPS Units
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Customer Review: Good map for GPS navigation
Summary: 4 Stars
This map, in my Garmin eTrex Vista Cx GPS receiver, served my son well in his trans-American bicycle trip, and for my local bike trips, geocaching, and business travel. Make sure you buy a large enough memory card (2GB) so that you can go ahead and copy the entire US on it at one time, to avoid the necessity of switching maps when you go on a trip. The data on gas stations and other businesses is not perfect, but good enough to be very useful. Routing for car or bicycle is good, although the GPS sometimes fails to complete the route for a long bike ride in an urban area. I guess it has too many small streets from which to choose. In that case, you just have to break the trip up into separate segments.Customer Review: Not the latest version.
Summary: 1 Stars
I used to be a huge Garmin fan, but they have really mucked this up. The version that gets sent to you is v8. As soon as you install it, they tell you that v9 is available and that you "may" be charged $75 for the upgrade. (To which I inquired and let's just say you "will" be charged.) I then found out that the v9 is actually a stand-alone, and not an upgrade version, so I could have saved money by going straight for the supposed "upgrade." I think at this point I'll save the $75 and put it towards a non-Garmin unit.
I am also having major problems with it in Vista, but hope installing it on my XP Pro laptop will at least make the DVD usable.
Disappointing, at best.
Customer Review: necessary accessory
Summary: 4 Stars
just rec'd this item for my garmin 60CSx - and i must say that without this software the gps isn't very useful - but with the map detail loaded my gps is now a fully featured road map - i loaded most of the northeast onto the unit and can now search by name for nearly any business/attraction that i might need. there are various levels of detail that can be shown on the map - this is a setting on the GPS unit itself. So far i'm mightily impressed.
the only reason for a 4 - after paying quite a bit for the GPS unit itself the price for the software seems unreasonably high - and the restrictions on loading it only multiple units (the unlocking process is a bit odd) seems harsh.
Customer Review: As good as any other vehicle navigation software
Summary: 4 Stars
I've used this product for about 3 months. It works excellent in routing and rerouting, giving instructions, etc. (make sure your unit is compatible for that function). I've got it installed in my GPSMAP 60 csx and it works great. Lots of POI's. Only one complaint with this: You can't use the Topo at the same time in the same area. So if you are a hiker and use Topo maps, you'll have to manually switch in and out of City Navigator to get one or the other to work. They do not overlay. Kind of a pain - but that's what we have to deal with. I recommend this software to someone who wants both geographical use and road use for their GPSMAP model 60.Customer Review: Difficult to unlock
Summary: 1 Stars
Garmin has established an Unlock procedure that is so byzantine that I frequently am denied use of my rightfully owned software. Whether the error is missing unlock code, no customer code found, unable to recognize device, or customer support is currently closed, I find it virtually impossible to install the maps on my device. I understand that Garmin wants to prevent piracy, but they really need to beta test their anti-piracy protocols before dumping their wares on the public. If Garmin doesn't respect the hours upon hours of my time that I spend trying to unlock their software, they do not deserve repeat business.