Garmin MapSource City Navigator, North America DVD-ROM for Garmin StreetPilot GPS Units by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of Garmin MapSource City Navigator, North America DVD-ROM for Garmin StreetPilot GPS Units
Digital camera Review: Decent cartography, but expensive
Summary: 4 Stars
Works great with turn-by-turn routing on my Garmin GPSMap 76CSx. My only complaint is the cost - not only initially, but then early updates. Garmin keeps getting stricter in terms of how many units you can use with maps too, which is annoying. Overall a great product, just on the expensive side...Digital camera Review: Delivers What It Promises...
Summary: 5 Stars
The software delivers high quality maps and the auto routing does a great job creating sensible routes with very little effort. Purchasing at least a 1GB SD card is a must to ensure plenty of room to upload all of your favorite maps.Digital camera Review: Detailed maps, but pricey
Summary: 3 Stars
Purchased after realizing I needed this for street navigation with my Vista CX. The streets are up to date and accurate. I'm not sure why it costs so much. Other software is available at one third the cost, but they cannot send maps to the GPS. So I deduct one star for price gouging.
The points of interests are a few years behind. I compared locally and some of the points of interests either changed names or went out of business three or more years ago. You may want to wait a couple months to see if version 9 is released if this is important. I deducted another star for this.
IMPORTANT: This software needs to be unlocked to use high detail and can only be unlocked with a GPS connected to computer and computer connected to Garmin using the "unlock wizard". Choose wisely as to which GPS you connect, because the software will only allow you to register two units. You cannot download maps to GPS units not registered.
Digital camera Review: Difficult to unlock
Summary: 1 Stars
Garmin has established an Unlock procedure that is so byzantine that I frequently am denied use of my rightfully owned software. Whether the error is missing unlock code, no customer code found, unable to recognize device, or customer support is currently closed, I find it virtually impossible to install the maps on my device. I understand that Garmin wants to prevent piracy, but they really need to beta test their anti-piracy protocols before dumping their wares on the public. If Garmin doesn't respect the hours upon hours of my time that I spend trying to unlock their software, they do not deserve repeat business.Digital camera Review: Do not buy a Garmin!
Summary: 1 Stars
I had an older Garmin GPS, and and older Mapsource product. It worked great for years, and I was able to seamlessly transfer maps etc to and from my unit. I got a new eTrex Venture CX unit last week and bought the Mapsource City Navigator product for it. Now days Garmin requires you to "unlock" the maps, unlock the GPS unit, and register before you can use it. The problem is that during this long and complicated process if anything goes wrong you are locked out of using your new maps with your unit. I've spent the last 3 hours trying to get my new unit working with my new maps. This process is extremely frustrating, and of course Garmin's support website is horrible, and they only have support available during business hours while I'm at work. I am extremely disappointed in this company and will not be getting another product from them. Garmin is more concerned about "security" and "profit" than usability and customer support.