| Garmin MapSource WorldMap (CD-ROM) |  | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $116.65
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Rating:  13 reviews
Media: Accessory
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6 x 6 x 1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 101021501
Model: 010-10215-01
UPC: 689076431361
EAN: 0753759016753
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| Features:
| • | Worldwide coverage with base map-level detail (v4) | | • | Includes political boundaries, cities, towns, and principal highways | | • | Displays U.S. interstate exit information | | • | Management functions allow you to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between your PC and nearly all Garmin GPS units | | • | See Product Description for compatible Garmin products |
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Product Description
THE MAPSOURCE WORLDMAP CD-ROM PROVIDES WORLDWIDE COVERAGE WITH BASEMAP-LEVEL DETAIL INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
- TRIP AND WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS**
- POLITICAL BOUNDARIES, CITIES, TOWNS, MAJOR MOTORWAYS AND/OR INTERSTATES,
AND PRINCIPAL HIGHWAYS; LAKES, MAJOR STREAMS, AND RIVERS; AND URBAN AREAS
AND RAILROADS
- COASTLINE DETAIL WHICH INCLUDES MANY OFFSHORE ISLANDS, AS
WELL AS WORLDWIDE NAUTICAL NAVAIDS SUCH AS DAYBEACONS, RADIOBEACONS, RACONS,
FOG SIGNALS, LIGHTS, BUOYS, AND OTHER NAVAIDS
- U.S. INTERSTATE EXITS INFORMATION, SUCH AS SERVICE
STATIONS, GAS STATIONS, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, CAMPSITES, HOSPITALS, BANKS,
AND MORE
**THESE FUNCTIONS OF THIS PRODUCT WORK WITH NEARLY ALL GARMIN GPS UNITS, EXCLUDING THE GPS100 FAMILY AND PANEL MOUNT AVIATION UNITS.
Amazon.com Product Description
Garmin's WorldMap MapSource CD-ROM provides worldwide coverage with base map-level detail, including political boundaries, cities, towns, major motorways and/or interstates, and principal highways; lakes, major streams, and rivers; and urban areas and railroads. WorldMap displays excellent coastline detail that includes many offshore islands, as well as worldwide nautical navigation aids such as day beacons, radio beacons, RACONs, fog signals, lights, and buoys. Also shown are U.S. interstate exit information, such as service stations, gas stations, restaurants, hotels, campsites, hospitals, banks, and more. WorldMap includes management functions that allow you to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between your PC and nearly all Garmin GPS units (excluding the GPS100 family and panel mount aviation units) while viewing base map-level maps on your PC screen. It is recommended for use with the GPS III Plus, NavTalk, GPS 12MAP, and GPSMAP 162/168. It is compatible with StreetPilot GPS, StreetPilot ColorMap, GPSMAP 295, and eMap, which require a blank 8 or 16 MB cartridge for loading map data.
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 Useable GPS maps of the world--great Google Earth tie-in September 14, 2009
R. Ross (Los Angeles, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
We do a lot of foreign travel and periodically use a Garmin 60C GPS for understanding where we're going and where we've been. For example, in 2009 we headed to Nepal and Tibet to do some treking and white-water rafting, in 2008 it was central Africa, in 2006 we explored the ice fields and Fjords of Patagonia. None of these areas had easy to acquire maps, so I bought Garmin's WorldMap to at least provide rudimentary maps of the areas. This is about all the WorldMap does, as it is quite "high level" with only the major roads and towns available. However, it does provide downloadable maps for the GPS so that you have something to display in these non-US areas and something to use on your computer screen when planning the trip.
Probably my favorite use of the maps is its built-in tie to Google Earth. Once you locate your places of interest using World Map on your computer, you can click on the "View in Google Earth" and instantly view your waypoints and routes in Google Earth with infinite detail. Vise versa, I often use Google Earth to locate detailed GPS coordinates and copy them into my WorldMap software for download to the GPS; this provides a workaround for the low detail and poor accuracy of maps. When you get home you can also upload your world-wide tracks and waypoints that you acquired on your trip and view them in Google Earth to know exactly where you were and where to post pictures, if you do that. This interactivity with Google Earth saves the day for what otherwise is a pretty limited level of map detail.
In the US, I do a lot of off-road exploring, mostly in the southwest deserts. Here I use Garmin's Topo USA 2008 Garmin Mapsource Topo US 2008. It has infinite detail, on and off-road, and the same wonderful Google-Earth connectivity.
Too bad it's the only option for South America May 26, 2009
Richard Graves (San Fran)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It seems that if you need maps for Peru and Ecuador, this is your only choice, The coverage is only so-so and there is little city detail. These maps are locked to the PC and MAC users beware. If you have a PC and a MAC, you can convert the maps to be readable on the MAC but you need a PC with internet access to do this. And by the way, your PC had better be running XP or Vista. Windows 2000 may work but 98, 98SE do not.
 Marginally useful April 10, 2009
Vell Bruixot (Chile)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After a few years of use with WorldMap I would have to agree with some of the other reviewers about the dubious accuracy. Errors I have found include place names not spelled correctly, locations shown a considerable distance from where they really are, and even wrong road numbers given (using the wrong country road numbering system... well, duh). In that last case, the folks who assembled the WorldMap (at least the version that I have) somehow concluded that when you travel from Argentina into Chile (where I live), the Argentine national road number would remain the same in Chile. It does not take much experience to know that this is simply not the case. WorldMap does not really add much to a GPS load above the detail level of the base map... some, yes. My two Garmin GPS units are pretty good as the hardware goes. As far as the WorldMap program, it's a major disappointment and could get you into trouble.
 Not much better than Basemap December 2, 2008
G. Tott (Global)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This adds very little detail over the Trip and Waypoint manager basemap. Added are some city names, topo lines, railroad tracks, small waterways, and obscure airports. I have not seen additional roadways and would not have purchased if I knew there would be no more road detail. Often in Latin America, the roads are incorrectly placed, making marked road tracking difficult. Standard Garmin Quality, which I have come to appreciate.
Garmin WorldMap CD-Rom June 21, 2008
J. Bookas (Memphis, TN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I travel internationally and was looking for something that would give me an idea what cities I was over from the air, when riding on commercial transportation. This product does that well from the air, but as I read on several other reviews, on the ground, it can be another story. It can put you on the wrong side of a river or when riding on a train, the depicted track can be 3/4 mile away or more. I have the US Street map and that works fine and is very accurate, but the World database still needs some tweaking. I use it with the Etrex Vista.
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