A question about gps

[Scott69]

Hi folks, I am thinking of buying the new Garmin etrex 30 for doing the Cape Wrath trail later this year and then also using it for general hillwaking afterwards.I can find one for a decent enough price but I was wondering if anyone could tell me roughly how much it costs to download maps?

Cheers in advance.

[scoob999]

Birds eye imagery is £20 for 600sq Km Although i haven't tried it myself yet
The topo map for Scotland is £70-£80 on Amazon i think and is good although it's not as good as the OS maps
I dont find it as user friendly as the older model, but i'm getting used to it now. It has good memory to hold lots of routes ect
There is also a free contour map you can download (usefull) cant remember what site though?

[boabness]

you can use them on it.
http://talkytoaster.co.uk/ukmaps.htm
good maps and updated all the time,and best thing there free.

[coachmacca]

Birds eye imagery is £20 for 600sq Km Although i haven't tried it myself yet
The topo map for Scotland is £70-£80 on Amazon i think and is good although it's not as good as the OS maps
I dont find it as user friendly as the older model, but i'm getting used to it now. It has good memory to hold lots of routes ect
There is also a free contour map you can download (usefull) cant remember what site though?

As mentioned you get 800KM sq of Birsdey Mapping for £20 and then just download the OS images as you need them - you put a GPX file in and you can then create the "birdseye" image from that so you only need around 20km sq each time (or less)

Actually pretty good value I find.. im only about half way through my first 800 sq m and have LOTS of maps