Garmin nüMaps Lifetime Map Update for North America [Online Map Code]

by Garmin

Product Features

• Compatible with Garmin Colorado, Dakota, eTrex, GPSMAP, nüvi, nüvifone, Oregon, StreetPilot, and zumo (see below for full list)
• Coverage includes detailed maps for United States and Canada, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
• Updates the street maps on your compatible Garmin GPS for the lifetime of the device; no monthly fees or other ongoing costs
• Download the newest data as often as every three months; receive an email when new data is available
• Get updated information on street and highway changes, new roads, new points of interest, and other features

Product Details

• Online Map Code: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is available after purchase via e-mail.
• ASIN: B002Q2TTIO
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 10, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (210 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #2 in Software > Language & Travel > GPS Mapping Software
  • #16 in Software > The Mac Software Store

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

nüMaps Lifetime is a 1-time purchase that lets you download the most up-to-date map information on streets, highways and points of interest as soon as new content is available--for the lifetime of your Garmin device. nüMaps Lifetime subscription lets you download the newest map data up to 4 times per year without monthly fees or maintenance costs. It's Garmin's most comprehensive update plan.

Get updated information on street and highway changes, new roads, new points of interest, and other features.

Coverage includes detailed maps for the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Click to enlarge.

Pay Once--Update for Life
Know where to go when streets change or new restaurants and other businesses open. With nüMaps Lifetime, you'll get the most up-to-date maps available--for the life of your individual Garmin GPS. This one-time, single purchase gives you access to the newest map information on streets, highways and points of interest as soon as new content is available. Then, you can download the new data to your device, retrieving up to four updates per year, for the lifetime of one Garmin GPS. It's the most comprehensive update plan you can buy.

nüMaps Lifetime updates are available for the City Navigator NT street maps on one compatible Garmin device. Check below to see whether this update is compatible with your device.

How It Works
To use nüMaps Lifetime, all you need is your Garmin device, your computer and a USB cable. There are no monthly fees or continuing maintenance costs; you pay only once per Garmin GPS. When you want to update your maps, connect your device to your computer and log into your myGarmin account, where the latest map data is ready to load to your individual device. We're constantly gathering new map data, and a new update is available up to four times per year. Sign up for our email notification, and we'll email you when the newest data is available.

nüMaps Lifetime map updates may only be installed on one compatible unit. Please purchase additional quantities for additional units.

Navigate with confidence with nüMaps Lifetime.

About Coverage
Coverage includes detailed maps for the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Mexico coverage is not included.

Compatible Products
This map update can only be used to update the preloaded maps that came installed on your Garmin device. For example, a Garmin GPS device preloaded with North America maps only cannot be updated with a nüMaps Lifetime Europe Map Update, and vice versa.

• Colorado 300, 400c, 400i, 400t
• Dakota 20
• eTrex Legend HCx, Cx; Venture Cx; Vista HCx, Cx
• GPSMAP 60CSx, 60Cx, 620, 640, 76CSx, 76Cx
• nüvi 1200, 1250, 1260T, 1300, 1350, 1350T, 1370T, 1390T, 1450, 1490T, 1690, 200, 200W, 205, 205W, 250, 250W, 255, 255W, 260, 260W, 265T, 265WT, 270, 275T, 285WT, 350, 360, 370, 465T, 500, 5000, 550, 600, 610, 650, 660, 670, 680, 750, 755T, 760, 765T, 770, 775T, 780, 785T, 850, 855, 880, 885T
• nüvifone G60
• Oregon 200, 300, 400c, 400i, 400t, 550, 550t
• StreetPilot 7200, 7500, c330, c340, c530, c550, c580, i5
• zūmo 450, 550, 660

What's Included
nüMaps lifetime map update for North America online map code

Note:
A nüMaps Lifetime subscription entitles you to receive up to four (4) map data updates per year, when and as such updates are made available on Garmin’s website, for one (1) compatible Garmin product until your product’s useful life expires or Garmin no longer receives map data from its third party supplier, whichever is shorter. Your nüMaps Lifetime subscription may not be transferred to another person or another Garmin product. A nüMaps Onetime purchase entitles you to receive one (1) map data update for one (1) compatible Garmin product. The update(s) you receive under the nüMaps Lifetime subscription or nüMaps Onetime purchase (as applicable) will be update(s) to the same geographic map data originally included with your Garmin product when originally purchased. In some instances, your Garmin product might not have sufficient memory remaining for you to load an update to the same map data originally included with your Garmin product, in which case you will need to either (a) select reduced map data coverage for your update(s), or (b) purchase separately a microSD card or a SD card (as applicable to your Garmin product) and load all or a portion of the map data coverage for your update(s) to the card and insert the card into the SD card or microSD card slot contained in your Garmin product.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

228 of 234 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Digital Download takes time, November 11, 2009

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JollyGood (Neenah, WI.) - See all my reviews

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The only drawback to this is that it takes time. About two hours to download @ 2.6mps DSL and approximately another two hours to install. The size of the file was 2.02 GB. If you are on Dial-up, forget it. You don't have to attend the download, but you do need to be present at the install to click I agree and OK a few times. Once it is installed, everything worked with no hitches of any kind. While I haven't used it on the road yet, I was able to determine there was substantial updates in the data file for all of the various type things that you might be looking for, i.e., restaurants, service stations, etc.

