![]() So if you purchased any other PND, their would be no PC viewing option. Garmin does own the Topo family of maps and you'll see much more liberal use terms.Īlso, IIRC, Garmin is the only company which has maps on a PND and a PC software like Mapsource. Basically, you're blaming Garmin for a problem they have no control over. As a measure of the value of the intellectual property involved, Naviteq was just sold to Nokia for $5B and Garmin dropped out of the bidding for TeleAtlas at $3B. ![]() These companies impose very restrictive licensing terms on their users. ![]() These are purchased from Naviteq and TeleAtlas. GrhhhĪs I understand the issues, Garmin does not own any of the "road warrior" maps. I think Garmin want me to purchase them twice. I don't want to pirate the maps, just see them "full screen" on my PC that I use for GeoCaching. ![]() But I purchased a 400t with TOPO 2008 already installed. But why should that be necessary? If I purchased Topo 2008 or City Nav on CD rom then I could do so. Why is it not possible to view maps that I have purchased from Garmin on "Chips" to install directly into my Colorado etc with Mapsource for purposes of route planning etc? I understand that it is possible to do so if I "crack" the security codes.
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