garmin gps

[pike slayer]

i just picked up a garmin etrex legend hcx off of ebay for a decent price. now i need to find maps for my unit. i use to have a magellan explorist 500 and the ontario one was only $50. on the garmin sites what appears to be the same map is around $120 more then i bought the gps for. i checked out the backroad map book ones and they are $150!! i did some searching on google and came up with this site http://www.ibycus.com/ibycustopo/#Detail and its free but am a bit learly. has anyone downloaded it and use it? does anybody else know of any other options? thanks!

[Terry]

yeah I had it and used it

 

lots of stuff on the internet for garmin GPS....just got to google

things like garmin underground maps

[Cosmos]

I bought a blue charts for my Garmin from kijiji, I saw the same guy still advertise. $20 I paid for sd card, it's working great.

[BillM]

I bought a blue charts for my Garmin from kijiji, I saw the same guy still advertise. $20 I paid for sd card, it's working great.

 

I wouldn't advertise that, it's extremely illegal what that guy's doing

[Jon]

I use the Ibycus maps on my Garmin unit and really like them. You can't route on them but for a free map, they likely have most everything you need. Pretty acurate (all things considered) but they don't contain the extra information that the Backroads Mapbooks does. Give the Ibycus maps a try - you have nothing to lose.

 

Jon

[pike slayer]

thanks! this weekend i'll go to my parents and download ibycus maps(i have satillete internet with limited useage)

[wormdunker]

Get an iphone. They have an app called "maps". It is a GPS, u can also find local stores, services if U R travelling in a town U R not familiar with. Then U buy an app called "Navionics" for $15.00. It is very similar to the chip U buy for your chartplotter which is $300.00 Oh yah make sure U get the free app "Angry Birds"