How long will garmin provide lifetime map update?

[ron felder]

"Thibaud Taudin Chabot" wrote in message

Op 26-7-2011 5:16, H-M schreef:

The limitation of useful life is really the ability of your device to to
receive an update from the Garmin Website.
The Mapsets memory size have been growing significantly. This is not
because
there is significantly more Map data,
rather because it is loaded with more points of interest (not necessarily
useful).
If the Garmin Update Website detects there is not enough memory on the
device it will not do the update.

This has already been a complaint on GPS websites because you don't have
the
ability to just download
the mapset to your computer and then later select that portion of the
new
mapset that will fit on your device.
I imagine this would be applcable to older non microSD card devices but I
have not tried it myself.

your last remark is not correct. I download my lifetime update to my
nuvi and indicate in the process that I want the maps on my nuvi and my
pc. When the download and install is done to my pc I get a screen with
al lot of choices. On top is 'whole Europe'. When I select that one I
get a message that this to much for my nuvi, so I slect 'Western Europe'
and that fits perfect. In the list of possibilities are many more
smaller combinations the you can choose.
Thibaud


That's what I did. Then the balance of the map that was downloaded I have it
installed on the installed sd card.

 

[ron felder]

"Joel" wrote in message

My old gps is 5 years old and I'm running into addresses that it cannot
find. Otherwise, the gps still works fine.

I'm thinking of buying one of the lifetime map update gps. However, the
description of lifetime map update says the update is provided until the
end of the useful life of the device, or until garmin no longer receives
map data from its third party supplier.

Any idea how long the useful life of a new garmin gps is defined to be?

The clause "no longer receives map data from its third party supplier"
sounds a bit funny. Obviously, this can happen if garmin stops paying
the third party supplier.

Has anyone purchased an early LM model and has reached the end of the
lifetime map update? If so, how many years did it last?

Lifetime pretty much mean the life of the device or the life of the
manufacture.

- If your GPS is still working after 10 years and Garmin is still selling
GPS and providing the MAP compatible with your 10 years old GPS then you
continue upgrading the map.

- If your GPS dies after warrantee is over and you don't want to pay for the
repair, then it also the END of it's LIFE (lifetime is over).

Example if you own an older model (StreetPilot for example) and even it's
still working great, and it it doesn't work with newer MAP then the lifetime
is finished.


When I thought my nuvi was bad and I have life time maps I was told by
Garmin I could buy a replacement unit from them and the life time maps would
be transferred to the new unit. Thankfully my gps was ok and didn't need to
do this.

Ron

 

[Tom J]

- If your GPS dies after warrantee is over and you don't want to pay
for the repair, then it also the END of it's LIFE (lifetime is over).

Example if you own an older model (StreetPilot for example) and even
it's still working great, and it it doesn't work with newer MAP then
the lifetime is finished.

Interesting that you use StreetPilot as an example when they just started
supplying lifetime updates for the 7200 when no update was available for
about 2 years????

Tom J

 

[Dave]

I don't know why everyone seems so worried about this. The fact is that
according to the current pricing if you buy the Lifetime subscription
and get more than one update before your gps breaks, or you lose it, or
Garmin turns nasty, or whatever - you are still paying less than buying
the updates individually.

So if you would normally get updates regularly it will probably pay you
to get the Lifetime deal unless you are extremely unlucky. Why all the
angst?

Ditto.

My 200w is few years old now. No map updates at all. It's rarely a
problem. There's been a few major trunk road updates in the areas I go
to so it sometimes shows me driving through fields for a short distance,
but the road signs work quite well in place of on old map in the sat nav.

I think I'll wait 'till the A1 and Tyne Tunnel changes are through the
system and then just buy a new sat nav. I might well get a lifetime map
update subby with it if there's any good deals on. Or one of the devices
with a 'net connection ;-)

 

[Ed Pawlowski]

Unfortunately the same can't be said for the gps. The screen has improved
a
lot, and so have the maps, and the sensitivity of the receiver *but*
unlike
the PC, I can't do as much with a Nuvi as I used to with a StreetPilot.
What
bugs me is that there's no good reason for this. The code is still there -
all that's needed is a decent UI that would hide the geeky bits if they're
not wanted, but allow you to use them if you do.

I'm afraid the admen have taken Garmin over and are destroying what they
don't really understand.

Surprising, really. Face it, most GPS user don't know a latitude from a
lollipop and just want directions to the restaurant, etc. But there must be
enough die hard explorers out there to justify at least one model with the
features you want. . They had it, no need to invent it, just build it.

 

[Wolfgang Exler]

Example if you own an older model (StreetPilot for example) and even it's
still working great, and it it doesn't work with newer MAP then the lifetime
is finished.

this depends on the StreetPilot model, my STPc550 is registered for nümaps
lifetime and I'm happy with that

Wolfgang