- Gosh. The guy certainly applied "pseudo-logic" on that one. "Since that is not an issue, City Select will be discontinued". And what happens to everyone who has an old model that needs the smaller mapsets? Great logic if you want everyone to be forced to buy the latest model. Let me attempt to reword it: If we discontinue City Select, then we only needto market and package one product, which is cheaper FOR US, and we will orphan all the folks out there that have the models we designed City Select to handle and they will be forced to buy the new model meaning more profits FOR US. But that doesn't sound quite as good, does it? Oh well, I guess it isn't allthat different than the computer industry. YVONNE VON DER AHE wrote: - Thank you to all who have provided information onthis software issue for the 60 CSx. I have heard from Garmin and thought you might be interested in their response that I just received. It follows: Yvonne, Thank You for contacting Garmin International! I am happy to help youwith this. You are correct City Navigator is the appropriate mapping software to use with the new X series units. You are also correct, City Select used to be recommended for use in hand held because of the smaller mapsets, however the x series has the card so that is no longer an issue. Since that is not an issue, City select will be discontinued. We have yet to issue a release date for the newest version of City Navigator. If you have any additional comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email or at the number listed below. Scott B. Product Support Specialist Garmin International 1200 E 151 St. Olathe Ks, 66062 1-800-800-1020 www.garmin.com[1] Fax 1-913-440-5488 Dear Garmin, I am confused...I recently purchased the Garmin 60CSx and am now looking at the Mapsource products. The box the unit came in and the Garmin website indicate that City Navigator is the appropriate one to purchase, BUT the dealer I am utilizing indicates thatCity Select is better because of the smaller size of the maps. I figure that the size issue could be overcome with a larger memory chip if there was a problem. Is this so? Also I have "heard" that a new version of City Navigator is coming out this summer and that City Select is being discontinued. Is this so? Bottom line...which should I purchase City Select North America or City Navigator North America?? Thank you. Ladybug STL GC-RGS<gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>[2] wrote: - Kurt, I had read too that CS was being phased out and replaced by CN ver8 this summer. The smaller map chunks of CS worked best for most of the handhelds because of the size and amount of memory in the GPS's. I understand the So. MO map size was over 24 meg and therefore wouldn't even fit in the Legend and Vista C units (before the x series). Of course with the microSD cards in the x series, size won't be a problem. But I'd hate to spend $100 on CS or CN when a new version would be out this summer, unless it would be a free update, which I doubt. On the other hand, those with the new toys that don't have CS or CN and want to playwith autorouting, get an older copy of Mapsource Metroguide (ver 4) and it WILL autoroute in the GPS. The maps are out of date by 5 years or so but it still does a good job in most cases. And Metroguide does not need to be unlocked. It will install on multiple GPS's. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stoeppelman, Kurt" To: Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 7:32 AM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Garmin software info - City Select North America and City Navigator North America - At the 2K &B-day bash, there were questions about Garmin software. My question to Garmin: What is the difference between City Select(r) North America v7 and City Navigator(tm) North America v7? I have a 60CS. Answer: Thank you for contacting Garmin.=20 Let me preface this by saying you have caught us at a weird time...they are phasing City Select out and going totally to City Navigator. =20 You could probably find City Select North America V7 (note it is DVD-so is Navigator v7) or City NavigatorNorth America v7 stand alone now from an authorized Garmin dealer: http://www.garmin.com/dealers/online.html[3] Matching versions and flavors ofNavigator and Select are similar products with compatible Garmin units...there are some differences in the guts for routing. For example, Navigator is more thorough in roundabout guidance. Select will get you through it, but it won't be as informative. It involves things like that. In the big picture, they are very similar products, but there are some differences in the guts. Something in Select's favor...Select's map templatesare cut smaller than Navigator v7's. So you could customize the map set a bit more with Select than you could with Navigator (rather than, say, loading all of southern Georgia to get Atlanta as you would with Navigator with Select you can select just Atlanta and save memory for other areas). =20I would very, very strongly recommend reading about City Navigator North America v7 (note again the v7 products are on DVD) and using the MapSource Map Viewer to see the basic detail in it (be sure to zoom tightly and click the "more" detail button) starting at: http://www.garmin.com/cartography/mapSource/citynav.jsp[4] (Basic map detail you see with it as far as the roads, streets, etc. will be the same as what would come in Select North America v7.) Garmin has a "kit" for the MAP 60CS (it'll have Select in it) you might look at-with mounts and all that kind of thing with it. 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