Hi, I am potential buyer, however I am from Europe, do I have an option to install European Maps. Thanks. Regards, Nikola.
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Dear friend,Thank you for your inquiry.Yes ,we can provide you European maps . You only need to tell us after you place a order.Best regardsJouna hu
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I believe that for a fee, you can download Europe Maps from Garmin. I'm sure this takes time, as updates take a few hours over hi speed internet.
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No, it has US maps only. If you want Europe maps you will need to buy them separately. It looks like that in US this model is named "VIA 1400M" and Europe it has name "Start 20"
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Hello,the GPS is pre-installed US Maps well when we sell it on Amazon.com. If you want other countries' maps,we will send you links to update it,thanks for your attention.
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Yes you can load Europe maps as liong as its Gsrmin compatiblie. You can purchase/download maps at the Garmin website.
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I found that the 3rd party maps ordered at a greatly discounted price does not allow for updates of maps. I guess if it came with the maps preloaded you would get the lifetime updates (LM). I currently have the European maps and get the updates. Did you purchase the unit with LM designated behind model number?
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You can get maps for Europe, I'm not sure about lifetime updates. But my advice is don't bother. Garmin is produced for the US. In Europe it's almost worthless. It got me lost all the time. I switched to TomTom, which is European and doesn't work very well in the US, and the accuracy there was almost 100 percent. Garmin is especially bad in European cities where the streets are very close together. In Spain I haven't noticed a single taxi driver who uses Garmin or who uses anything other than TomTom, for that matter.
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It should have come with a North American map installed. Perhaps you can download it, but I would contact Garmin. I've had very good responses from email inquiries.
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My garmin was loaded with the maps of Europe. I do not know how it was done because I bought it used from Amazon. Sorry that I can not answer your question. I questioned the seller to make sure it had european maps because I needed it for my vacation. I use to get the same GPS with my car rental from kemwel.com and they would give me the same garmin with european maps for $40. I go to Europe 2 times a year so I figured it would be cheaper to buy a GPS.
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I have been in contact with a guy in China who informed me today 8/5/14 that there was a $81 cost to get the map updates. However mine was shipped (about 3 weeks ago) and it has the latest maps) for my area. I live in Missouri.
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Ben, the one I purchased from Amazon only had United States road Maps. If the unit you purchase does not have European road maps, they can be purchased from Garmin. Dave
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No you don't download European maps. But be warn the batteries does not stay charged on the unit. If I could return it I would.
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If it is preloaded with the maps for both us and europe, then all you have to do is touch the wrench icon, which will bring up maps; click on maps, then check the map you want to be the default or chosen one....it has been 8 years since I got ours, so you need to check to make sure the maps are preloaded....
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You will not need to upgrade your maps. Things do not change in Europe as they do here. I would suggest you preload your destinations here so that when your feet hit the ground turn on your GPS and go. I used those maps in October 2010 with no problems.
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I have a Nuvi 1300 with life time map updates. I would like to get a European map also, specifically Italy. What is the process for this and what is the cost?
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Yep, it will work. I'm using topomaps, build from OpenStreetMap for my region (Russia, near border with Finland) for example. Works fine! Also, you could buy topo map for your region (or region of your interest) later.
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the person who said he was never offered european updates must have not asked when he had his european maps loaded. Mine is now 7 years old, much abused and may have just failed today. The reason that I am visiting now. It doesn't have enough internal memory to handle both map sets, but there is a slot for a memory card. Plug one in and all will be well. I get off the plane turn it on and it asks for the other set. I say yes and it happens.