CS6 vrs CS7 and what else is better?

So back to the unfortunate lack of National Parks and campgrounds on the
Garmin maps, both metroguide 6, CitySelect 6, and people who have looked are
saying CitySelect 7 is worse? I'm interested in more response on this before
I install CitySelect 7, which hasn't arrived yet.

While the above v6 products show some tiny state parks, they then leave out
large national parks in the same states; this, and the other POI choices
that people have commented on is just a sad statement on Garmin's priorities
(or lack of) in the preparation of what could have been an extremely useful
and well thought out resource.

Someone says "don't buy Garmin Maps then" but we've already bought them
(without knowing), and only after trying to use them have discovered that
they lack some major details. Even after reading through this groups posts,
and before buying, I looked for GPS reviews and comments all over the web, I
still don't really know if there is anything better. I bought a VistaC then
got interested in better mapping, then a GPS 18 (partly to get the
CitySelect Maps that it was bundled with, but also it will keep my VistaC
off the dashboards sun and heat.

I write this for several reasons:
1: I'd like feedback on CS7 vrs CS6, should I upgrade (it is free but is it
better)?

2: If Garmin people read this (and they haven't responded to my emails so I
hope they do), it would take so little to "reliably" include parks and
campgrounds, a Rand McNally road atlas has more than Garmin Maps have, all
Garmin mappers (Navteq or whoever) had to do was look at a road atlas. And
yes, I will have to carry and look at a road atlas while traveling to make
up for this and other lacks in the Garmin products, but I don't want to have
to stop in every county I drive through to get a local map, and that is the
benefit of a computerized map product. So the issue here is that Garmin
could easily make a better product and apparently is making it worse
instead--Is anyone at Garmin Listening?

3: Since I have a GPS 18 receiver hooked to my laptop, maybe I can use maps
from other makers. Can I? and if so which are the best in terms of including
the most small roads, national and state parks, and yes, I do think
hospitals were a great idea to include and could even save lives, I mean why
not?

Ron



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