Garmin City Navigator North America for Detailed Maps of the United State,
Garmin City Navigator North America for Detailed Maps of the United State, Canada and Mexico (DVD)
- Displays nearly 6 million points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, parking, entertainment, fuel and shopping
- Includes highways, interstates, and business and residential roads in metropolitan and rural areas
- Includes turn-by-turn directions, turn restrictions, roundabout guidance, speed categories
- Contains traffic data for compatible devices with traffic receivers
- Includes MapSource, Windows software that lets you plan trips on your computer and transfer waypoints, routes and tracks
With nearly 6 million points of interest and road coverage for the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, City Navigator North America NT gives you everything you need to travel North America. Powered by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality digital map data, City Navigator brings you the most detailed street maps available so you can navigate with exact, turn-by-turn directions to any address or intersection.Thanks to the Garmin MapSource City Navigator North America NT Version 8, which gives you access to all the data you need to navigate North America, you may never have to ask for directions again. This software automatically creates point-to-point routes in MapSource and on your NT compatible Global Positioning System (GPS), and includes detailed, premium street maps of North America, plus a hefty points of interest database at your fingertips. Featuring full coverage of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, including metropolitan and rural areas, the Garmin MapSource City Navig
List Price: $ 149.99
Price: $ 70.09
M. Pilone
July 29, 2011A decent deal and works well,
I don’t normally write product reviews, but I feel like this product has been over harshly criticized. While the price is high, I think it is reasonable for what you get. I can’t get an ADC map of my county for less than $20, so a complete, routable map of the entire US (and Canada) for this price is a good deal. You’ll also get discounts on future upgrades which I don’t get with paper maps.
The installation process was fairly easy. It forced me to install an update immediately after installing, before allowing me to unlock. I had to manually find and download the update rather than the software doing that for me, but it wasn’t too bad.
The unlocking process was flawless. I had to create a myGarmin account, then plug my GPS in using the USB connection. I entered my code that came in the package when prompted and the maps were unlocked for the device. If you have the USB connection you don’t need to enter the UID of the device or anything as others have suggested.
Once the maps were unlocked for the GPSr, I selected all the regions and transfered them to a 2GB microSD card I put into my 60Csx. The transfer took about 2 hours but I was transferring about 1.1GB of maps over USB2 so it sounds about right. So in about 3 hours (15 minutes of actual work) I had the product installed, updated, unlocked, and transferred to the device.
I haven’t had much time to use the maps on the road, but the product delivers what is promised. If you aren’t comfortable with the price, you might want to avoid a GPSr all together and go for paper maps. For me, not having to buy a $20 map for every city I travel to makes it more than worth it.
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