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It's normal and the same for The Thames Path and National Parks I own. It's also similar for raster Custom Maps that Garmin recently introduced, so I guess it must be simply raster drawing. The device has to decompress a JPG file, transform it and draw all the missing pixels. This must take time compared to drawing just a few lines :-) Now that we have proper raster maps, I am awaiting a proper conversion of OS data to a vector topo map. This is how it could (and should) look like: http://www.garniak.pl/download/file.php?id=835&mode=view Yes it's a Garmin-compatible topo map and this is how it looks in a device :-)

Guys, You may want to try my free on-line GeoTIFF -> Garmin KMZ converter: http://mizar.astronet.pl/~azzie/tif2kmz/ It's pretty rough and experimental at the moment, but it works for me :-) Also the future of the tool is unclear as further development will depend on users interest. But at least I'll try to keep it on-line for some time so people can say whether it helps them or not. And do you think it would make sense to develop a desktop version of the tool?

I don't want to publicly accuse anyone without some solid evidence. So I will communicate the name of the retailer only in private messages for now. It seems, that the structure of my card is similar to the above, but I don't have the gupdate.gcd file in the updater folder. Maybe that's why I wasn't "upgraded" ;-) The folder was modified in February as well, but not it's current contents - so maybe the file was removed then.

Thanks for your quick responses guys. Are the cards that you have 2GB versions? It seems strange to me, as the mapping plus the "updates" are in my case only about 700MB. 1GB card would be more than enough. I have 2.97 firmware and inserting the card did not downgrade it. I have a gmapsupp.unl file in the garmin folder on my card. Unlike all the other files on the card, this file was created after December 2008. It is apparently an unlock file, there is some code inside. Aren't the above fact suspicious? Maybe I am a little bit paranoid, but I want to make sure that I pay the right people.

Hi, Thanks for this thread, I have learned a lot. I bought the Thames Path. I find the maps to be really slow - 3 to 6 seconds to redraw the screen is at my acceptance limit. But otherwise, the product matches my expectations well. I'm not even that much concerned with a slight blur and greyishness - at least the overlay (tracks, waypoints, routes) are clearly visible :-) The only thing I am worried about is the SD card. I have found a good price on eBay (still above 100 pounds, but at least it was offered by an online retailer, they had it in stock and it was still cheaper than the official 129.99) and received the product today. The carton box looks original, but the card is just a standard Sandisk 2GB microSD. Furthemore, a sticker on the box claims "December 2008", while on the card I can find an unlock file dated 17th February. Is my card an original one and this is how the product is sold? Or have I received a counterfeit product? I decided to spent 100 quid to fund some good mapping for GPS devices, not to sponsor some "smart" guys from eBay. How can I confirm my product is original? Thanks for your help