Does this come with any preinstalled maps or do all maps have to be purchased from Garmin?
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It comes with a low-detail base map (major roads, cities, state/province/international boundary lines). I don't recall the details of what else it may have, since I promptly purchased the higher-resolution road maps. If you use the GPS only for tracking your movements, and not for navigation, the base map is fine for that. It's not suitable for any kind of detailed navigation, however. Maps for that kind of use need to be purchased.
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Greetings, no it does not come with Pre installed maps.You can buy from amazon, an sd card with the maps you need.I enjoy my Etrex vista, and it is a life line for my Washington state hiking trips.You will love it&gt;GR, Leavenworth Wa
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It does not come with pre-installed maps, but you don't have to buy from Garmin
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Greetings, no it does not come with Pre installed maps.You can buy from amazon, an sd card with the maps you need.I enjoy my Etrex vista, and it is a life line for my Washington state hiking trips.You will love it>GR, Leavenworth Wa
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Base maps only (which is basically main highways only). You will need the life time maps this is for North America but other regions are available: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=33379
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According to the (very) small print on the side of the box, "Includes preloaded street maps for the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Bahamas. You can also go to www.garmin.com for additional info.
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Absolutely, Mine came with all North American maps installed and navigates fine in Canada. One person said it Wouldn't work on Kauai in Hawaii but mine worked fine on Oahu and the Big Island so it is possible the Hawaiian maps weren't installed on that person's Garmin
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In the one I purchased the maps for Europe are pre-loaded. Once you connect the unit to a computer they, along with the US maps are continuosly updated. Great unit.
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Thanks for the reply, Craig!Do we need to buy the topo software directly from Garmin, or does Amazon carry it? (I couldn't find it here.) Will we need an extra memory card to hold the topo data for a region? I'm trying to figure out what the total expense will be for all the add-ons we'll want/need before we choose a unit.If you were choosing between an eTrex and a GPSMAP unit today, which would you choose?Thanks again!
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Answer to Question 1: Garmin releases U.S. Map updates for all of their Nav units yearly. They come on dvd and usually cost around $75. If you have a Windows PC with DVD drive and USB Port, you can usually update your unit in about an hour.
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The model I purchased was the Nuvi 2597. It came with US maps already on it but no other countries that I am aware of. I recommend you can visit the Garmin website for specific information about how to get the software for the particular maps you are looking to add. I believe there are maps for other countries that can be added for approximately $50.00. I personally paid someone to add the maps for me as I am in Costa Rica. I was apprehensive because I did not want to risk paying for the software online, and then if it does not work, I could experience a difficult time being reimbursed. I wanted to know that I was getting exactly what I paid for, so I chose that route. I hope this is helpful. Good luck with your search.
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if you buy a garmin recently, it has a lifetime of updates for the maps it has preinstalled or that you purchased as an addition. careful of secondary markets, they may sell maps that are static and not updatable.
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Hello,we'd like to inform you that the GPS is pre-installed US Maps well as it's sold on Amazon.com. If you need the 3 countries maps,we will send you the links and tell you how to install them well when you get the GPS,thanks for your attention.
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I spoke to the product representative at Amazon and he confirmed that it comes with 2008 maps and NOT 2009.However, Garmin is providing a free update to the 2009 maps if we register the product online in their website.
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You get a one-time map update with the package, which allows for the latest maps from Garmin to be loaded. It is fairly straight forward once you download their software.
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You can buy maps directly from Garmin at http://www.garmin.com/us/maps. You can also purchase and download maps to your own card.
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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.
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I just bought a Garmin 60CSx, downoaded all of Garmin's Mac software from their website, and bought the Mac-compatible maps (as well as loading some of the free topos available) and, other than a few minor glitches, it's been great. I have an Intel iMac.
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I found that the 3rd party maps ordered at a greatly discounted price does not allow for updates of maps. I guess if it came with the maps preloaded you would get the lifetime updates (LM). I currently have the European maps and get the updates. Did you purchase the unit with LM designated behind model number?
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Chrisitine,This item does not come with any maps as far as we know.At least the ones we ordered needed the map card to be iserted to show it.Hope this help...