GPS
My handheld GPS unit only shows major highways and train tracks. Can I download free street maps for it?
It's a Magellan 500.
Public Comments
- It is possible, but rather technical. And I say this as someone who works with geographic information systems and digital maps for a living. It involves getting road centerlines in a format called shapefiles and using a program called MobileMapper to do some conversions, or something along those lines. The instructions were long and I lost interest. I doubt these maps would be routeable either - you wouldn't be able to get turn-by-turn directions from them on the receiver. The easiest solution is to buy MapSend DirectRoute v2 for about $70 for your unit. There is a v3 version, but the maps aren't much newer and in some cases don't work as well as the v2 maps.
