They also show considerably more detail, judging by my Nuvi’s performance today. Maps are updated much more often than the official Garmin maps. The technique I’ll show you here uses OpenStreetMap, a free and open-source collaborative work. Not for directions, but just as a “rolling map” to tell me where I am and streets are coming up as I travel. I do the FedEx Ground delivery driver thing, and I have an old hand-me-down Garmin Nuvi that I use on my route. So if this li’l technophobic sidekick can manage it, it’s likely that any of my readers can. I did it, and I’m still as technophobic as I ever was. And no, you don’t have to pay for updated maps either, even if your GPS is older or unregistered with the company. No you don’t have to have either Windows or Mac in order to update your Garmin Nuvi GPS (or Magellan, TomTom, and a few others).
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