+NanCycle Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) I have a Garmin Montana 600 with Garmin City Navigator North America NT maps installed. Unfortunately I didn't install all of North America, only the central part of the US, and I no longer have the computer I used to install it. Last year when I went to the Pacific Northwest, I didn't have routable maps on my GPS, but fortunately I had sufficient cell service to use maps on my phone. And the GPS still worked when I was near enough to the cache not to need the map anymore. This year I'm going to New England and southeastern Canada and don't know if I'll have good cell service everywhere. I know there are maps that I can download, but my question is what would be the best map, easy to download and easy to use. Free is preferable, but I don't mind paying for it, if that's the way to get the best map. Thank you all for your advice--you haven't let me down yet. Nancy Edited March 20, 2022 by NanCycle Left out “Montana” Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I've been using the maps over at https://garmin.opentopomap.org. The contour lines are a separate layer, but it's the nicest topo map display based on OSM that I've found so far. There are also a range of OSM maps in different visual styles over at https://extract.bbbike.org. Here you can choose the area that you want to download, though you will be limited by map size whereas opentopomap has North America broken down into large regions. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 By the way, if you purchased City Navigator as a download, Garmin should have record of that and allow you to re-download it to re-install on the same GPS device. The option would be available in Garmin Express. Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 53 minutes ago, Mineral2 said: By the way, if you purchased City Navigator as a download, Garmin should have record of that and allow you to re-download it to re-install on the same GPS device. The option would be available in Garmin Express. I have it on a DVD from 2013. Thanks for pointing me to Garmin Express-- it can't hurt to ask them. Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 If you still have the DVD, you may still be able to use it if your current computer has a dvd drive. That said, streets in many suburban areas have changed since 2013 so an updated map is the best way to go. OSM maps also have hiking and cycling trails* where city navigator does not. Quote Link to comment
+2quigs Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Gpsfiledepot.com is another route you could take. Lots of free maps there. Good luck. Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, 2quigs said: Gpsfiledepot.com is another route you could take. Lots of free maps there. Good luck. Great maps there. Very few are routable in the locations the OP is inquiring about. Quote Link to comment
+Atlas Cached Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 You can find a good list of Garmin compatible maps at GPSrChive > How To... > Maps that include my favorite routable maps for North America (GMapTool). Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 After considering all the advice and possibilities, I finally decided to go with buying the up to date City Navigator North America NT. Thanks to all for your input. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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