I need a navigation software for my laptop. It is quite hard to find a program, that has detailed maps of Iceland.
So, which software have the most detailed maps of Iceland?
So, which software have the most detailed maps of Iceland?
Hello pp1000,
Welcome to the Laptop GPS World forum!
Microsoft Streets & Trips will give you the names of Icelandic cities and towns but no road data unfortunately.
Are you from Iceland or just planning a trip?
Welcome to the Laptop GPS World forum!
Microsoft Streets & Trips will give you the names of Icelandic cities and towns but no road data unfortunately.
Are you from Iceland or just planning a trip?
You can get free maps of Iceland - road maps and topographic maps - that are compatible with Garmin's GPS devices.
To use these maps you would buy Garmin's Mobile PC for your laptop. You would have to buy the version that comes with a Garmin GPS receiver (either the GPS10x Bluetooth receiver or the GPS20x USB receiver).
You can buy Mobile PC with either North America maps or Europe maps preinstalled. To load the Iceland maps you would need to install a Garmin program named Mapsource. The instructions about how to do that are in the Garmin Mobile PC section here, if you decide to do this.
If you do a search for "Garmin compatible map Iceland" you will see some results that you can check into to see if these maps would be useful before you decide what to do.
...ken...
To use these maps you would buy Garmin's Mobile PC for your laptop. You would have to buy the version that comes with a Garmin GPS receiver (either the GPS10x Bluetooth receiver or the GPS20x USB receiver).
You can buy Mobile PC with either North America maps or Europe maps preinstalled. To load the Iceland maps you would need to install a Garmin program named Mapsource. The instructions about how to do that are in the Garmin Mobile PC section here, if you decide to do this.
If you do a search for "Garmin compatible map Iceland" you will see some results that you can check into to see if these maps would be useful before you decide what to do.
...ken...
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Originally Posted by Larry
Microsoft Streets & Trips will give you the names of Icelandic cities and towns but no road data unfortunately.
Bing.com has some data. I see local roads, and not only in the capital Raykjavik, but elsewhere, too.
For navigation however, as Ken says, the best bet will likely be to search for 3rd party Garmin-compatible maps, and if you do find some, use them with Garmin Mobile PC.
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Originally Posted by Ken in Regina
You would have to buy the version that comes with a Garmin GPS receiver (either the GPS10x Bluetooth receiver or the GPS20x USB receiver)....
...ken...
...ken...
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Originally Posted by Larry
Why is this required?
Unlike Microsoft's nav/planning products, most Garmin devices, including Mobile PC, are able to have maps added to them.
Mobile PC is much easier to understand if you just think of a Mobile PC-equipped laptop as a hardware device created by filing the serial number off a Nuvi, removing the GPS receiver section and stuffing the rest inside a PC. Thinking of it as directly equivalent to Streets&Trips will just give you a headache. ... Sometimes thinking about it at all gives me a headache....
Many Garmin maps are locked. The unlock code is derived from a combination of the product ID of the map product and the serial number of the Garmin hardware device.
So, in simple terms, if you end up needing to add maps and if the maps end up being locked, the only way to unlock and use them is if you have a Garmin GPS receiver with a serial number to unlock them to.
If you buy one of the bundled versions, you can unlock locked maps and install them because you have a GPS receiver with a serial number.
You can't add locked maps to the software-only version of Mobile PC because there's nothing to use to generate an unlock code (remember, you filed the serial number off before stuffing it into your laptop).
If the original poster can find all the necessary maps for free (implying they're not locked) then the software-only version would work. But if it ever becomes necessary to add locked maps they would be out of luck.
It appears that the original poster is going to need a GPS receiver anyway, so I'm recommending an approach that will be the simplest in both the short and long run.
...ken...