Garmin MapSource WorldMap
- Worldwide coverage with base map-level detail (v4)
- Includes political boundaries, cities, towns, and principal highways
- Displays U.S. interstate exit information
- Management functions allow you to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between your PC and nearly all Garmin GPS units
- See Product Description for compatible Garmin products
Product Description
The MapSource WorldMap provides worldwide coverage with basemap-level detail. Main FeaturesManufacturer: Garmin, LtdManufacturer Part Number: 010-10215-01Manufacturer Website Address: www.garmin.comSoftware Sub Type: Maps & TravelingSoftware Name: MapSource WorldMap Features & Benefits: Trip and waypoint management functions* Political boundaries, cities, towns, major motorways and/or interstates, and principal highways; lakes, major streams, and rivers; and urban areas and railroads Coastline detail which includes many offshore islands, as well as worldwide nautical navaids such as daybeacons, radiobeacons, RACONs, fog signals, lights, buoys, and other navaids U.S. Interstate Exits Information, such as service stations, gas stations, restaurants, hotels, campsites, hospitals, banks, and more * These functions of this product work with nearly all Garmin GPS units, excluding the GPS100 family and panel mount… More >>
Garmin MapSource WorldMap
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5 comments
Anonymous on December 25, 2009 at 2:28 pm
This software really help me enjoy my E-trex a whole lot more. Being able to make waypoints from my PC was very handy. A nice accessory.
Carl L. Canicatti on December 25, 2009 at 5:08 pm
The maps provived provide excellent detail, having checked it out with my trip taken in 2000 and 2004.
Furthermore, the proof of the pudding comes this sept when i go to China.
R. Ross on December 25, 2009 at 7:16 pm
We do a lot of foreign travel and periodically use a Garmin 60C GPS for understanding where we’re going and where we’ve been. For example, in 2009 we headed to Nepal and Tibet to do some treking and white-water rafting, in 2008 it was central Africa, in 2006 we explored the ice fields and Fjords of Patagonia. None of these areas had easy to acquire maps, so I bought Garmin’s WorldMap to at least provide rudimentary maps of the areas. This is about all the WorldMap does, as it is quite “high level” with only the major roads and towns available. However, it does provide downloadable maps for the GPS so that you have something to display in these non-US areas and something to use on your computer screen when planning the trip.
Probably my favorite use of the maps is its built-in tie to Google Earth. Once you locate your places of interest using World Map on your computer, you can click on the “View in Google Earth” and instantly view your waypoints and routes in Google Earth with infinite detail. Vise versa, I often use Google Earth to locate detailed GPS coordinates and copy them into my WorldMap software for download to the GPS; this provides a workaround for the low detail and poor accuracy of maps. When you get home you can also upload your world-wide tracks and waypoints that you acquired on your trip and view them in Google Earth to know exactly where you were and where to post pictures, if you do that. This interactivity with Google Earth saves the day for what otherwise is a pretty limited level of map detail.
In the US, I do a lot of off-road exploring, mostly in the southwest deserts. Here I use Garmin’s Topo USA 2008 Garmin Mapsource Topo US 2008. It has infinite detail, on and off-road, and the same wonderful Google-Earth connectivity.
G. Tott on December 25, 2009 at 7:36 pm
This adds very little detail over the Trip and Waypoint manager basemap. Added are some city names, topo lines, railroad tracks, small waterways, and obscure airports. I have not seen additional roadways and would not have purchased if I knew there would be no more road detail. Often in Latin America, the roads are incorrectly placed, making marked road tracking difficult. Standard Garmin Quality, which I have come to appreciate.
J. Bookas on December 25, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I travel internationally and was looking for something that would give me an idea what cities I was over from the air, when riding on commercial transportation. This product does that well from the air, but as I read on several other reviews, on the ground, it can be another story. It can put you on the wrong side of a river or when riding on a train, the depicted track can be 3/4 mile away or more. I have the US Street map and that works fine and is very accurate, but the World database still needs some tweaking. I use it with the Etrex Vista.