Garmin Map Update 2008 North America

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48% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

The Garmin Map Update 2008 purchase was a total disappointment. I contacted directly to Garmin Customer Service, because of the direction errors and lack of road and restaurant location updates in Florida. Garmin...

My first attempt to install this map update resulted in an error displayed on my GPS unit screen that occurred about 30 minutes (72% completed) into the update process ending it with instructions to make sure that the GPS unit had the latest operating...

Welcome update as we live in a new sub division. worth paying for and discount helped. Do not buy before year end as price generally drops in January

Garmin is still the leader in car GPS devices in the US. I own two units, a Street Pilot 2820 fixed in my car, and a Nuvi 680 which I take with me on my frequent business trips. I bought the 2008 updates but could see no difference. None of the new...

It should be a crime to sell these map "updates" for $80. They are at least a year outdated from the release date and can't find some places that have been around since the mid 1990s. Recently I tried to type in a HIGH SCHOOL and it had no idea that...

This software was supposed to update my old software. Not very updated at all. Waste of money.

Bought for my husband. He had a little trouble loading at first, but figured it out. It is a great upgrade if you can't afford the latest on the market. Would definately buy again. Received very quickly.

A not so minor glitch occurred. This was the wrong disk for our Garmin version. In fact, the product number had been given to me by Garmin with the comment that they were out of stock and that I could find it on Amazon (probably cheaper!!) Looked at...

This map is dated 2008 but it does not include changes to major roads that happened in 04, 05, & 06! It did fix a few errors on the old map that really annoyed me, so it is somewhat of an improvement. I would guess that I went from 35% of my trips...