The new Tracks 4 Africa mapset (v9.05) has been launched and is now available from most dealers. A special limited edition, with both a CD and a “Plug-&-Play” SD/MicroSD memory card, is also being sold by select dealers. Simply pop the memory card into your compatible Garmin GPS unit and off you go. No need [...]
The first 5 things that we recommend you do as soon as you take your new Garmin GPS out of the box, to ensure that your unit runs smoothly and without hassles.
A few changes on this months Top 10 list as TomTom finally make their appearance at number 9 and some of the older Garmin units are discontinued to make way for newer technology.
1 - Garmin Nuvi 200
2 - Garmin Nuvi 200W
3 - Garmin Nuvi 710
4 - Garmin Nuvi 205W
5 - Garmin Nuvi 205
6 - Garmin [...]
This is the first post in this series of “Top 10 GPS units sold in South Africa” posts so please read of the note at the bottom of this post. These lists are simply intended to give you, the reader, a better idea of the GPS market trends in SA. I will also be including [...]
Yes, the Garmin Nuvi 860 with Speech Recognition has finally hit South African shores!
This really is a very nice looking unit but I don’t want to delve too much into the aesthetics or even the standard functionality of this unit in this post. The Nuvi 860 is obviously a top of the range unit similar [...]
It always amuses me when people get all excited by the Text-to-Speech functionality on some of our GPS units. Being a South African I am quite used to the sometimes odd (mis)pronunciation of some of our road names (especially some of the newer names) by many of our own citizens but believe me when I [...]
A quick tip on how to check your map software version and your firmware (operating system) version on your Garmin Nuvi GPS unit.
In this first post of the series I explain and simplify the Nuvi 200 firmware update process for you, step-by-step…
How to Update the Southern Africa maps on your Garmin GPS unit - If you want to update your present Southern Africa maps…
Well what can I say, first the Garmin Nuvi 710 was on promotion at Gismap GPS Shop for a mere R 5,699 with a small extra or two thrown in for good measure. Now, thanks to Garmin SA who have really came to the table and slashed their prices on the most popular units in [...]
A common question asked by all Garmin owners is “How do I update my GPS unit?”
Well, first of all we need to remember that there are two parts to any GPS. The GPS unit itself and the operating system of that unit, also called the firmware (in the USA this is also called the ‘unit [...]
It has now been confirmed by the Garmin SA technical folk, that recent changes to the Garmin WebUpdater program has made the program safe to use for South African Garmin Nuvi owners.
[WebUpdater: WebUpdater is a free application that lets you update your GPS unit operating system from home. Download it on to your PC once, and then [...]
Okay, so I have now made, what some people have described as, the worst business decision of my career. I have changed the way that my company handles our customer and tech support services. We have gone from providing a free Garmin support service to all and sundry, to now only providing the Free service [...]
Damn, this thing takes a long time to acquire satellites when you start it up from a new destination – and that’s the only complaint I have about this unit!
The Garmin Nuvi 200 - Ready to use straight out of the box with a plug-in map chip, there’s not much more you could ask for [...]
Here’s another video, this time showing some of the differences between the Garmin City Navigator SA v6 maps and our own, locally produced, Garmap Southern Africa Streetmaps v1.5
I get asked at least once a day why we (South Africans), don’t sell the Garmin City Navigator SA maps in our own country (‘detailed’ maps of South [...]
For some reason I keep getting asked for my opinion on the best cellphone GPS system in South Africa. Well here it is…
OK, Here’s the first in a new series of training videos that I am going to be doing. This one is a step-by-step tutorial on “How to load Garmap maps to your PC… and to your Garmin GPS unit“. I hope you find it useful. This is my first attempt at making videos so please [...]
Garmin have released a firmware update for the Nuvi 200 and… Can you believe it?
Changes made from version 2.90 to 3.10:
Fixed a bug that caused off route recalculations to be delayed in beginning the recalculation.
Added support for Afrikaans text translations.
Added new time zone for the Middle East.
Fixed a bug that could cause [...]
OK, so you’ve decided that you want to buy a GPS. You’ve also been able to figure that you need a “city navigator” autorouting type of unit (mainly for city/urban use and local or international traveling). Now you look at the available options and find 10 different units to choose from… What now?
The easiest way [...]
Base Maps vs. Detailed Maps:
The first thing to understand is what people are talking about when they talk about ‘Base Maps’ and ‘Detailed Maps’. A ‘Base Map’ is the mapset that is loaded to the GPS units’ internal memory at factory level and as such cannot be altered or even deleted. Basemaps come in three [...]
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