I had a Mio 520t GPS in my truck that really served well for pines exploring, because it had every old road, railroad right of way, and actual or purported body of water. Unfortunately the internal battery crapped out, there were no map updates for five years, etc. So last Christmas my wife got me a Garmin Nuvi 1490t.
This thing is great in terms of fast start-up and sat. acquisition, and the interface is really easy to use for navigation. The map detail, however, seems to suck. Even after setting it to "Most detail" and "More data" it didn't have the names of more than half the roads in the pines, and usually pretended I was driving on some blank virtual space the color of melted mint ice cream.
Sooo... what can I do to this thing to make it useful for some exploring? I have a topo pack that a friend bought me for my handheld Garmin, but I don't know whether it's compatible with this one. I also remember reading something about Boyd having created a map pack. Any other tips for an underwhelmed Nuvi owner?
This thing is great in terms of fast start-up and sat. acquisition, and the interface is really easy to use for navigation. The map detail, however, seems to suck. Even after setting it to "Most detail" and "More data" it didn't have the names of more than half the roads in the pines, and usually pretended I was driving on some blank virtual space the color of melted mint ice cream.
Sooo... what can I do to this thing to make it useful for some exploring? I have a topo pack that a friend bought me for my handheld Garmin, but I don't know whether it's compatible with this one. I also remember reading something about Boyd having created a map pack. Any other tips for an underwhelmed Nuvi owner?