+frodon001 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Hello everybody, A friend will spend few weeks in Italy by the end of October. She will certainly do geocaching there. So I'm actually helping her to find a Garmin sd map of Italy roads (especially), Or a site where she can download some. Her gps'r is a garmin Etrex Legend HCx, and it takes micro SD card. So if anyone knows where to get these maps here in Canada, or where to download it... The info would be very much appreciated. Obviously if there is a way to get it for free or for cheap, cause this will be used for only one time. Thanks a lot! ps.: any geochaching experience in Italy around the “Florence area” you would like to share are obviously very welcome! Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 This is probably the best compendium of free maps: http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/catalogue.php Quality varies widely, but there are some gems in there. As for Italy, I don't know. For the best quality, you'd probably have to fork over some money. Garmin sells map sets for continental Europe that would include Italy. Quote Link to comment
+frodon001 Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thanks a lot Viajero Perdido, for the suggestion! I didn't know that site. If at the end my friend couldn't find free map of Italy, she might buy one that has also some parts of "la France", this might be handy for her as she's from Paris and returning to France every year and plan to do geocaching there obviously. So thanks again for the advice! Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 My pleasure. But don't give up googling for maps just because of that one compendium. I've found maps - for example, a great topo set for Mexico - only by some hard googling after first checking that big catalog I've linked to. Quote Link to comment
Ken in Regina Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 You can get the official Garmin microSD card maps for Italy/Greece from a number of Canadian suppliers. Try GPS City or GPS Central. Both have toll free phone numbers and are very helpful. Here's an example for your information: http://www.gpscity.ca/garmin-city-navigato...reece-card.html ...ken... Quote Link to comment
+rovers3 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Have you seen the following thread http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=232967 You may want to contact the OP (MikeSSS) to get some more information about his Italy experience. Quote Link to comment
+frodon001 Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Thanks to all of you geocacher fellow! I found quite good links and ideas from you. Quote Link to comment
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