Garmin MapSource BlueChart Americas 2008 CD-ROM (010-10317-00)

Garmin BlueChart Americas 2008 CD-ROM features include:

• New! Now with with local chart data for the South American countries of Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay.
• New! Manatee Protection Speed Zones for Tampa Bay, Channel Islands Marine Reserve Boundaries and Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas for Hawaii
• Updated marine services
• New editions and notices to mariner changes
• Includes Canadian port services; Inland River detail card
• Includes Wavey line data for the Turks and Caicos Islands in addition to data from Explorer Charts for the Bahamas
• Bathymetric data for East Coast and Gulf of Mexico
• Port services including marina names, addresses, telephone, and types of services provided
• Chart-specific information, including chart name, number, scale, revision date, latest Notice to Mariners date
• Trip and waypoint management function lets you transfer waypoints, routes and tracks between your GPS and your PC
• Faithful representation of published official paper charts
• Object-oriented cartography
• Shaded depth contours
• Intertidal zones
• Spot soundings
• Port plans
• Navaids with view range and coverage
• Tides, wrecks, restricted areas and anchorages

Unlocking your coverage: When you purchase the Garmin MapSource BlueChart Americas CD, you’ll have access to detailed nautical charts for one region of your choice. Follow instructions on the certificate to unlock one region, then download the map data to a blank data card or compatible Garmin unit. You can reprogram the data card whenever you want by simply downloading different areas. 

Please Note: To provide its customers with the most complete and accurate electronic maps achievable at reasonable cost, Garmin uses a combination of government and private data sources. Virtually all data sources contain incomplete or inaccurate data to some degree. In addition, features are continually changing, so the data may not reflect the latest modifications and/or additions.

Area covered

View BlueChart Americas map coverage Click on the link above to view coverage. You will be led through a series of pages to identify either the BlueChart data cards or the BlueChart regions offered. A certificate included with the BlueChart CD-ROM provides access to "unlock" one region of your choice. You are entitled to select just one region per unlock coupon code, but not one region from each map. A region is identified with a Garmin part number.

Screen shots

GPSMAP 178C Sounder screen	PC Screen Example
Select detailed electronic charts from one of the offshore regions on the BlueChart Americas CD and download the data to a Garmin data card or to a compatible Garmin chartplotter or GPS.	This screen shows what detail such as spot soundings and shaded depth contours looks like on a PC.

Windows PC System Requirements: Windows 2000 or newer operating system; 256 MB RAM minimum; 600 MB free hard disk space; CD-ROM drive; available USB or serial port, at least 1024 x 768 display, 24- bit color monitor; PC Interface cable

CD contains 6,050 mapsets, 621 MB total
Most unlocked regions fit within 16 MB, all reagions fit within 32 MB