Garmin Metroguide Canada v5 Maps

Just picked it up.

I'll post my finding from the Calgary area here: http://forums.calgarycachers.net/vie...php?f=1&t=3151

This is horribly overpriced. The CN NT 2009 upgrade was selling for the same price as MG 5 on Amazon.com last year and elsewhere.

BTW. Garmin has an NT version: City Navigator® North America NT – Canada Only $59.99 USD. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=253&pID=8750

Yes but it is unlocked so you can put it on all your devices and computers. I wonder how Garmin makes any money on it with the limited audience.

Terry

Limited audience yes, but Garmin will be selling v5 for the next several years.

I don't expect to buy more than one copy though. The audience is Garmin Canadian users only as opposed to North America for CNNA NT.

Terry

With previous versions of Metroguide > 4, USA for example, you could not do auto routing.

Routing is available on MG Canada v5 just as it was on MG Canada v4.

Terry

As Terry said, both MG Canada v4 anc v5 do autorouting. I have done it on my iQue 3600, eTrex Legend HCx, Mobile PC and Mobile XT with both versions.

...ken...

Well, that's a good thing. I'm surprised to hear they've included the auto routing though.

I can see one paying more for this over CN NT Canada only if you plan to buy new Garmin Units in the future and this would save you the added expense of getting an unlock code.

That is not the only reason. MG Canada has a lot more data. 725 MB versus 125 MB.

I have CNNA NT 2009 and MG Can v5 on all my Garmin devices here. The main advantage of v5 at the moment is the great increase in POIs for my area. The routing data is similar and the street data is mixed. I have looked at several areas in BC and Alberta I am expecting to travel in next year. The level of detail looks good, especially the geography; road data is similar.

Terry

Compared to, say, the old version? NT 2009 is over a 1GB.

Increases in POI is good, but do you think it's worthwhile upgrade just for the POIs if you already have NT 2009?

For me, the POIs and geographical accuracy (compared to NT 2009) is enough. But then, I have used Garmin products for years.

The comment about data is also important. If you compare the Canadian portion of CNNA NT 2009 with MG Canada v5, you will see there is a lot more information in v5. More is always better! Of course accuracy is also nice but neither holds the winning hand there.

Terry

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Hi Newbee,

If you go into Mapsource, select City Navigator North America 2009 in the dropdown menu, select the map selection tool and select only the Canadian map tiles, check the Maps tab and you'll see that Terry's number is correct. The Canadian portion of CNNA 2009 is pathetically small. This is what you will get in the City Navigator North America - Canada Only product. It's less than half the size of Metroguide Canada v4 and less than 1/5th the size of MGC v5.

Whether having more geographic and POI data is "worth it" is something only you can answer. It's totally dependent on where and how you use your nav maps. If you never search for POIs then clearly the number of POIs won't be relevant to you. If you never get outside the city limits, the geographic information (lakes, rivers, parks, etc.) probably won't matter to you.

As both Terry and I have mentioned, the street data is a mixed bag .. some places better in CNNA 2009 and some better in MGC v5.

...ken...