Re: Garmin 2620 / map licence query

From: Seagull (seagull_at_aracnet.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: 29 Nov 2004 17:12:23 GMT

Colin Wilson <void@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > You can't buy City Navigator Europe from a European dealer as has been
> > said over and over again
>
> Exactly. Why not ?

No one knows for sure. It could be Garmin trying to protect its dealers.
It could also be licensing restrictions from the data provider (NavTeq,
in this case), requiring that the premium map data be bundled with hardware
for the region in which its sold.

Cheers,
-+JLS 

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