My GARMIN Oregon 650 came in yesterday. I installed my screen protector last night, put batteries in it this morning, fired it up, aaaaaand. The STATE highway I live on doesn't even show up as a road on the map?!?!? So, I had read somewhere that I may need to install maps on my GPSr. I assume I need to add a more detailed road map?
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Do I have to purchase through GARMIN's website? Or is there a recommended free update available anywhere? Same thing with outdoor maps, I see on the GARMIN website I can purchase a Northeast USA 24K TOPO map for like, $100. Is there a recommended site for me to get a quality TOPO map? I found in, is that a recommended place to get maps?
(Don't know if I even really NEED a TOPO map, but I'm disgusted that roads aren't showing up on a brand-new GPSr, seems pretty silly that roads aren't included) Thanks in advance for any information you can provide! My GARMIN Oregon 650 came in yesterday.
I installed my screen protector last night, put batteries in it this morning, fired it up, aaaaaand. The STATE highway I live on doesn't even show up as a road on the map?!?!? So, I had read somewhere that I may need to install maps on my GPSr. I assume I need to add a more detailed road map?
Do I have to purchase through GARMIN's website? Or is there a recommended free update available anywhere?
Same thing with outdoor maps, I see on the GARMIN website I can purchase a Northeast USA 24K TOPO map for like, $100. Is there a recommended site for me to get a quality TOPO map? I found in, is that a recommended place to get maps? (Don't know if I even really NEED a TOPO map, but I'm disgusted that roads aren't showing up on a brand-new GPSr, seems pretty silly that roads aren't included) Thanks in advance for any information you can provide! Before you jump to any conclusions, or start adding stuff.
Did you let the gps sit for quite a while, like an hour, to let it get its bearings? Brand new out-of-the box, or moved a long distance, requires letting the gps sit out and orient itself. Let it sit for at least an hour, and then check it again. Outside, unobstructed view of the clear sky.
Our gps's came with 'base maps' and those were more than adequate. Definitely had the major highways on them. And that's for Canada. Edited June 20, 2015 by Pup Patrol.
What Pup Patrol said. The first satellite fix takes an especially long time, and until then, it may think you're outside Garmin headquarters, or some similarly illogical spot.
If you zoom out enough to get oriented (assuming there's a base map being shown), you may see you're not 'at home' as you expect. Garmin expects you to buy maps (from them), but lots of people have come up with excellent FREE maps for Garmin units, and I see you've already found one such repository. I've been an avid Garmin user for years (until I switched to a phone, another story), and in all that time I've only bought one map, and not from Garmin. When I travelled to another country, I'd always been able to find something both excellent and free.