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Garmin free update possible?
coolpix
28-09-2008
My brother has a Garmin Streetpilot c510 & he had to send away & pay for a cd to update the maps.
I think it was about €60.
Does anyone know if it is possible to update his Garmin for free, & how?
chrisjr
29-09-2008
Simple answer.

No

or at least not legally anyway.

All sat nav manufacturers will charge for map upgrades. Though TomTom do offer a free first upgrade just after you've bought the device, but after that you have to pay.

Basically it costs the sat nav companies a small fortune to get the map data so they are hardly going to give it away for nothing are they? You have to remember that in the main a map upgrade is not just a small download of a few changes to patch your existing map but a whole new map.
alibat
01-10-2008
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“Simple answer.

No

or at least not legally anyway.

All sat nav manufacturers will charge for map upgrades. Though TomTom do offer a free first upgrade just after you've bought the device, but after that you have to pay.

Basically it costs the sat nav companies a small fortune to get the map data so they are hardly going to give it away for nothing are they? You have to remember that in the main a map upgrade is not just a small download of a few changes to patch your existing map but a whole new map.”

Yes it is a whole new map, but it may or may not contain relevant changes. Map updates seem to be very over priced, so I won't be updating for a few years myself.
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