I misunderstood what I was getting when I bought this. I thought I was getting the GPS and the MapSource TOPO came with it. What do I need?
191320
WHAT? the question is too vague? I can tell you this: I returned TOPO because I felt it was useless and the producers need to invest time and NOT rush there product to market in the version I had in order to make it truly beneficial. It is mostly featureless and ultimately useless, lacking trails, roads, land marks, etc. I hope that answered your question?
2044834
There was a little paper thing that came with your Garmin GPS 1450. It's called a "manual" and if you read it, you will learn the requirements for the device. That being said, I'd buy an eight or sixteen gig for your maps, if you don't want to take the time to see what is compatible.
1283945
This device comes with the maps for the US. There does not appear to be a difference between this package and the Garmin.com bundle. It is winter so I haven't had much opportunity to play with it but it was able to acquire satellites and show me my location on a map. There also appears to be functions to set courses so I would say this qualifies as a navigation/performance package. I hope that helps.
180494
It takes a sd card that got the gps infomation...... u probably can go 2 the power acoustik web site and download the new maps
633651
I hate to be a bummer but if you purchased in within the last 30 days return it! buy a real GPS. They will not take it back after 30 days and they are no help at the company with assistance.
2264218
I'm assuming the low price does not come with the GPS itself. I purchased the GPS desperately, so I didn't not see multiple prices.
2032646
The topo product for the whole US is a lower resolution (100k) compared to 24k, so you do not see as many topo lines, 2 tracks etc. But the big difference would be that the 100k version does not support 'routing' (at least it did not when I bought it), while the 24k one does. 'Routing' is where you select a Go-to location, and the GPS picks a road route for you.
347294
I don't see any reference to GPS in the instruction manual or about GEO tagging
2278961
it comes with everything but the "detailed" map. i have not received an answer why not other than i may need to buy a card. unfortunately it seems there are no cards for my area, atlantic east coast. save your money and get a garmin, my friend spent 2x what i did but got 4x the value !
2215923
Yes. Yes you can. Pro: With a little searching you can find open source digital topo maps maps that are pretty good, though maybe not super specialized. I got the 600 and have done this and have been quite satisfied. Con: Still, since I didn't get the 600t I can't say what the quality of those maps is.
1056066
Go and check out the manual, there must be an SD card slot. Otherwise load the map via the computer to the internal memory. Maps are good value for the money.
1071068
Thanks, I had already ordered this gps, and didnt see what it had with it.. I wanted to know if it had a vehicle power cable or just a USB cord or something... I'm glad it has the vehicle power cable!
1256357
Download the software from the Garmin. It should automatically see your GPS and download what you need for an update.
1372066
I don't know I returned it with the gps the earthmate gps came with the us and Canada dvds also delorme up dates maps a lot.
1631606
I had the Topo 3D quad program with the USGS maps but it was no longer available for updates. I purchased the Topo North America 10.0. Like you say the maps are basic. You can purchase the map programs for a yearly fee and download USGS, color, satellite and other imagery. I tried this but I what I didn't like about it was that you don't get a whole "region" like in the 3d Topo Quad maps but you have to go in and choose the maps from a grid map and go grid to grid which is time consuming if you have a larger area. Now if you are only wanting a small area, that is fine. What I did was imported my old 3D quad regional maps into my program and I have the whole regions I want without having to labor over downloading bits at a time. The downside is the maps from my old program will not have the current mapping since they are older maps. For my area that is not that big of an issue.
1457498
No you have to pay for map updates. The maps that come with it are pretty up-to-date, but not the most up-to-date. The unit gives you a website to go to for updates, and the process is pretty straightforward, but it does cost some money
639854
Yes. There are TOPO maps wich are more for hiking and there are the road maps.