Article two in this series dealt with the prominent, manufacturer recommended way to get your GPS maps using the Garmin MapSource software that comes bundled with the package. This article will provide you with some links to free downloadable maps for your portable Garmin GPS.
If you’re searching for free maps to download onto your Garmin GPS in lieu of using Garmin MapSource which is designed specifically for Garmin handheld, portable GPS devices, this article will give you a few links to do just that. I’m just the messenger here and can’t say that I’ve personally tried them but many Garmin GPS users report that these maps work well for them.
Some of them might be shareware so something like the Points of Interest (POIs) and other data might be things uploaded by the original user which are of no interest to you. Perhaps, as a combat veteran, I lean to heavily on expecting the worst to happen; so hopefully you won’t end up thinking “you get what you pay for” when using these maps. Actually, some folks put a great deal of effort into creating a place to share free maps that were of great use to them, so they’re worth checking out at least. Personally, I like to search a site or subject using words like “problems”, “glitches”, “scams”, and the like with anything I’m considering downloading just to be sure.
