Dear All

Is there a Gamin map for a GPSMAp 60CSx of Japan including Okinawa
available?

Brgds
Frank

Frank asked the following question to All:
> Dear All
>
> Is there a Gamin map for a GPSMAp 60CSx of Japan including Okinawa
> available?
>
> Brgds
> Frank
>
>

I found a map of Japan on:
http://rwsmaps.griffel.se/
You'll find a map of Japan in the middle of the page. It doesn't cover
the whole of Japan.
There is also a map of Japan on:
http://uud.info/en/
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Happy trails,
Rudolpho
"We find in life exactly what we put into it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-82), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher

"Rudolpho" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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: I found a map of Japan on:
: http://rwsmaps.griffel.se/
: You'll find a map of Japan in the middle of the page. It doesn't cover
: the whole of Japan.
: There is also a map of Japan on:
: http://uud.info/en/

Why is that? Garmin is Taiwan based yet they seem to be limited to maps
for Asia. One would think the maps in Asia, like in Japan, Taiwan, and
Hong Kong would be great.

Sam wrote:
> "Rudolpho" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:45f5cff6$0$333$(E-Mail Removed)...
> :
> : I found a map of Japan on:
> : http://rwsmaps.griffel.se/
> : You'll find a map of Japan in the middle of the page. It doesn't cover
> : the whole of Japan.
> : There is also a map of Japan on:
> : http://uud.info/en/
>
> Why is that? Garmin is Taiwan based yet they seem to be limited to maps
> for Asia. One would think the maps in Asia, like in Japan, Taiwan, and
> Hong Kong would be great.
>
>

Garmin is not Taiwan based. They have a manufacturing plant in Taiwan
but it is not the design center and besides Garmin is not in the map
researching business. They create maps from other sources, primarily
NavTeq these days so you assumptions are not correct.

Dale

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"Dale DePriest" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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:
>
: > Why is that? Garmin is Taiwan based yet they seem to be limited to
maps
: > for Asia. One would think the maps in Asia, like in Japan, Taiwan,
and
: > Hong Kong would be great.
: >
: >
:
: Garmin is not Taiwan based. They have a manufacturing plant in Taiwan
: but it is not the design center and besides Garmin is not in the map
: researching business. They create maps from other sources, primarily
: NavTeq these days so you assumptions are not correct.

Right, but Navteq has maps of virtually every place in the world. My
point is that Garmin for some reason doesn't supply a many maps of Asia.
Yet, if you go to Asia, you will see lots of [different] companies using
Navteq maps on various units. Garmin is not one of them.

Sam wrote:
> : > for Asia. One would think the maps in Asia, like in Japan, Taiwan,
> and
> : > Hong Kong would be great.
There are a number of third party map vendors listed on Garmin's site
but last time I looked there wasn't one for Japan. However, I have a
son and daughter-in-law in Japan so had an interest in obtaining maps
for my GPS. I contacted Garmin support back in '04 and was told that
they didn't directly offer anything better than World Map however, while
they could not offer any support or warantee as to the quality, there
was a free one available from
http://www011.upp.so-net.ne.jp/mametaro/index-e.html
I downloaded this and seems very good. While I haven't been to Japan
(yet), my son also downloaded it and had no problem loading it into his
GPS. He has found it quite useful.

Ted

Sam wrote:
> "Dale DePriest" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> :
> >
> : > Why is that? Garmin is Taiwan based yet they seem to be limited to
> maps
> : > for Asia. One would think the maps in Asia, like in Japan, Taiwan,
> and
> : > Hong Kong would be great.
> : >
> : >
> :
> : Garmin is not Taiwan based. They have a manufacturing plant in Taiwan
> : but it is not the design center and besides Garmin is not in the map
> : researching business. They create maps from other sources, primarily
> : NavTeq these days so you assumptions are not correct.
>
> Right, but Navteq has maps of virtually every place in the world. My
> point is that Garmin for some reason doesn't supply a many maps of Asia.
> Yet, if you go to Asia, you will see lots of [different] companies using
> Navteq maps on various units. Garmin is not one of them.
>
>

Really. Are you sure they are NavTeq maps?

Dale
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Sam wrote:
> "Dale DePriest" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> :
> >
> : > Why is that? Garmin is Taiwan based yet they seem to be limited to
> maps
> : > for Asia. One would think the maps in Asia, like in Japan, Taiwan,
> and
> : > Hong Kong would be great.
> : >
> : >
> :
> : Garmin is not Taiwan based. They have a manufacturing plant in Taiwan
> : but it is not the design center and besides Garmin is not in the map
> : researching business. They create maps from other sources, primarily
> : NavTeq these days so you assumptions are not correct.
>
> Right, but Navteq has maps of virtually every place in the world. My
> point is that Garmin for some reason doesn't supply a many maps of Asia.
> Yet, if you go to Asia, you will see lots of [different] companies using
> Navteq maps on various units. Garmin is not one of them.

Here is a list of places NavTeq has at least some maps but I hardly
believe it is everywhere in the world and only a few are in Asia.

Albania
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Mexico
Monaco
Norway
Oman
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
The Netherlands
United Ara Emirates
United Kingdom
United States





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o/_/ (_(_X_(` For GPS and GPS/PDAs

Dale DePriest wrote:
: :: ":
: Here is a list of places NavTeq has at least some maps but I hardly
: believe it is everywhere in the world and only a few are in Asia.
:
: Albania
: Andorra
: Australia
: Austria
: Bahrain
: Belgium
: Bosnia and Herzegovina
: Brazil
: Bulgaria
: Canada
: Croatia
: Czech Republic
: Denmark
: Estonia
: Finland
: France
: Germany
: Greece
: Hungary
: Ireland
: Italy
: Kuwait
: Latvia
: Liechtenstein
: Lithuania
: Luxembourg
: Macedonia
: Malaysia
: Mexico
: Monaco
: Norway
: Oman
: Poland
: Portugal
: Puerto Rico
: Qatar
: Romania
: Russia
: San Marino
: Saudi Arabia
: Singapore
: Slovakia
: Slovenia
: South Africa
: South Korea
: Spain
: Sweden
: Switzerland
: Taiwan
: The Netherlands
: United Ara Emirates
: United Kingdom
: United States

I am SHOCKED!! I assumed Navteq had a map of Japan and even Hong Kong.
Thailand IS listed though.