Garmin Edge 800 map

[Muggins]

I bought a Garmin Edge 800 this past weekend.

 

I went through to Garmin this morning and bought tracks4Africa version 13.05. This was recommended for better detail off road.

 

My problem is that when I start the unit up at home it does not show a lot of the roads around my house. If I drive around it does not show a lot of roads. A lot of the roads it does show it does not show road names.

 

Does this sound right?

[jmaccelari]

Tracks4Africa is for mostly off roading in remote areas. You won't see much except where you go into an area covered by this map set. It does not cover urban areas (much).

 

If you want the routeable, local, urban maps then you should have bought the Street maps:

https://buy.garmin.com/en-ZA/ZA/maps/on-the-road-maps/city-navigator-nt/city-navigator-southern-africa-nt/prod15535.html

[Muggins]

Thanks.

[Guest Smimby]

Try dcrainmakers website, I got free rout able maps for my 810

 

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/download-garmin-705800810.html

[jugheaddave]

Make sure you ha e enabled the particular map on the unit.

[kosmonooit]

Also free maps here:

 

http://openmtbmap.org/

 

 

Local 1:50 000 contours

 

http://www.madmappers.com/AfricaTopo/AfricaTopo1.htm

[Muggins]

I spoke to them at Tracks4Africa.

 

Apparently this map versions detail is made up of what clients have done with their GPS's and sent into T4A.

 

I know when I spoke to them at Garmin they said to me if you are doing more trails the n the T4A is the better option.

 

Anyway I am new to the MTB scene so I will stick with this map for now. Only had my bike for 4 weeks now. At first I thought I would buy it to ride to gym and back home.

 

My first weekend I went off to Hakahana with a friend and have been riding there for the past 5 Sundays. All I can say is now the MTB bug has really bitten me.

[Jaco Steyn]

You can also try the free Velomaps: ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/openmtbmap/odbl/velomap/africa/velosouth-africa-and-lesotho.exe