Yes, I really do. I installed it today and immediately found it to be useful.
For those who have had their introduction to Express as a map update tool, I can understand why a negative view. But it's so much more than that.
I have three Nuvis and an eTrex to manage. Express helps me do that rather nicely.
I have a mish-mash of waypoints and favorites scattered around on the four devices. I had planned to spend a big chunk of the day cleaning up the mess and getting it all into one consolidated list. When it came time to get the list onto the various devices, Express came in really handy.
After transferring the list from Mapsource onto one of the Nuvis I used Express to backup that Nuvi. Then I used Express to transfer from that backup onto the other two Nuvis. Then I backed them up, too.
For anyone who has multiple Garmin devices to manage, Express is really a slick tool.
Falagar, I didn't know where else to put this because there isn't a section for Express and it's way more than just a map installation tool. I have a couple of suggestions for improvements and I hope you will pass them along to the appropriate people.
1. As many people have already noted, it really needs two additions to control map installation:
a. Option to install to PC and device, device only, PC only, just like MapUpdater.
b. Option to install to SD card rather than main memory.
2. In Restore function, allow option to select only those elements you want to restore, eg. give us a list of restorable items (Favorites, Routes, Tracks, Voices, Vehicles, etc.) and let us check off just the ones we want to restore.
Let me be really clear here; I don't want the ability to restore individual waypoints or individual routes or individual tracks. I do want the ability to restore waypoints/Favorites without also restoring a bunch of old tracks or routes or Etc.
3. In Transfer function, allow the same option as Restore, eg. list Favorites, Routes, Tracks, Voices, Vehicles, etc. and let us check off only those we want to transfer.
It would be nice if we could find out what's in each backup, at least at the time the backup is made, eg. Favorites were backed up successfully, no Routes, Tracks backed up successfully, Voices backed up.... , Etc. Right now I have no idea exactly what gets backed up.
Do the files in the various folders in main memory get backed up, too? Eg. DeviceInfo.xml, GPX files, POI files, Voice files, Vehicle files, Track files? It would be really helpful to know what information is in a backup.
Those enhancements would make a good tool great.
...ken...
