MGM

No doubt that the Garmin maps are far behind the times in my area (Tempe, AZ). Really, I do not live in an airport and there ARE roads here... Obviously, these companies don't want to spend money updating maps. Could it really, actually be a manual process ? Or is it all about licensing ? The placement of a © 2000 is totaly misleading, as the content enclosed appears to be more like © 1980. Garmin SHOULD at least be given credit for allowing the online preview capability. Of course, you have no choice for an alternate source because of the proprietary formats. Its quite clear that map products are figured into the business model for the mapping GPSr's and these companies don't want to give the $ up. Too bad the consumer loses once again. For me, the Magellan maps were hands down the only choice. The street detail around here is actually quite good. Been meaning to put that vista up on Ebay... Maybe the only answer for us is to crack the map formats and write up some code to translate/add new (or downloaded) info. Any volunteers ?

Ok the official name is MapSend Streets Europe... (not many destinations in the DB...)

Ok, thanks for the pointer on the updated protocol. Can now get the date info out of the unit just fine !!! Gotta ask about the MapSend software though. Using USA TOPO and Streets and Dest. Europe, I get NO point-by-point track info. It just draws the tracks on the map (albeit nicely enough). Can't find any advanced track info or editing capability !

Can anybody else confirm/deny the inability to extract track dates from the Meridian series ? Been writing the comm protocol in into gpsman (freeware waypoint prog,works under Linux). In the process, it became quite stunningly clear that their track transfer format has no DATES, just times !!! If you look at track logs in the unit, you can see the date and time... so it must be stored. Yes, you say, it is not necessary to have the dates. But it sure we be a lot more complete !