Garmin Map Update 2009 for City Navigator North America NT
Garmin Map Update 2009 for City Navigator North America NT
- Offers Full Coverage Of North America, Canada & Puerto Rico
- Gives User Simple & Convenient Way To Update The Detailed Maps & Nearly 6 Million Poi In Their Nt-Compatible Garmin(R) Products
- Works With Streetpilot(R) I5, C330, C340, C530, C550, C580, 7200, 7500, 2720, 2730 & 2820, N
- Vi Series Travel Assistants, Zumo(R) 450 & 550, GPSmap 478 & 496 & Quest 2
- Updates Mapsource & City Navigator(R) North America When Used With Etrex(R) Legend Cx, Venture Cx, Vista Cx, GPSmap 276, 376,60Cx, 60Csx, 76Cx & 76Csx
Mapsource city Navigator Noth America NT map update 2009. Premium maps contain full coverage throughour the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico including metropolitan and rural areas. Displays nearly 6 million points of interest. Will automatically create point-to-point routs in Mapsource and on a variety of units. Supplemental coverage of Hawaii provided using unverified government data. Trip and waypoint managment feature lets you transfer waypoints, routs and tracks between your Garmin GPS and your PC. Compatible with Street Pilot i5, c330, c340, c530, c550, c580, 7200, 7500, 2720, 2730 and 2820. Compatible with all nuvi series, zumo 450, 550, GPSMAP 478, 496 and Quest 2. Includes detailed maps containing highways, interstates, business and re
List Price: $ 69.99
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December 21, 2011Solid Update from 2005,
I have a different perspective on this Garmin 2009 North American Map Update than the other reviews I have seen thus far. My wife and I have a Garmin Street Pilot 2720 that we purchased in 2005 and we love it. We started to consider getting a map update about 6 months ago, not because we were having any particular problem with getting around on our rather frequent road trips, but because we thought that the newer version would be a little more accurate and have some other features that our old 2005 Maps did not. Honestly, the only issues we had with using our 2005 Map was an occasional street that was not recognized or a restaurant or gas station that was no longer at the location cited on the Street Pilot…again, the Garmin always got us back on track and to our destinations. We drove from Omaha, NE to Albuquerque, NM and back only last year with no problems whatsoever (even with all the new construction going on in Albuquerque the last few years)…and we spent a week driving all around Albuquerque and the surrounding areas.
Anyway, we decided to get some updated maps as it has been about 4 years. We then found out that Garmin discontinued the Street Pilot 2720 from production. This had us a little worried. I e-mailed the Garmin technical support and they assured us that the 2009 Maps would be compatible with our device. So I purchased the disc for about 8 bucks less on Amazon than from the Garmin site (I decided to go with the disc purchase option instead of risking downloading the huge program from the Garmin website to my computer).
The install of the disc maps to the computer and then to the Street Pilot 2720 was a breeze (though I had to install the original drivers from the Street Pilot 2720 to the computer as I had never bothered to check for any updates to the Street Pilot). The whole process took about 90 minutes. I was feeling pretty good.
The next day we took the Street Pilot 2720 out and drove around Omaha for awhile to see if some of the newer construction and roads were included on the 2009 Map update…they were all there (Qwest Arena and Convention Center, Some new roads, etc). The problem was that the audio/voice feature was not working. When we clicked ‘speak’ on the Street Pilot we got a message that said “Incompatible Audio Version’. We were NOT happy.
I went back to the Garmin website and checked for any updates to the Street Pilot 2720 and downloaded some additional audio voices from the website to the device. Though the Garmin website did not cite any updates for the American Voice (Jill) I downloaded it anyway along with a couple others (British male and female and Australian accent). When we went back out with the Street Pilot 2720, the audio features worked great with turn by turn instructions, etc. I do not know if this was my problem for not updating the Street Pilot 2720 sooner or a ‘glitch’ with the new Maps 2009 program for the 2720…either way I am glad that all is working well.
Things we like about the updated 2009 maps (realizing again that we are comparing to 2005 maps that were loaded on the Street Pilot 2720 when we bought it in 2005 and not to more recent versions):
1. There are more points of interest (it appears) in this version, including grocery stores, restaurants, museums, hospitals, everything…a lot more items seem to appear with you search for these than I recall on the older 2005 Maps version.
2. The maps are updated with newer streets (duh) cited—again, the only real reason to get this update anyway.
3. There are alternate voice features (different accents, etc). This does not seem to be particular to the 2009 maps, but we wanted to mention it anyway. The American voice (Jill) is a little ‘harpy’ and we found the British voices much more appealing…it just seems when Jill says ‘recalculating’ she seems quite irritated with you.
4. I think some of the icons have been changed, for example the museums and perhaps some other icons.
5. Still seems quite fast with calculating routes and getting you back on track if you alter from the planned route.
Overall we are very pleased with the product. Recognize that I am comparing the 2009 version to my rather old 2005 maps, however, so if you are considering updating from 2008 to 2009, you may want to check out other reviews. I am also quite happy (with the exception of the above-noted audio issue) with the 2009 Maps Update and how it works with the Street Pilot 2720.
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