Garmin Topo Canada

[+storm1]

i know that canada is dividedd over 4 disks but is one of them a set up disk?

 

if you had the maritimes disk (disk 3 i think?), would you need any of the others to instlall it and use it?

[Plank&Calculon]

I believe so. The first disk is the setup disk, plus one of the maps. I believe the other disks only contain map data, while the first probably contains the mapsource program which runs the map data.

[+hamgran]

Yes, you're right. The first disc is the crucial one - without installing it, you can't access the 2nd, 3rd and 4th disc. Although there is map data on the 1st disc, as well (Southwestern Canada).

Do you have a set that's missing the first disc? I cracked my 2nd disc (South Central Canada) and I couldn't just buy the one disc - I had to buy the whole set again. Expensive. So now I have my full set, plus a set of three (disc 1, 3 and 4).

- hamgran

[+Couparangus]

Did you check with Garmin to see if they'd replace it if you sent the damaged disc to them? I had to do with with Microsoft one time and they sent me the whole set for free. Nice! :-)

[+yorelken]

MetroGuide North America v6 gives you the works for North America and Puerto Rico on 2 disks. Very detailed for US and Canada.

[+hamgran]

Yes, actually, that's what Garmin (in the States) did for me. Sent me the entire 4-disc set, no charge, since they couldn't replace just the one. Pretty impressive. The Garmin reps in Quebec weren't flexible at all - according to them, I had to rebuy the complete set.

- hamgran