Garmin MapSource DVD for Garmin GPS Units, US Inland Lakes (010-10774-00)
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Manufacturer: GarminModel: 010-10774-00
Product features:
- Comprehensive freshwater lake coverage of the entire continental United States
- High-definition shoreline and bathymetric detail
- Searchable by both lakes and cities
- Includes vital information on interstates, highways and roads
- Inland Lakes cartography makes it easy and convenient to load data to your compatible Garmin unit
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Digital camera Review: Am I the only one that thinks Inland Lakes is flawed?
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this software for my Garmin Etrex Vista HCx GPS mainly for use while kayaking in Minnesota and Wisconsin. After checking the maps of lakes that are among the more fully detailed, however, I find them not up to par for my mapping needs, and I don't have the option of using another company's map program with my Garmin GPS since the format is proprietary.
I knew ahead of time that only about 8% of Minnesota's 15,000 lakes were represented, and not all 1200 lakes included in the software were shown in great detail. I wasn't happy about that, but at least I knew about it up front.
The most glaring omissions in Inland Lakes is where the map fails to show connections between some lakes in a chain, such as where Lake Calhoun connects with Lake of the Isles via canal in Minneapolis, rivers that connect to lakes but not on the map, such as where the Sauk River connects to Kraus Lake near Cold Spring MN, and rivers that are missing sections on the map where in reality they are contiguous, like the Sauk River again, between Cold Spring and the Mississippi River. If you are exploring inland lakes and rivers with these maps in your GPS, you would likely also need other maps that fill in the gaps in the electronic map. To me, if Garmin is going to charge as much as they do for a map, the lakes and rivers they include should at least be accurate. If I get in trouble in the wilderness while kayaking, an accurate map is a must. At the very least it is expected. Paper maps have less errors.
Because of these issues I am thinking of buying a Delorme PN-40 GPS which comes STANDARD with Topo USA including topographic, lake and street maps, and comes with a $100 credit toward their USGS Quad maps, aerial and satellite maps for about the same cost as my Garmin Vista HCx and one set of flawed optional maps. That way if one map isn't 100% accurate, I can check another one to fill in the blanks, and I'm quite sure that between Delorme's standard topographic and lake maps, I'll be able to find more than 1200 lakes in Minnesota. I'll have an even better chance of finding those hidden lakes with USGS Quad, aerial and satellite maps at my fingertips.
So in summation, I've found Garmin's Inland Lakes maps to be useful, but it's not as precise as I need it to be. That's too bad, because I like my Garmin Vista HCx GPS. Yet if I'd known about the flaws I found ahead of time, I never would have bought the maps or the GPS from Garmin. I'm still using the two for now, but I'll be checking Google Maps or Google Earth first, before I leave on a trip.
Summary of Garmin MapSource DVD for Garmin GPS Units, US Inland Lakes (010-10774-00)
Garmin 010-10774-00 MapSource Inland Lakes DVD You'll have a great day on the water in store for you, when you use our U.S. Inland Lakes maps. From small, local lakes to large ones, this software contains highly detailed data for lakes of almost every size in the continental United States. With exceptional detail including amazing contour lines on most inland lakes plus high-definition shoreline, river and creek channels, islands, boat ramps, campgrounds, rivers, streams, tide stations and predictions, U.S. Coast Guard aids to navigation, a wrecks and obstructions database, and road data we've packed a lot of information onto our all-inclusive DVD or 5 preprogrammed cards. Inland Lakes cartography is available in three different formats, making it easy and convenient to load data to your compatible Garmin: MapSource DVD with coverage of the entire continental U.S., preprogrammed Garmin data cards, and preprogrammed microSD cards.Cameras and Photo
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