Customer Reviews

Garmin City Navigator 2009 Mexico Map microSD Card

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I have purchased this and already used it in Mexico. It is helpful to get you to any of the MAJOR cities but even within Guadalajara it was clearly very dated and did not compare favorably with a GPS that my friend was using that he purchased in Mexico.
I bought the Garmin GPS specifically so I could use this map in Mexico. I called Garmin and asked when an update would be available and was told they have no plans to update. When traveling to Ajijic it did not show ANY streets or even a road to get to the city. Ajijic is on the shore of Lake Chipala -- the largest lake in Mexico.
Let us hope with that with more requests Garmin will finally update this map. It is at least five years out of date.
KS

The coverage for Mexico City surprised me - it's really complete, most methods of finding a place work great. Highways and major roads are well covered in Central Mexico, too. Not too useful for the road, though it provides just enough info to make it worth taking along (just don't leave the map behind).

I love my Garmin and use it extensively in the US. So I purchased the chip for Mexico and was very disappointed with its performance. It did not find even one of the addresses that I programed in to it in Mexico. Often it got stuck on trying to find satalites. Other times it simply couldn't find the address and so we used the old standbys of using maps and asking directions of the locals. A huge disappointment. I'm going to ask for a refund, it was worthless.

Its a very good product, lacks a little updating, but it has already helped me to get out from a traffic jam.
Some street names are no longer the same, as a lot of new places are not there, but I must say its really worth to buy.

I had purchased CitySelect maps V2 MEXICO by 2007, and by June 2008 I again purchased another one same label CitySelect maps V2 MEXICO, and the software was More complete, More streetsnames , more city adequations, more shortcuts. Better in many ways, But why is not advertised these changes in another vwersion ? I Think it is because they know everyone will look after the latest release and the older releases will not be sold, and will be returned to the factory. I guess.
Well, I am happy with the latest release, and I am sorry becasue this maps are not pudated in any way once you purchase them, I mean , if you want an update of the map, you have to go purchase another one. A complete map kit.

The map was sort of OK in Mexico City. But when I drove to Cancun, it did not even had the High Ways as have been there for years. And that is not good enough. It is a preatty high price for just one contry, so will say you should expect a little more. And when I tryed to registrate, it come up with that the code has been registrate before. So did I buy a pirat Map card, or is that a Garmin problem??? I was in Mexico then, so I did not call and spenn a lot of money to figure this out.

This has everything! even my small hometown of camargo, chihuahua, that barely has street lights and no movie theaters shows....

I highly recomend it to any mexican or anyone traveling to mexico.

I have lived in Mexico now for two and a half years, and over half of that time with this update to the Mexico map that came with my Garmin Nuvi. It is about 85% accurate in major cities (e.g., Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara) but that accuracy falls off dramatically in cities smaller than that. Symptoms in medium-sized to small town include wrong-way directions down one-way streets, street maps off by 400 to 500 feet north or south of actual location (leading to constant murmurings of "Recalculating!" as the GPS vainly tries to guide me up side streets on which I am not traveling), and inability to locate ANY of Mexico's thousands of archeological sites (one of the major reasons tourists come to Mexico), not even Chichen Itza! The search function is unreliable -- it could not find Zaachila in Oaxaca, but immediately found Villa de Zaachila (the formal name, which nobody uses). This chip does not include numerous roads built prior to 2009, so driving between cities requires backup of the paperback Guia Roji, and does not include bypasses around some cities.

On balance it is usable but with caution. I use it a lot but with a grain of salt. In these days of satellite imagery and Google Earth, one wonders why Garmin uses maps that are off kilter by up to 5 seconds of latitude. One is advised to find destinations on Google Earth, copy the latitude and longitude coordinates, and punch them into the Garmin for best results.

I had purchased CitySelect maps V2 MEXICO by 2007, and by June 2008 I again purchased another one same label CitySelect maps V2 MEXICO, and the software was More complete, More streetsnames , more city adequations, more shortcuts. Better in many ways, But why is not advertised these changes in another vwersion ? I Think it is because they know everyone will look after the latest release and the older releases will not be sold, and will be returned to the factory. I guess.
Well, I am happy with the latest release, and I am sorry becasue this maps are not pudated in any way once you purchase them, I mean , if you want an update of the map, you have to go purchase another one. A complete map kit.

I purchased this Garmin product in hopes that it could guide me out of the maze of streets of Mexico City, However it failed to do so. Leaving Mexico City towards Queretaro, it tried to guide me via Toluca? And once on the main highway it does not recognized the toll roads and kept telling me to get off and go down the Libre. It did, however, worked ok in Queretaro, Irapuato, Leon, and Guadalajara. You must be very careful on how you enter the addresses otherwise you will end up in another Colonia. I rely mostly on just moving the map on the screen to see what was coming ahead and plan accordantly. I hope this helps someone who is planning to purchase this item.