2011.10 maps, Canadian copyright on bootup?

Yeah its the first time I have ever seen it and I have been upgrading these maps since 2007.

Yes I noticed it as well as been copyrighted to the Queen??

Mattb, Thanks for the info. I just noticed it, after turning on the unit.

Needless to say, this does us Canucks proud, Eh!

If you check under Tools/Settings/System/About/Detailed Maps it says "Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada"

I wonder if this would stem from maybe the Goobermint mapping some selected areas, and now Navteq has to pay for the updated info.

And as far as I'm concerned, the Queen has enough money...personal wealth is $16B as of a few years ago.

I never seen that before.

Maybe they will come out with a new voice file to go along with the Canadian copyright.
Trailer Park Boys???
Doug and Bob McKenzie?? Take off eh.

Yes I have been updating my maps (since 2007) and haven't noticed this before. I reccomend Garmin should make a hockey player be on of the vehicles that we can choose.

for us not having speed limits on the maps in Canada???

Good one.

Yikes I had to stop and restart 3 or 4 times before I caught the wording on the start-up. For whatever reason I don't seem to have a detailed map reference to bring up a static screen.

Has anyone given Garmin a call to inquire about the change?

I just loaded the 2011.10 update and the first thing I noticed was the Canadian Copyright info displayed after the "loading maps" screen.

I was wondering why they added this also. I mean, Canada was included in the 2010.40 maps and that version didn't have any Canadian Copyright info.

Was able to find this info using Mapsource-

CanMap®, DMTI Spatial and the DMTI Spatial logo are trademarks of DMTI Spatial Inc., Markham, Ontario.
The Data for areas of Canada includes information taken with permission from Canadian authorities, including: © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, © Canada Post Corporation, GeoBase®, ©Department of Natural Resources Canada. All rights reserved.
© 2009 NAVTEQ. All Rights Reserved.
© Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries 2010.

I'm assuming this is the list of companies/ agencies, that Navteq has obtained info from.

So when boot my garmin I see the 2009 copyright. Is it safe to say the actual map is still a 2009 version even though the most recent map is called 2011.10?

Yup... this is well plowed ground.

If I recall correctly the info is that Navteq gathers up their info and Garmin obtains a copy. Garmin then reworks it to their liking to use in their various products. All this takes time- 6 mnths +

IOW a 2009 file from Navteq becomes 2010+ file from Garmin.

Now Navtec can blame the Canadian government for all the years out of date info they have in their Canadian maps.

Canada has been on all of the North American versions. Not just 2010.40.

I was able to get NAVTEQ to add a new through street in western Mississauga so they are doing some of the work themselves

They are probably using mapping info from the Canadian Government for the rural areas.

I found that also when i wanted to download the nav update at google and found why it is that. the search words are

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada

And speaking about the update:

The Garmin Communicator Plugin is a free Internet browser plugin that transfers data between your Garmin GPS device and your computer .

Why do I have to download and install windows media player that I don’t want in order to us a plugin to update my Garmin GPS.

What is the work around becase I don’t want to use windows media player?

Depending on the version of Windows you are running, you may be required to update Media Player, since all versions of Windows except "N" versions in Europe come with Media Player as part of the default installation. Garmin Communicator uses Media Player libraries instead of custom .DLL files as a matter of convenience for both them and you. There is no way to bypass the media player requirement, unless you want to rewrite Garmin Communicator from scratch.

I have the 100 kmh speed limit on the 400 series highways in the Toronto area...

Huh? What does have to do with the copyright?