Garmin MapSource DVD for Garmin GPS Units, US Inland Lakes (010-10774-00)

Garmin MapSource DVD for Garmin GPS Units, US Inland Lakes (010-10774-00)
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Brand: Garmin
EAN: 0753759058272
Feature: Comprehensive freshwater lake coverage of the entire continental United States
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Label: Garmin
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model: 010-10774-00
Publisher: Garmin
Studio: Garmin
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
Accessories
Garmin MapSource CD ROM (USA TOPO)
Garmin MapSource WorldMap
MapSource US Topo 24K CD
Garmin MapSource Trip and Waypoint Manager GPS Software
Garmin PC Interface Cable for Garmin GPS Units (010-10141-00)
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Editorial Reviews:

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 in the continental United States. With exceptional detail - including contour lines on most inland lakes, high-definition shoreline, river and creek channels, boat ramps, campgrounds, rivers, streams, tide prediction stations, U.S. Coast Guard aids to navigation, wrecks and obstructions, and general road data - we've packed a lot of information into 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 GPS: MapSource® DVD with coverage of the entire continental U.S., preprogrammed Garmin data cards, and preprogrammed microSD cards.

Features include:
  • Comprehensive freshwater lake coverage of the entire continental United States
  • Over 5300 lakes with high definition shoreline and bathymetric detail
  • Searchable lakes and cities
  • Interstates, highways and general road coverage
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Summary: Garmin MapSource US Inland Lakes DVD
Comment: This lake software is great for me. This works on my Nuvi 780. I put an img file from my Topo 2008 on a SanDisk Ultra II 4 GB SDHC, and put the img file from this lake software on the Nuvi internal memory. Can't have two img files in same location. Also if you put a Garmin gdb file on the internal memory or a SD card, Nuvi won't see them. Need to use the MapSource program to create the image files (img). I have one topo and one lake image files saved in different folders on my computer; could make several different ones, and then just put whatever you need at the time into your Nuvi. I also bought a waterproof RAM case for my Nuvi for use in the boat next summer. The case has a flexable front, so you can still use the touch screen.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
Summary: Am I the only one that thinks Inland Lakes is flawed?
Comment: 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-20 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.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Great product but they charge to much for it.
Comment: The company was great, offering the brand name product at a competitive price and delivering the product in a timely fashion. I am hoping that competition decreases the cost of these software products. At about $100+ per program, it is almost cheaper to use a navigator that comes with your cellphone for city and purchase a product for marine use that is installed in the boat rather trying to buy software to load that is sometimes incomplete and may need updating in the near future.
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Summary: excelent software
Comment: If you are interested in the details roads for your GPS along with rivers, lakes & streams this is the software to get. Best price also.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: Missing document
Comment: I did not get the unlocking code.
Please advise.

Thank you.
Alex Carvajal
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