Offroute is offering a nice Garmin Oregon 550 bundle for those willing to preorder the unit early. The “Garmin Oregon 550 Ultimate Package” includes: Garmin Oregon 550 City Navigator North America NT DVD Topo US 100k DVD 4GB microSD card Hard neoprene case Auto navigation kit Pricing on the bundle is $669 which includes shipping [...]
There has been some discussion about Garmin Oregon screen protectors on the Oregon Wiki so this deal caught my eye when I saw it today. The offer from Zagg is a great chance to pick up an InvisibleShield for your Garmin GPS or any of your electronic gadgets. The promotion is good for 50% all [...]
A lot of people ask about which GPS they should buy or which accessories or maps will work with their Garmin Oregon or Colorado. Given the number and types of options Garmin makes available it is sometimes hard to know if what you are buying is the right GPS or is compatible with the GPS [...]
Last week Garmin announced that much of its map data would be made available to purchase online. The press release was centered around Garmin’s new cityXplorer product which provides Nuvi 1xxx owner’s with pedestrian and public transportation navigation along with support for traditional auto navigation and POIs. When I saw this announcement I didn’t pay [...]
About a month ago when Garmin announced BaseCamp, they also hinted that the Topo U.S. 24K maps, currently available only in microSD format, would be released on DVD. Garmin’s web site now lists two $130 Topo U.S. 24K DVDs — West and Southwest. West provides coverage for California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada and the Southwest [...]
A frequent complaint about the Colorado and Oregon 400t has been the inability to use the preinstalled Topo 2008 maps in Mapsource. Shortly after getting my Colorado 400t I worked with some clever folks who were able to make it work but the procedure wasn’t quite ready for prime time. After messing with this for [...]
Garmin announced GB Discoverer, a new outdoor mapping product for Great Britain, in October. Today users are reporting that they are finally getting their hands on GB Discoverer which is supported on the Oregon, Colorado and Nuvi 550. GB Discoverer maps are sold as regional maps in microSD format. Each microSD card provides a complete [...]
