Guest pgmay Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 I'm a newbie who is about to buy my first GPS (thinking Garmin eTrex Vista -- comments welcome). I'm trying to decide whether to also buy the MetroGuide USA CD. I plan to primarily use the GPS for hiking and geocaching so it doesn't seem worth the price tag. Any thoughts? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Guest TresOkies Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 MetroGuide USA (the 4.0 updated version) is the MapSource product I use the most. The others have serious problems (old data, imprecise data, unlock codes, etc). MetroGuide has good urban and rural data and does not require an unlock code. I use it for my eMap and my StreetPilot III autonav system. I find that I use MetroGuide for more than just downloading to my GPSR. I have it open on my PC just about all the time. But my use may not be normal. -E ------------------ N35°32.981 W98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
Guest benjamin921 Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 I think once you have it you won't regret it. The base maps are OK to start with but then after you start playing you will want more and more detail. You will just start out in the woods, then have it on the dash of the car and then...well you can see where I am going with this. It has more road names than say Mapsource R&R (at least in my area when I compared the two). Any way have fun with the Vista. Quote Link to comment
Guest sbukosky Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 I have Metroguide and Roads and Recreation. You can get Roads and Recreation for less money and for Geocaching it is good. Because it has so much less data than Metroguide, you can load a much greater area in a given data chip. Metroguide uses more space because it had address look ups and so much information on restaurants, points of interest and so on. Not all useful for Geocaching. ------------------ Steve Bukosky N9BGH Waukesha Wisconsin Quote Link to comment
Guest Alan2 Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Can someone please check to see how much memory is required for NYC area with Metroguide? Tks ALan Quote Link to comment
Guest peter Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 8 MB of memory will cover a rectangular area with Perth Amboy in the southwest corner and Scarsdale in the northeast - Manhattan is about in the center. This is using the new MetroGuide-USA with the routing data turned off. The memory requirement goes up to 12 MB with routing turned on for a GPS V or SP III. I highly recommend the MG maps - once you have them you'll find lots of new uses for your GPSr. Quote Link to comment
Guest Alan2 Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 Peter, What if you add in Long Island? With and without routing? Alan Quote Link to comment
Guest peter Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Alan2:Peter, What if you add in Long Island? With and without routing? It about doubles the previous numbers - around 16 MB without routing, just over 24 MB with. Quote Link to comment
Guest Geoffrey Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 Just hope that they come out with a GPS V plus with 64meg of ram, and a USB connection on the GPS. ------------------ Geoff's GPS Information Page Geoff's Information on GPS units, and price guide for several units Quote Link to comment
Guest Alan2 Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 quote:Originally posted by peter: It about doubles the previous numbers - around 16 MB without routing, just over 24 MB with. Tks Peter. I have the Vista so the routingings not required. THat'll leave me 8M for topos and ROad amnd Recreation for other areas. I'd really like the find address feature but I'm not sure if it's worth the loss in coverage I'd hate spending so much money on Metro and then not use it. Alan Quote Link to comment
DARC Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 The latest version of the Metroguide is more accurate and contains more detail then ROADS & REC maps. If you have a vista, then splurge for the Metrogude and you will not be disapointed. Now while you can also load topo maps as well and switch them in and out as desired, it is actually a pain to do so on the Vista. So much so that I only did it once and never again since it was so cumbersome to do. Now that I have the Metroguide, I'm only loading my travel and geocaching needs into my Vista. The only reason for getting the Roads & Rec map is if you have the Venture or Legend since their smaller memory requires more consideration about the size of map that you load into those GPSR's. I only use the GARMIN topo maps in the Mapsource PC program to check out coordinates and plot approach waypoints with some sence of the land. Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted March 11, 2002 Share Posted March 11, 2002 I just got the new MG Europe, which has approached the functionality of the MG USA. I really like this new MG. It's a definite improvement over the previous MG available in Europe (where only a few countries were on each disc). You can read my thoughts about it here MG Europe Anders Quote Link to comment
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