3rd Party Map Question

OrangeJuice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 19

I was looking on ebay and there is a person selling maps of european countries on SD cards that he says will work in a Nuvi (I have a 300). Price is around £15 - £20 per country.

I have two questions...

1. Is this in any way real and will work properly? (He does have lots of good feedback)

2. If it is real, why can I only find these maps on ebay.. who makes them originally do you reckon?

Link to one example:
Removed by Eldar

I don't wanna get ripped off, but it is tempting as I don't need maps for all of europe.

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mikealder · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject:

Having the maps are one thing, having the unlock code to use the maps is another all together - if an e-bay offer looks to good to be true then it often is either a scam or someone pedling illegal goods when it comes to software or electronic maps etc - Mike

OrangeJuice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 19

provenjohn · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject:

Hi

I have one of that guy's Florida maps & have got that to work on my Nuvi 310 ! Smile

swing · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject:

Not that I have a need for these maps (I have full European mapping, and don't intend to drive in the US anytime soon), but what information do the maps show in the Map / About screen - ie where is he getting these maps from?
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provenjohn · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject:

OrangeJuice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 19

are postcodes searchable?

provenjohn · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject:

swing · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject:

tynecomp · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 11, 2006 Posts: 130

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swing · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:

tonikeys · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 21, 2007 Posts: 3

I have an i3 and am going to Florida later in the year. Can anyone who has used one of these "ebay maps" actually confirm that this works ok. Is it as good as using a genuine Garmin map? Is there full zip code search on it? Have you actually used one of these maps in Florida?

Cheers.

provenjohn · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:43 am Post subject:

swing · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:45 am Post subject:

Eldar · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:52 am Post subject:

We've received the following message from the Marketing Manager, EMEA Cartography Garmin (Europe) Ltd: "The maps are in infringement of our rights. We have complained to eBay and all posting about those maps have been removed."

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