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| Posted by dennis.dunbar Garmin Map Updates I purchased the Garmin lifetime map updates for my Garmin 765 and found out after purchasing that I can only update 4 times a year. What is the best time to use these updates. I know that June is one of the major updates each year. Have I wasted my money? Thanks, Dennis |
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| Posted by roadrider01 Garmin Map Updates Garmin now updates the maps 4 times per year or every quarter. They should send you an email at the address they have on file for you when the updates are posted or when you plug in your unit to your computer and use the web updater, it will indicate there are new maps available. I don't beleive you wasted your money if you want to have the most current mapping. |
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| Posted by dennis.dunbar Re: Garmin Map Updates Thanks for the information. Dennis |
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| Posted by GDT More... Some posts are not listed here. See all posts here: Garmin Map Updates GPS Data Team |
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| Posted by lemke26 Lifetime maps I checked the Garmin web site when my 780 came up with a message that my maps were out of date. Instead of Mapsource, they're now offeriing Numaps. the subscription thing is the same. I also have a 660 with Mapsource that I will not be updating. Instead I think I'll be getting a new 1690 when this one no longer is good enough. It's more important to me to have the traffic updated than the maps at this point. FM traffic is weak, MSN traffic goes away in 2012, and the new Garmin traffic will be the way to go. All that being said, four times a year is a great improvement over the yearly updates we had. If you'd buy a paper map it wouldn't be updated that often, either. Go for the lifetime and enjoy it. |
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| Posted by johmazz2006 Re: Wait 6 month
The maps are up to 2010.30, and the next one is due this month. Checked yesterday and not available yet. |
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| Posted by speedlever webudater vs dashboard One advantage of using webupdater over mygarmin dashboard is that you can choose the updates you want and ignore the ones you don't. For instance, if you deleted many of the unused voices, one of the updates you may be offered will include the missing voices. Using webupdater, you can ignore the files you know you don't need. I think dashboard will download all update files. When I got my 1690, I copied all the files to a folder on my PC. Then I went in and deleted most of the voice files plus a lot of other stuff that didn't apply to my usage, such as: Gupdate.gcd unused: --voices --vehicles --help files --EULA --keyboards The 1690 as sold in the USA only has 2 Gb of storage. The European version has 4 Gb. When I was through deleting useless files, I had around 400 Mb free space. Of course, delete files at your own risk, YMMV and all that stuff. |
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