microSD for 62s

[+jlw82]

Going to order a 62s this day, without any maps; going to use Custom maps to start out with, and if that is not enough I'll get maps for 275 dollar. (expensive!)

 

To the question: Does the Speed of the MicroSD card matter? I've seen there are many quality's; cheap and a bit more expensive that can handle transfer speed of 20 mb/sec. I want little as possible lag when zooming/using the map.

 

Ideas what to get?

[seldom_sn]

Going to order a 62s this day, without any maps; going to use Custom maps to start out with, and if that is not enough I'll get maps for 275 dollar. (expensive!)

 

To the question: Does the Speed of the MicroSD card matter? I've seen there are many quality's; cheap and a bit more expensive that can handle transfer speed of 20 mb/sec. I want little as possible lag when zooming/using the map.

 

Ideas what to get?

 

I own an OR300 and a 60CSX, so this may not be 100% accurate, but I generally don't zoom and pan much on either unit. The only time I do that sort of thing is when I'm checking out a map that's on the other side of the continent. But I do pan and zoom a lot on my PC. If you are using BaseCamp to view maps from your 62s you bought from Garmin or a third party and you had a slow chip that would be a drag. Of course, you wouldn't have any choice of chip speed, so that wouldn't matter.

 

At 20 MB/Second the entire City Navigator NT North America should transfer in about 60 seconds. It takes more than 10 minutes to a USB2 card reader, and 45 minutes to my 60CSX, so I doubt that your chip speed will be a limiting factor.

 

$275 seems a steep price for routable maps, when you can get City Navigator NA from Amazon for under $100. Are they USD you are using?

 

For non-routable maps (and a few routable ones) try GPSfileDepot.

For free routable maps try http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php

 

Be careful using the garmin.na1400.info maps in the US. The roads were generated from a mass import of census bureau data that is loaded with small errors. These are being corrected by volunteers, but they may not have done much in some areas.

[+jlw82]

Thanks for the answer,

 

The maps here in Sweden are very expensive, and our terrain (1:50 000) map don't have car routing feature (not 100% sure, but almost). Will use the maps mainly for finding the best way home when I pick mushrooms, berries, biking, hiking... But until I get the maps I will use custom maps. I really think im going to zoom pan and zoom some, to find to best way home when im 3-4 hours into the forest.

 

Thanks for the links!