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April 14, 2008
Garmin's Map Update 2009 Released
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Garmin's Map Update 2009 for North America is out, and available for about $65. Garmin's website still says the update is due out later this month, but it looks like a number of retailers (including Amazon
The 2009 update is valid for all Garmin nuvi series, most StreetPilot models, and Zumo units. Read on for all the details, including what's changed in the new maps.
First things first: this update ships on a DVD so you'll need a PC/Mac, and can be applied to the following GPS units:
- StreetPilot i5, c330, c340, c530, c550, c580, 7200, 7500, 2720, 2730 and 2820
- all nüvi series
- zumo 450 and 550, GPSMAP 478 and 496, Quest 2
The update also says you'll need Internet access to activate the maps, and each update can only be applied to one GPS unit.
The update includes enhanced coverage for the following major metro regions:
| Albany, NY | Albuquerque, NM | Atlanta, GA |
| Austin, TX | Baltimore, MD | Birmingham, AL |
| Boston, MA | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock H,NC-SC | Chicago, IL |
| Cincinnati, OH | Cleveland, OH | Columbia, SC |
| Columbus, OH | Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX | Denver-Boulder, CO |
| Detroit, MI | Fort Myers, FL | Greensboro-Winston Salem, NC |
| Hartford-New Britain, CT | Houston-Galveston, TX | Indianapolis, IN |
| Jacksonville, FL | Kansas City, KS-MO | Las Vegas, NV |
| Los Angeles, CA | Louisville, KY |
Memphis, TN |
| Miami-Ft. Lauderdale,FL | Middlesex-Somerset-Union, NJ | Milwaukee-Racine, WI |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul,MN | Montreal, QE | Nashville, TN |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY | New Orleans, LA | New York, NY |
| Norfolk-Virginia Beach, VA | Omaha, NE | Orlando, FL |
| Ottawa, ON | Philadelphia, PA | Phoenix, AZ |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Portland, OR | Portsmouth/Manchester, NH |
| Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket,RI | Raleigh-Durham, NC | Richmond, VA |
| Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | Rochester, NY | Sacramento, CA |
| Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, UT | San Antonio, TX | San Diego, CA |
| San Francisco, CA | San Jose, CA | Sarasota, FL |
| Seattle-Tacoma, WA | Springfield, MA | St. Louis, MO |
| Syracuse, NY | Tampa-St. Petersburg,FL | Toledo, OH |
| Toronto, ON | Tucson, AZ | Washington, DC |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL | Worcester, MA |
I'll be applying the update soon and will let you know how the update goes. Anyone else out there already applied the 2009 map update?
