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BlueChart or MapSource
Posted: Jan 4th, '12, 01:06
by jackryan
I have a Garmin 2010C GPS and love the unit, but the detailed map stops just east of New Orleans and I am planning on taking Decoy to Pensacola this summer, so I'm looking for the New Orleans to Tampa detailed map chip. I read a bit about the unit and it takes both BlueChart and MapSource memory discs for the detailed maps. Do you guys like one over the other and is there a place you recommend buying these.
Thanks for the help,
JR
Posted: Jan 4th, '12, 11:48
by In Memory of Vicroy
Capt. Jack - I have the same unit and had the same chart until I got the newer one that covers all the way from Brownsville to Key West. on one chip..its the cats meow.
I've fooled with a lot of chart plotters and still think my Garmin 2010C is far and away the best of them all....easy to use, easy for old eyes to see, can always back out of a screw-up and the black box sounder works great for short money even iwth a shoot-thru-the hull ducer.
UV
Posted: Jan 4th, '12, 12:02
by Eddy G
Jack,
I have the NO to Tampa BlueChart and it has all the detail you could ever need. That same chart works for me in Venice, Port Eads and on out from there.
Eddy G.
Posted: Jan 5th, '12, 17:26
by Capt. DQ
Jack,
The first G2 Bluechart I had from Garmin was a 2007, NO to Tampa card for my 540 unit and it worked fine anywhere from Venice to the Lumps South to Tampa.
Then I bought a 441 unit for the Tower and found another G2 card on Ebay that covered the whole GOM for cheap. I used my first SD card in the 441 unit for the Tower and use the large G2 SD card for the 540 unit in the bridge unit.
DQ