 | Garmin MapSource WorldMap (CD-ROM) Review Brand : Garmin Model : 101021501 Overall Rating :  From : 13 Reviews |
Technical Detail
- Worldwide coverage with base map-level detail (v4)
- Includes political boundaries, cities, towns, and principal highways
- Displays U.S. interstate exit information
- Management functions allow you to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between your PC and nearly all Garmin GPS units
- See Product Description for compatible Garmin products
Product Description
The MapSource WorldMap provides worldwide coverage with basemap-level detail.
Main Features
Manufacturer: Garmin, Ltd
Manufacturer Part Number: 010-10215-01
Manufacturer Website Address: www.garmin.com
Software Sub Type: Maps & Traveling
Software Name: MapSource WorldMap
Features & Benefits:
Trip and waypoint management functions*
Political boundaries, cities, towns, major motorways and/or interstates, and principal highways; lakes, major streams, and rivers; and urban areas and railroads
Coastline detail which includes many offshore islands, as well as worldwide nautical navaids such as daybeacons, radiobeacons, RACONs, fog signals, lights, buoys, and other navaids
U.S. Interstate Exits Information, such as service stations, gas stations, restaurants, hotels, campsites, hospitals, banks, and more
* These functions of this product work with nearly all Garmin GPS units, excluding the GPS100 family and panel mount aviation units.
Language Support: English
Platform Support: PC
Compatibility: Handheld GPS devices:
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GPSMAP 172C
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GPSMAP 276C
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Main Features
* These functions of this product work with nearly all Garmin GPS units, excluding the GPS100 family and panel mount aviation units.
Customer's Reviews (All-Reviews)
R. Ross ( Los Angeles, CA ) We do a lot of foreign travel and periodically use a Garmin 60C GPS for understanding where we're going and where we've been. For example, in 2009 we headed to Nepal and Tibet to do some treking and white-water rafting, in 2008 it was central Africa, in 2006 we explored the ice fields and Fjords of Patagonia. None of these areas had easy to acquire maps, so I bought Garmin's WorldMap to at least provide rudimentary maps of the areas. This is about all the WorldMap does, as it is quite "high level" with only the major roads and towns available. However, it does provide downloadable maps for the GPS so that you have something to display in these non-US areas and something to use on your computer screen when planning the trip.
Probably my favorite use of the maps is its built-in tie to Google Earth. Once you locate your places of interest using World Map on your computer, you can click on the "View in Google Earth" and instantly view your waypoints and routes in Google Earth with infinite detail. Vise versa, I often use Google Earth to locate detailed GPS coordinates and copy them into my WorldMap software for download to the GPS; this provides a workaround for the low detail and poor accuracy of maps. When you get home you can also upload your world-wide tracks and waypoints that you acquired on your trip and view them in Google Earth to know exactly where you were and where to post pictures, if you do that. This interactivity with Google Earth saves the day for what otherwise is a pretty limited level of map detail.
In the US, I do a lot of off-road exploring, mostly in the southwest deserts. Here I use Garmin's Topo USA 2008 Garmin Mapsource Topo US 2008. It has infinite detail, on and off-road, and the same wonderful Google-Earth connectivity.
Probably my favorite use of the maps is its built-in tie to Google Earth. Once you locate your places of interest using World Map on your computer, you can click on the "View in Google Earth" and instantly view your waypoints and routes in Google Earth with infinite detail. Vise versa, I often use Google Earth to locate detailed GPS coordinates and copy them into my WorldMap software for download to the GPS; this provides a workaround for the low detail and poor accuracy of maps. When you get home you can also upload your world-wide tracks and waypoints that you acquired on your trip and view them in Google Earth to know exactly where you were and where to post pictures, if you do that. This interactivity with Google Earth saves the day for what otherwise is a pretty limited level of map detail.
In the US, I do a lot of off-road exploring, mostly in the southwest deserts. Here I use Garmin's Topo USA 2008 Garmin Mapsource Topo US 2008. It has infinite detail, on and off-road, and the same wonderful Google-Earth connectivity.
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Richard Graves ( San Fran ) It seems that if you need maps for Peru and Ecuador, this is your only choice, The coverage is only so-so and there is little city detail. These maps are locked to the PC and MAC users beware. If you have a PC and a MAC, you can convert the maps to be readable on the MAC but you need a PC with internet access to do this. And by the way, your PC had better be running XP or Vista. Windows 2000 may work but 98, 98SE do not.
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Accessories
- GARMIN 010-10268-00 Cigarette Lighter/PC Cable Adapter
- Garmin PC Interface Cable for Garmin GPS Units (010-10141-00)
- GARMIN 010-10326-01 PC Data Cable
- GARMIN 010-10347-00 Earbud With Ptt Microphone
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- GARMIN 010-10578-00 Carrying Case
- SanDisk Micro Secure Digital 2 GB Memory Card (SDSDQ-2048-A10M) Retail Package
- Garmin compatible 12v Cigarette Lighter Power Adapter for StreetPilot III Deluxe, GPS 60 GPSMap 60C & 60CS, GPS 76, 76CS, 76C, GPS V, etc. (4-pin connector)
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