Lowrance Endura Safari, uk user wants to use in France

[+lavenderhillbillies]

We want to be able to geocache on holiday in France in a few weeks, using a Lowrance Endura Safari.

 

What is the French equivalent of Ordnance survey maps, where do I get them, how do I load them?

 

Mapyx can't help me, and the Lowrance site says French maps are available but just links to Navico, where I can't find any.

Edited February 27, 2012 by lavenderhillbillies

[+cterres]

The German Customer Service made many free maps based on OpenStreetMap data and let you download it from here:

http://in-touch-with-adventure.de/?page_id=300

You can use Google Translate to look at the page in english or a different language, because there is not only France available.

So this might be interesting for more people.

 

Prepare a blank microSD-Card with a subfolder \MapRegions and extract the zip-files into it.

 

The commercial maps for France from Lowrance can be ordered by any Lowrance dealer. (even marine dealers)

http://www.lowrance.co.uk/upload/Lowrance/Forms/Lowrance_UK_Ireland_Marine_Dealers.pdf

 

Best regards from Germany

Christoph

[+lavenderhillbillies]

The German Customer Service made many free maps based on OpenStreetMap data and let you download it from here:

http://in-touch-with-adventure.de/?page_id=300

You can use Google Translate to look at the page in english or a different language, because there is not only France available.

So this might be interesting for more people.

 

Prepare a blank microSD-Card with a subfolder \MapRegions and extract the zip-files into it.

 

The commercial maps for France from Lowrance can be ordered by any Lowrance dealer. (even marine dealers)

http://www.lowrance.co.uk/upload/Lowrance/Forms/Lowrance_UK_Ireland_Marine_Dealers.pdf

 

Best regards from Germany

Christoph

[+lavenderhillbillies]

Christoph, Thanks for your reply, all the Lowrance dealers we have contacted say we have to go to Mappyx , and Mappyx say they haven't got any French maps. We couldn't open the in- touch- with files.

[+cterres]

These are Zip-Files.

You need to uncompress them with your PC or Mac and the the unzip function all modern operating systems contain.

You get multiple files, especially a PSF-File. This one (and the others) copy to a microSD- card in a subfolder named MapRegions, that you need to create first.

 

If british dealers are no help, try a search with google (or a preferred search engine) for a Lowrance dealer from outside U.K..

First try should be in France cause you want to ask for a map for this country.

 

Additionally the german user board leader is a Navico Employee (Mathias Binder aka Matz) http://forum.in-touch-with-adventure.de

Maybe he can help you with direct contact to a useful map dealer.

You need to sign in to the german forum, but you can post there in english too.

 

And dont forget the Groundspeak-User "LowranceLady", also a official from Lowrance Headquarter U.S.

You can send her a message via geocaching.com