Pre installed Map detail above 0.2 miles

Sam201176 over 5 years ago

Hi folks......

There seems to be sparce detail above 0.2 miles, making it hard to near impossible to find small towns etc in and around the country while browsing the pre installed Map. For instance I might be hiking and want a detailed view above 0.2 miles which is not possible now.

I have Frikart... Talkie Toaster ..... maps on the device with detail of villages and small towns above 0.2.

I also have a basic routable OSM map for car navigation, and it also doesn't have much detail above 0.2 miles.... but more than Garmins pre installed maps.

I just phoned product support, and they confirmed on the 5x plus they had there...that there is little detail above 0.2...and only the basemap is displayed.... they could see this could be an issue, and have passed it on the development team.

Anyone else seeing this or have any thoughts...

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0 xv1234 over 5 years ago in reply to Sam201176

Thank you, really like the look of the Talkie toaster ones, years ago I had a Etrex vista black and white, I also had memory map of my area, I could just join up some dots to make a track, send it to my etrex and it would navigate me on a bread crumb trail, it worked so well, that's what I want now, the maps would be a bonus.

0 Sam201176 over 5 years ago in reply to xv1234

Yep......I'd highly recommend Frikart maps.... there are different versions to try of each map..... and I like the way the terrain colours and details are integrated...it's easy to read.. and you can add a transparent contour map to pair with it if you need them in the activity your doing as they don't come with them.... at least the ones I've downloaded haven't.

And they are completely free of course.

: - )

0 Sam201176 over 5 years ago

Garmins new map update has more detail above 0.2 miles now... . I have map details zoomed out to 0.5 miles . .. which is more useful....and like it was before.....good news.