Basically it tells you where all the buttons and menus are but sadly really doesn't tell you how to use GPS unit in the field so to speak.

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The families of Etrex Vista, Venture and Legend have limited internal memory and only support an external memory card for models with an 'x' in their part number. The Etrex 20, Etrex 30 and Etrex Touch support large capacity sd memory cards. The Etrex 10, Etrex 12 and Etrex H do not have external memory support, usually their memory is limited. The Edge 820 et Edge 5xx do not have external memory card support but have internal memory large enough to hold the majority of OSM maps. Below is a non-exhaustive list:Įdge 800, Edge 810, Edge 830, Edge 1000, Edge 1030 have support for sd memory card which can go up to several tens of GB. In general, all Garmin devices are compatible with a few exceptions and some devices have limited memory and do not have memory card support. The method that works for most Garmin GPS's is:Ĭopy the gmapsupp.img file into the 'garmin' folder located at the root of the device's memory. And anyone who knows a place, a route or simply the street where he lives can contribute to the enrichment of the database. The OpenStreetMap community has over 1.5 million contributors worldwide. OSM maps the globe, street by street, path by path. Anyone can participate in adding or modifying map data.

OpenStreetMap is the equivalent of Wikipedia for maps.

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You can download several maps here for free or request a particular map by contacting us ' contact us': They are improved every day by more than a million contributors. Garmin GPS supports OSM (OpenStreetMap) maps, these are free, open and collaborative maps of the World.

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