Re: Garmin Xs, memory cards, and MapSource licenses

My father in law always says the only thing free of charge is a dead
battery.
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Darrel Goheen
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"Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> peter wrote:
>
>> No, cards that are sold already preprogrammed with maps are a different
>> situation. At least going by Garmin's policy in the past with
>> BlueChart maps, the preprogrammed ones work in any compatible GPS,
>> regardless of its serial number. Presumably they could have some type
>> of universal code that works with all serial numbers.
>>
>
> And Magellan's pre-loaded cards also work the same way as Peter describes.
>
> You said "We need a movement...'Map Free or Die!' :)" and I agree with
> that.
>
> An even bigger need is a handheld, ruggedized, self-contained for power,
> GPS that will use the free mapping that is available now. We in the U.S.
> would be in great shape with a GPS like that because we can download
> raster mapping for free from the USGS and NOAA.
>
> A handheld like that would get many of us away from some more complicated
> and fragile portable nav systems using PDAs.
>
> Jack
>
> --
> Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
> (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)


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