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Can GPS V hold worldmap ?

Hi guy's

I am in australia and my GPS III (not the plus) is falling apart.
So... I want to buy a new one and the V comes in mind, but... since from hee I go to america, I need to know if the V can hold the worldmap from mapsource.
On there site it seems not... but this is so strange since it has only the partly world inside (pacific or atl;antic)

So... who has some awnsers???

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Garmin V can load 19 MB
3+ only 1,4 MB
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Yes, works. But the world-map is useless in my eyes cause it's totaly outdated or even just wrong.

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Hi all,

Thanks for the awnsers.

I know the worldmap is old and out-dated... but even the base-map is a very valueable extra... It helped me out a lot, aspecially when you can not match the name's on the map with the script they use...

And like it or not, the worldmap is much much more acurate then directions from locsals who have never left there town... (or sometimes don't even realise there is something outside there town )

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Just a "heads-up" to everyone about Garmin basemaps and WorldMap:

Built-in basemaps - there are two versions of built in basemaps in use right now, one is for GPS units that do not support automatic route generation - this dates from the late 1990's - and the other is for GPS units that do support automatic route generation (GPS V, SP III, SP 26xx family) - this one dates from 2001.

There is only one version of WorldMap, which dates from about 1997 or so, but my experience is that it is perfectly good for use in Africa, Asia, etc., because roads don't get changed around or built with any great speed in those places.

WorldMap is hopeless for western Europe and North America, but pretty darn good for the lesser developed countries of central and eastern Europe, all of Africa with the exception of SA, and all of Asia and the Middle East with the exception of cities in which you can find a 5 star hotel (e.g. Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok, cities that have a rapidly developing economy).

If you are buying an autorouting GPS, and plan to use it in Europe or Africa, it's not a good idea to buy it in North America, even though the same product is cheaper in North America. If you buy a European model, you get a built-in basemap that reaches as far east as about Cyprus, and as far south as about Agadir.

Be aware that if you load any mapset (this includes WorldMap), the mapset will muscle in and prevent the built in basemap from displaying. In some places, the mapset will have better data, in some really out of the way places, the built in basemap will have better data. Know how to turn your mapset off (on your GPS) to reveal the built-in basemap - sometimes you can get a real nice surprise by doing this, when you see road and topo detail (that was not contsined on your mapset) magically appear.

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If anyone wants to read a seriously detailed analysis and discussion of how the various cartographic products interact within a Garmin GPS, go to this link:

http://www.my-mc.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...7759#POST37759

This is written with the interests of ST1100 riders in mind (we don't like getting off paved surfaces), but fully 90% of the information is of good use to dual-sport riders.

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