Garmin i3 - Please can someone help ?

adam808 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 31, 2006 Posts: 12

forgot...

it would appear that the i3 accepts any maps that are unlocked on your computer.

have a play & have a blast :D

regards

Adam

adrian_anastas · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 27, 2006 Posts: 73

danieljacks0n · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 16, 2006 Posts: 8

I've just bought an i3 but it is without a mini SD card, although there is a slot for one.

1) Does this mean the data previously on the card is now pre-loaded?

2) It seems to be full of UK info but when i try to search for eg Paris, I can only find small towns but no cities outside UK. Is this normal?

Cheers.

bumpkin · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject:

danieljacks0n · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 16, 2006 Posts: 8

Thanks Chas,

Just one further query, when you say navigate using the major roads, i.e. on the EU basemap further afield than Northern France, would I be able to plan a route to a major road/ intersection or just use the i3 to confirm my current location/ heading?

Or to put the same question another way, when I am closer (100 miles or so) to Nice in the South of France would I be able to use my i3 to search for and have route guidance to Nice via major roads?

I cannot find Nice or even Paris currently when in the North of England, so does the basemap know where they are but won't allow navigation to these cities?

Thanks again.

bumpkin · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:40 am Post subject:

Not absolutely certain what level of detail is in the basemap, I haven't used the i3 outside of the UK yet but have done some experimentation in simulation mode. I don't think cities, or for that matter any places are included. Navigating to junctions doesn't seem to work either.

However, I've just uploaded a Favourite using EasyGPS, this was a Long/Lat in central Nice. Navigating from Deauville in Northern France resulted in a route of 60 steps, each of these use specific road names or numbers all the way so the data must be in the basemap. The disadvantage of this is that whilst you can upload a long list of Favourites of all the places you intend to visit you can't search for any destinations or do impromptu navigation.

I suggest that you download EasyGPS and have a try yourself, you can get Long/Lat data from Multimap if you don't have Autoroute.

If you're going to France more than once or maybe twice in the next couple of years I would have thought that buying the transflash card would be worth while.
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Chas
Garmin i3, Quest & StreetPilot 2720 with GTM10

danieljacks0n · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 16, 2006 Posts: 8

Yeah i think the card might be the way to go in the future. I just wanted to see what you could get out of this unit, what fantastic value though for £130 from Comet!

Thanks for the link to EasyGPS I think some testing is in order.

DAn

Mr_Gonzales · Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject:

I just got back from Italy and tried the i3 out there, with just the UK card. No routing but major features such as lakes and motorways were shown, which was handy when not knowing where to go and using it as a higher-tech compass with some landmarks on. I'd get the proper card if going abroad again though - would have come in handy dozens of times on the holiday if I'd had the right card, and I'd have been happy paying £100 odd for it if I'd found one.

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