Sure, they're a monopoly so I guess you just need to take what you get. I thought the explanation might be of interest since you didn't seem to understand. Sorry, I have no dog in that race, I'm in my "post-Garmin" phase now. 
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@NJCoastal - was looking at your screenshot again and realized that it doesn't correctly represent the sizes of these two devices. The GPSMap 66 screen is only 2.5 inches high but the Montana 700 screen is 4.25 inches - a huge difference. So I took the images into photoshop and re-scaled them. I believe this correctly illustrates just how huge that beast is! 
Well Bob, I have good news and bad news. Good news first, here's Garmin's FAQ about the age of BIrdseye imagery
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=bcTgJcwxCE51OYksg89DZ6
"In February 2020, BirdsEye Satellite Imagery was upgraded. Customers who have downloaded satellite imagery in the past will notice that the only available option now is BirdsEye Satellite Imagery Subscription V2. If you have older imagery under My Collection in BaseCamp, re-download the area for improved image quality."
OK... but here's the bad news, I just read this at GPSFileDepot
https://forums.gpsfiledepot.com/index.php?topic=5019.msg26343#msg26343
"The reason for my post was in reaction to Garmin ending Birdseye subscriptions. The only option for Birdseye currently is with Birdseye Direct, which works on few Garmin devices."
I hadn't heard about this before, but evidently it's true Garmin has discontinued the "classic" BIrdseye, as indicated on their site
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/70144#overview
Apparently this happened about a month ago, couldn't find much about it. Some discussion here:
https://www.gpsrchive.com/Discussion/viewtopic.php?t=1941&sid=130f81cc102cc85683f44f155d2761e0
I cannot confirm this, so caveat emptor. Like I said, I no longer have a dog in the race but this sounds pretty bad on the surface. Better hang on to whatever you've got and make sure you have it on a memory card, you may not be able to get any more.
I suppose their answer would be to spend $600+ for a new Montana 7xx or GPSMap66xx because they include the "lifetime" Birdseye Direct subscriptions (which are apparently not compatible with our older devices).
You will need to confirm this because I'm just guessing. Assuming the above is true, that might mean a replacement Montana 6xx would not be able to use any of your existing Birdseye because it was authorized for the old GPS and they are no longer authorizing new Birdseye in Basecamp.
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Give it a try and see what happens. As I understand, that first link is "old news" from 2020 and the "new news" is that it has all been discontinued. Do you have an active (paid-up) Birdseye subscription? Because I think you're out of luck if you don't, since you can no longer purchase one. And, while you might be able to download the imagery into Basecamp, you would not be able to transfer it to the GPS without an active subscription.
Let us know what happens if you try to download and send to your GPS.
Let us know what happens if you try to download and send to your GPS.
It will work, but if I read this download message correctly, I would need a new subscription, and I need to delete the old first.
If I were you, I wouldn't delete anything. Maybe there is some other way, but when I go to the Birdseye page it says it's discontinued and you cannot purchase it.
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