All of my old settings remained the same, recently found items remained the same, etc. What you are purchasing from Amazon is the product key and you then go to the Garmin site and download the software. I updated from the 2008 version.

113 of 115 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars same as card without mailing, November 19, 2009

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glresearch (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garmin nüMaps Lifetime Map Update for North America [Online Map Code] (Digital)

About time. The Lifetime maps update consists of a card with the code on it (scratch off secured), which could just as well be emailed securely. The code is only useful for a download anyway.
How long Garmin provides maps for a device only time will tell. The update is restricted to a particular registered device and cannot be transferred. The price is only slightly more than a single one-time update now.
With the pace of improvements in devices some customers might prefer to replace a unit after a year or two, in which case an update might not be worthwhile. Garmin offers each device fully up to date when purchased, with one free update download at that time if the unit has been too long in inventory (system updates quarterly).

172 of 182 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extend the useful life of your GPS, December 20, 2009

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Roy W. Houston (Coldwater, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin nüMaps Lifetime Map Update for North America [Online Map Code] (Digital)

I've had a StreetPilot C330 since 2005 and absolutely love it. Twice I've updated the maps using the DVD method, but I'm thrilled that they now have 1) life time maps, and 2) the ability to update directly from the internet. I will comment primarily on the update method because the updates will never have every new road, and some POI's will be closed or not updated. That seems to be the same for all GPS systems, and there is no point in moaning about it here. Technology is not perfect, but given my total lack of a sense of direction I would be lost without my Garmin.

Before you begin it helps to know a few technical things. 1) You should go to the Garmin website and register so that you have access to the latest operating system for your particular gps (mine was outdated), have the proper USB drivers installed to recognize your gps, have the latest web updater software installed, and have the latest communicator plugin installed. This took about an hour overall, but is time well spent as it streamlines the upgrade process later on. 2) After installing/updating everything you can find, connect your GPS to your computer via a USB cable. NOTE: Many systems have USB 2.0 connections only on the back of the computer. The ones on the front panel are very often only 1.x USB connections. Using a 1.x connection will drastically increase your update time, if it works at all. My computer would not recognize the Garmin C330 until I connected it to the back USB sockets which I know are USB 2.0. 3) If you have updated and installed the necessary programs and connected your GPS, your computer should recognize it as soon as you plug it in. Run Garmin's webupdater program to ensure everything is the very latest. I updated my GPS O/S (operating system) but declined to update the voices since they were all foreign language updates. 4) Now go and purchase the online update from Amazon. If you are using IE8 you may need to run the browser in compatibility mode. Also, because this is a digital download be prepared to answer extra security questions related to your Amazon account. When you purchase, you will "hopefully" be shown a screen with your Garmin online map code. I think because of a problem with how IE8 renders, the map code was not shown in my web browser. This is not a major problem because you can go to your Amazon Software Libray and retrieve the code there. You will need this to activate your "map upgrade download". 5) Go to the garmin website, to the map update section and enter your map code. You must activate this first before you can proceed. It will require your GPS to be connected so that this code will be keyed to your specific GPS serial number. This will then allow you to either download the update file direct or install the Garmin File Downloader. AGAIN PLEASE NOTE: IE8 must be run in compatibility mode or the Garmin File Downloader probably will not operate. The Garmin servers support the resume function so you can use any downloader if the Garmin downloader doesn't work for you. I never did get it to work, but since I already use a file downloader (IDM - Internet Download Manager). A file downloader is HIGHLY RECOMMEDED because the file is over 2 gigabytes in size, and you don't want to have to start over if the download gets interrupted for some reason. Also, when you initiate the download, you will be given another software key. This key is for the specific map upgrade you are downloading and must be recorded to extract the maps and install to your GPS. 6) If you've made it this far, you've now downloaded the large map upgrade file. Again, connect your GPS to the USB port and double-click on the update file. It will require you the enter the second key you received, and then will allow you to install the upgrade to your GPS as well as install a desktop version (MapSource) onto your computer if you so choose. As others have said, depending on how old your GPS is, you may not be able to install everything directly onto your GPS. My C330 is old enough that I either have to add memory via a MMSD card (~$10) or else install only a portion of the maps.

Other comments - Base system was 32bit WinXP SP3. I have Hughes Satellite Internet so I can only download large files from 1-6am CST. It took ~4 hours to download the 2+gig file. Using the USB 2.0 connection require slightly less than 1 hour to install the upgraded maps to the GPS, but I only installed the Lower 48 states portion. Even though I upgraded everything I could prior to beginning, I still had to upgrade one more component just before I started to download the large file. This was the latest version of the communicator Plugin, I believe. Garmin has tried to make this a painless upgrade, but it will still require some patience. I was very pleased with the process, but I am fairly comfortable with computers and believe that less technically oriented individuals might become flustered during the upgrade process. Just remember to be patient and not rush the process and you should have no problems. I gave this 5 stars in spite of the complexity involved because everything worked for me with hardly any difficulty. While it is a little confusing as I've noted, I'm not sure they could do much more to simplify the process.