Re: Mapsource

From: Peter (prathman_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:43:38 -0700

Bob wrote:

> I have a really old set of the Mapsource CDs that I got with my Garmin Emap
> back when they first came out. I would have to dig them out to see exactly
> which version they are. I seem to recall that Garmin had some funky
> upgrade policy where you send them in and they send you a new set in return
> or something like that. I guess I will pop over to their web site to see
> what I can find but perhaps someone could add to this thread an explanation
> of the Garmin upgrade policy for Mapsource?

It has varied, but has generally included time limits to take advantage
of any upgrade discount.

You didn't specify which MapSource product you have. The three that
were available when the eMap came out (late '99 or early '00) were:

Roads & Recreation - this has never been updated since then and likely
never will be

US Topo - this has also not been updated since then

MetroGuide-USA - this one has been updated regularly; the version in '99
was release 3 and recently release 6 was announced.

When MetroGuide-USA release 4.01 came out there was a discount offered
to owners of the release 3 version (I believe it was free if you bought
the previous version recently or $49 otherwise), but that expired a
long time ago.