gpsmapnut Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 Short version: Magellan MapSend Canada has being released. Long version: For a several months now, I had a privilege to test and play with MapSend Canada - Canadian maps that can be loaded to Magellan Meridian and 330 series of GPS receivers. I couldn't talk about it much before it was released, but yesterday, on my way from work, I stopped by an outdoor store in Mississauga and they just received a shipment, so the cat is out of the bag!!! Magellan's own website, hardly mentions anything about this maps. I checked today and still; the only note about it could find was in the support section. It still says that: "MapSend Streets and Destinations Canada (Soon to be Released!)" Well, obviously the "soon" is now. Anyway; We (GPS Nuts) are working on a review of it. (Hopefully) soon, the review will be posted in the "Canadian digest" section of www.gpsnuts.com As a Canadian, I am naturally very interested in this product. Actually; I should rephrase it. I am so excited about it that I can't wait any longer with sharing at least some of the thoughts right away! In the Canadian Digest, you will find reviews of some other, good, receiver loadable Canadian maps. I like them very much - they are excellent for my home town area and several other spot areas in Canada. For the rest of Canada they are useful but not that good. Release of MapSend Canada is changing that. Now there finally are GPSR loadable maps that have very good road coverage of the ENTIRE CANADA As far as I can see, the road and street detail and accuracy of even the smallest and most obscure Canadian communities ranges from good to excellent! Normally, our review of Canadian maps would be based mainly on few, randomly selected areas, from the ones that interest me personally. Well; Canada is a large country and I may just think that MapSend Canada gives a good detail for everywhere, so I'd like to enlist some help with selecting the areas for the screenshots. Interested? Send me co-ordinates or address or a place name in the area you'd like to see the screenshots of. I will try to accommodate a request for each province / territory. If I'm flooded with requests, it will be "first come, first serve" :-) Please send your requests, by Monday May 06, 2002 to: showmecanada@gpsnuts.com showmecanada@gpsnuts.com If you like to be notified when the review is published, send an email to: mapsendreview@gpsnuts.com mapsendreview@gpsnuts.com Your email address will not be used for anything else except to inform you about the review therefore your email MUST have a valid return address. Sorry, but I will not be taking any time to decipher any spam protection. We value your privacy, please value our time. Ps. At this moment; we may not have time to answer right away (all) detailed questions. Please be patient and wait for the review to be published. Andrew Kalinowski www.GPSNuts.com Recreational GPS and mapping (hobby) www.CanadianMaps.ca Raster topo (and some other) maps Quote Link to comment
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