hi guys
i have a garmin nuvi 265w and just wondering were is the best place to get maps for it
every time we go off rd the unit will tell you what rd we are on but wont show it on the maps
cheers
Thats odd! my Mio just shows tracks in a green area when in road mode whilst off road.
The Map Centre in Parramatta stocks topo on dvd for the whole of NSW going from 1:125 to 1:100 as you get into the outback spots.. it is a fair bit of coin at $250 though.
not the expert but have been spending time with mine I have recently bought a cd and 2gb card for 15 big ones with shonky maps , I do have mapsource on my PC and that is my link to the unit ,identified what maps I wanted from the list then sent to the device . I used the GPS australia web site shop for the purchase ,sorry dont know how to post the link but if you look thru some other threads its all there.
hope thats a start
ok thats a start thanks
ye my wife went in to harvey norman and just asked for the best one for on and off road in her price range and the sails man said this one was it but we will have to by the map upgrades
I use shonky on a 760.Not familiar with the265 but with the 760 I have shonky on a sd car and plug it in when I go off road. That way I don’t have to keep changing the setup. You will need mapsource if you are doing any planning on the computer and to communicate with the GPS to transfer data..
If the track is not showing as a line as to where you have been you may have to turn that function on in the unit
hi wb1 thanks for that do you have any links to shonky or mapsource
cheers
by the way i see you are in syd you should come to the colo meat up at the end of the month
hi, we have a garmin 265w aswell and found this same problem, have you tried pressing the + button on the screen while navigating or driving to zoom closer into the map you are on?
as this is what i had to do to view the trail we were driving on.
Shonkymaps are scaled at 250,000:1 it may not zoom passed 1:1 pixel. Need maps like Contour Maps 5m which = 5m:1 pixel so it is a high detailed map. I have similar issues on TTMaps. I now have the 250,000:1 and 25,000:1 which is massive difference.
ok thats a start thanks
ye my wife went in to harvey norman and just asked for the best one for on and off road in her price range and the sails man said this one was it but we will have to by the map upgrades
The missus bought me a nuvi 1390 on the weekend under pretty much the same sort of circumstances.
Some of the resources I have foud useful (and as already mentioned):
Whilst searching for a mount that was a little more subtle, I came across this (I have ordered one, and as yet not recomending, it just took me a long time to find something that even looked like what I wanted): Amazon.com: IG-PSTARA: i.Trek Garmin Nuvi Sticky Mount: Electronics
garmin nuvi 265w
I use shonky on a 760.Not familiar with the265 but with the 760 I have shonky on a sd car and plug it in when I go off road. That way I don’t have to keep changing the setup. You will need mapsource if you are doing any planning on the computer and to communicate with the GPS to transfer data..
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