UK Topographic maps?

[jingernut]

Do Garmin do a UK Topographic MapSource?

I have not been able to find one on their site so I assume they don't do one?!



What I was after was more detail in places like the Brecon Beacons so I can see the high points and the gradient lines.



Anyone have any ideas?



Cheers

[Dave]

They do a Topographic MapSource, but only currently for the US which is a real pain. I'd like to see a topo map myself.

[jingernut]

Yeah I saw the US ones were available and was a bit miffed when I couldn't find the UK one... any idea if they are working on one for the future?

[Darren]

Thanks to the Ordnance Survey's monopoly on such digital map data this is unlikely. The fact that it is gathered using tax payer funding is another matter
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[MikeB]

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[Dave]

Not that it makes much use, but there will soon be a Topo UK product for Magellan GPS Receivers. I suspect this will not be using OS, but another company, although no matter what you do in the UK, somewhere, somehow it all feeds back to OS.

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