Garmin MetroGuide 2001 U.S.A. Street Map CD-ROM (Windows)

by Garmin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 3 x 1 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004VX3J
• Item model number: 010-10468-00
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The MapSource MetroGuide U.S.A. CD-ROM contains the electronic equivalent of several paper maps and represents the same information found on MetroGuide cartridges. MetroGuide U.S.A. includes trip and waypoint management functions that allow you to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between your PC and nearly all Garmin GPS units while viewing detailed maps on your PC screen.

With a map-download-compatible Garmin GPS, MetroGuide U.S.A. allows you to load map detail, addresses, business listings, and points of interest from any region in the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii. You can transfer MetroGuide U.S.A. data from a personal computer to your GPS unit or to a blank or preprogrammed data cartridge (compatible with StreetPilot III).

You'll see details such as the locations of restaurants, banks, gas stations, and tourist attractions, plus much more. In addition, you can use your GPS to look up street addresses and points of interest, then navigate to them with the help of onscreen arrows and street-level detail. You'll be able to drive to any city address in the large database using an electronic map that shows street-level detail.

Note on compatibility: The trip and waypoint management functions of this product work with nearly all Garmin GPS units, excluding the GPS 100 family and panel-mount aviation units. Specifically, the map download features of this product work with the eTrex Legend, eTrex Vista, eMap, GPS V, StreetPilot, StreetPilot ColorMap, StreetPilot III, and GPSMAP 76, 176, 182, 188, 232, 238, 295, 2006, and 2010.

Product Description

PERFECT FOR THE URBAN JUNGLE, MAPSOURCE METROGUIDE NORTH AMERICA V7 DVD OFFERS SIMILAR COVERAGE AS CITY NAVIGATOR, INCLUDING DETAILED MAPS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND PUERTO RICO AND NOW WITH VERIFIED COVERAGE FOR ALASKA.

METROGUIDE OFFERS AUTOMATIC ROUTE CAPABILITY ON THE PC, AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH GARMIN UNITS THAT DO NOT HAVE AUTOMATIC ROUTE CALCULATION THEMSELVES. BEST OF ALL, THIS PRODUCT IS FULLY UNLOCKED! SEE THE PRODUCT COMPATIBILITY TABLE (RIGHT) FOR A LIST OF PRODUCTS THAT GARMIN RECOMMENDS WITH THIS SOFTWARE.

FEATURES INCLUDE:

• MAPS CONTAIN FULL COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE U.S., CANADA AND PUERTO RICO,
  INCLUDING METROPOLITAN AND RURAL COVERAGE
  
• NOW WITH VERIFIED COVERAGE FOR ALASKA
  
• INCLUDES DETAILED MAPS CONTAINING HIGHWAYS, INTERSTATES, BUSINESS AND
  RESIDENTIAL ROADS WITH ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS TURN RESTRICTIONS, SPEED
  CATEGORIES AND OTHER NAVIGATION FEATURES
  
• NEARLY 6 MILLION POINTS OF INTEREST SUCH AS:
  
  
  
  • FOOD AND DRINK
    
  • LODGING
    
  • ATTRACTIONS
    
  • ENTERTAINMENT
    
  • SHOPPING
    
  • EMERGENCY SERVICES
    
  • POST OFFICES
    
  • CAMP GROUNDS
    
  • MOVIE THEATERS AND MORE
  
  
  
  
• WILL AUTOMATICALLY CREATE POINT-TO-POINT ROUTES IN MAPSOURCE ON THE PC
  
• SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OF HAWAII PROVIDED USING UNVERIFIED GOVERNMENTAL
  SOURCES
  
• TRIP AND WAYPOINT MANAGEMENT FEATURE LETS YOU TRANSFER WAYPOINTS, ROUTES
  AND TRACKS BETWEEN YOUR GARMIN GPS AND YOUR PC**

**THESE FUNCTIONS OF THIS PRODUCT WORK WITH NEARLY ALL GARMIN GPS UNITS,
EXCLUDING THE GPS 100 FAMILY AND PANEL MOUNT AVIATION UNITS.

Customer Reviews

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48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't go for a holiday without this!, August 3, 2001

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Brian Tan "dufffader" (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garmin MetroGuide 2001 U.S.A. Street Map CD-ROM (Windows) (Electronics)

I'm using this with a Garmin eTrex Vista. Been quite useful so far, especially just to keep track of where you are (just about every road, big and small, in the US is in the map) or when you're in a new place and you just want to find the closest Italian restaurant with the GPS of yours. (Of course it probably only works with selected Garmin GPSs)

Maps in this CD are about 2 or 3 years old so some new roads will probably be missing. Each city map takes about 7Mb and with the eTrex's serial connection to the PC, it takes ages to upload.

Once you finally get over the uploading time, its a bliss. Like you're in control of everything.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars get more memory!, July 28, 2001

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"peri_winkle" (Murfreesboro, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garmin MetroGuide 2001 U.S.A. Street Map CD-ROM (Windows) (Electronics)

It has great detail, but the maps are memory hogs and rarely does a single one coincide with the area in which I'm traveling. The coverage of each map is not logical. For instance, the Knoxville [TN] map reaches nearly to Atlanta, but not to Morristown [TN] less than 45 miles away. I have yet to find a single map that covers the area in which I'm traveling; therefore, I need a 16 meg memory chip so I can download at least two maps to get complete coverage.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best maps for Garmin GPS, June 12, 2003

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Alan Hamilton (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin MetroGuide 2001 U.S.A. Street Map CD-ROM (Windows) (Electronics)

Note that although v5 is now out, it's really more of a map data vendor change than an "update". The interface is identical, and much of the map data is, too. The main differences will be in Alaska and Hawaii. You can use the map viewer at Garmin's web site to check out what the v5 maps look like.

Also, MetroGuide v5 can only be used to create routes on a PC. You cannot use its maps to create routes on a StreetPilot or other GPS that does its own routes. You can use the City Select CDs to do this.

Finally, if you're wondering what the difference between this and Roads & Recreation, that is intended for older and low memory (1MB or less) units. If you have 8MB or more, get MetroGuide.