Map Sizes

[+user13371]

I'm thinking of buying a Garmin GPSMAP 60, which has 24 meg of memory. I would also buy the latest CitySelect version.

 

1) How much space would I need with CitySelect to build a complete map of Washington and Oregon?

 

2) If a complete WA/OR map won't fit in 24 meg, I'd want instead to build the largest map possible centered around my home in Portland. If you start with Portland as the center, and select a square area around it - how big an area can you get in 24 meg?

Edited July 28, 2005 by lee_rimar

[+bigdog999]

No you can't fit all of Oregon or Washington in 24 megs with City Select. Starting from the ocean, you can go as far as Kennewick, down to Eugene/Bend Oregon, and up to Tumwater/Ellensburg. Hope that helps.

[+GOT GPS?]

Washington + Oregon is about 49 megs memory

 

Washington + Oregon + Idaho = map60C

Edited July 28, 2005 by GOT GPS?

[+Jhwk]

Washington + Oregon + Idaho + Montana + Colorado + Texas + etc, etc, etc = Magellan meridian or eXplorist with a huge SD card - but I guess that isn't an option...

[+user13371]

Thanks for everyone who answered here.

 

FWW, I also emailed my question to Garmin, and got an answer back very quickly. With City Select version 7, they said Washington & Oregon would take 67 meg. The rep also sent a screen shot showing CitySelect with an area selected around Portland that would fit in the GPSMAP60 - and it's big enough for my purposes.

 

To those here who suggested I should buy a different GPS than the one I was asking about:

 

- I've owned Magellan & Lowrance units, I want to try a Garmin this time around, and

 

- I don't want a color screen, even if that's the only way to get a Garmin with more memory.

Edited July 28, 2005 by lee_rimar

[tubemonkey]

With the cost of flash memory so cheap and the size of maps so large, I'm literally amazed that these companies persist in placing so little memory in their GPSrs. Is it really asking too much to place 1-2 GB of memory in high end units and 512 MB in low end units?

 

But there just may be hope. Since Garmin and Magellan just discovered that USB exists, maybe some bright young engineers on their staffs will introduce them to low cost, high capacity flash memory. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

[+GOT GPS?]

From owning both color and B&W Garmins, I can tell you that the B&W GPS units have much sharper detail. If you were to look at a color Screen like on the 60C/CS the roads are made very thick and fuzzy looking, whereas on a B&W map60 I would be able to zoom out on Highest detail, and see all the small streets easily. The problem with the poor resolution of my map60C, makes me want to go to a map276C, with its pricier 480x320 pixel screen.

 

I do have an old map76S that shows better detail on it's B&W screen than my color map60C. That would be an idea, that I could replace my 76S with a map60 B&W model.

 

Edited July 28, 2005 by GOT GPS?