2011.4

The download and install went fine for my 760. I clicked the box to leave the install files on my computer. The new maps show on the nüvi.

Then I tried the install on my 78S. The installer checked and found the files still on the computer and claimed to install them but the unit still only showed the old maps after a reboot. Hmmmmmmmmm......... I tried again and found that it had now deleted the file and had to download it again. Fine. After it did that and "installed" the maps to the 78S the unit STILL only showed the old maps!

I finally tried just sending the entire mapset from Mapsource to the unit and that seems to have worked.

Oddly enough it now shows BOTH the old maps and the new maps available. I'll have to check tonight to see if one was automagically sent to the microSD card on the 78S instead of to the unit. Once I determine where the proper mapset is I'll dump the old maps.

Thanks for the info DrewDT! Now I know I should go ahead and update my maps.

My update went well for my 295w. I see the new road, James F Epps road, is now displayed connecting to Highway 76 in Branson. They don't have Outer road updated between Yakov Smirnoff theater and WalMart.

I have been waiting for this - Thanks

Hmmm... I would think you could delete the old maps off your unit since it's taking up space, but I can't say for sure if it's safe to do that.

I'm sure there is someone on the forum who is knowledgeable to advise you on that.

on my nuvi 760. No sign of overloaded servers. Entire process done in about 90 minutes.

Must be nice..over 2hrs here start to finish.

Downloaded this morning, working so far.

Just finish garmin nuvi 755T map update Entire process done in 34 minutes.

Befour gmapprom IMG File 1,237.024 KB
Befour GMAP3D IMG fILE 158,748 KB

After download 2011.40 gmapprom IMG File 1,264,672
After GMAP3D IMG fILE 157,824

Will try it when I get home.

After download 2011.40 my map info read:

CN North American NT 2011.40D
[1]CN North American NT 2011.40 US & Canada 3D

CN North American NT 2011.40
[1] US & Canada

I just logged in to Garmin.

Map associated with this GPS
City Navigator North America NT 2011.30, Deluxe All Regions, Oct 10

It says
"There are currently no downloads available for this account."

Available Map Updates: "No update available"

but I clicked around, including history, it turn out that I must have clicked on the link one time, decided not to update until later, and the site counted it as having been downloaded. Don't give up.

Is there anyway to see a list of changes between versions?

No, there never has been.

I guess they don't send out E-mail notifications about their updates. I guess I'll plug in to check for an update!

Got the download done with no problems.Don't see any thing new as far as viewing the navagation.

Initially, when I logged into MyGarmin, I got after a few seconds a display saying I had a map update available.

I had forgotten how this all worked, so after downloading the updater (GarminMapUpdater_v2.5.17.exe) I neglected to run it. Subsequently MyGarmin no longer offered me the update, not just on the front page, but down in "Manage Maps" as well. Manage maps showed my previous update downloads. "Download history" however showed 2011.40, marked with an expiration date of today.

Of course, I did not need any of that--what I needed to do was execute the (already downloaded) MapUpdater.

From that point it went without error, though the progress information was quite erratic. Initially it forecast 38 minutes download time, 5 minutes prep time, and 38 minutes install time.

The actual download rate I observed was a very nearly constant 825 kbytes/sec (quite likely that is the throttle rate Comcast imposes on long downloads for me). There was a brief section of perhaps 5 minutes near the end in which that dropped to about 400.

The actual prep time was under two minutes--possibly a lot under.

The install time was 24 minutes. The "disk write rate" during much of that averaged about 1.4 Mbyte/sec, though near the end it did a stretch at about 2.0. The remaining time indicator was very erratic, and still showed several minutes of remaining time seconds before actual completion.

So for me, with a Comcast connection, a fast PC, and a Garmin 855, the total time from the time MapUpdater began actually download was 91 minutes.

And will roadtest it this week... Too bad it didn't come out a few days earlier, was on a long trip.

Larry

What versions do you have?

The latest MapInstall is 3.14.4 and you can download it here:
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3291

The latest MapSource is 6.16.3 and you can download that here:
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209

Got my update today.

I got this downloaded with my Mac Mini, selected advanced options and checked both boxes to install map onto my Nuvi 760 and to use the map on the system. On my second Mac, a MacbookPro, I hooked up the Nuvi, said download again, selected advanced options, UNCHECKED the option to install on the NUVI but CHECKED the box that said to install the map on the mac. Now I have the map on both machines and on the NUVI so I'm all set. It all worked very smoothly, so it's all good.

I noted that one intersection I was VERY concerned about, Calif Hiway 101 S at Channel Dr/Hot Springs Rd in Montecito, CA has been updated to drop the non-existent on-ramp onto 101 S and add the new Roundabout at nearby Hot Springs Rd. Good stuff - the old map routing could send an unsuspecting tourist who wanted to go 101 S onto the OFF-RAMP of 101 N. I reported it six months ago, so glad it made it in.

The other day I logged into Garmin My Maps and noticed a link that I believe said Lifetime Maps nothing for 2011.40. Any way not sure what I clicked on but it vanished. I just logged in once again to see if the download link had arrived and I still didn't see anything for 2011.40. I clicked on download history and sure enough there it is. It shows an expiration date of Feb 17, 2012. I will download the the update to my Garmin tomorrow. My wife and I leave for a Florida trip in two weeks.
Len

For both my units I had to go into download history to download it.

Right now the weather is great Highs in the 70's lows in the high 50's.Drive safely and have a good time while you are here in (Saint Petersburg).

I had absolutely no problems with the map install.

But my Garmin 660 still wants me to go around the block to get to my house, on the way home.

I have Lifetime maps on three Garmin units. My units are currently loaded with 2011.30 maps. When I checked My Maps on my Garmin online account today I noticed that lifetime maps updates were available, but the map update download button is shown under 2011.20, not as an update to 2011.30 or new downloadable map 2011.40 version. This is very confusing. Anybody else see their map updates displayed the same way? I presume since the update buttons weren't there last week they're really download links to 2011.40 even though they're confusingly labelled.

Click on download history located at top left of the screen for the correct download button.

It was the same for me with both of my units. But the updates to 2011.40 worked just fine. Who knows why Garmin posted the updates this way? Maybe they use the same programmers for their web site that they do for their firmware

I wanted to add that this was the same for me too. Only showed up in download history.

Thanks mdh31951 that sounds awesome. We have had a very cold winter here in western New York. Going to download the new updates right now to get my Garmin ready for the trip.
Len

I see that on my nuvi 855, the 2011.40 jcv file which I assume contains the junction view data has more than doubled in size from the previous map updates. Has anyone seen junctions showing a Junction View with 2011.4 that wasn't there previously?

in souther Ontario the junction view has greatly improved along the 400 series highways and the Queen Elizabeth Way now having all the exits that I have used over the last couple days and improved pictures

The great majority, possible all, of the JV file size increase is due to the 3000+ Photoreal views added to the maps of Canada.

Thanks for the info.

Downloaded and installed fine.

I installed new maps on my nuvi 1490LMT but did not find any new maps for my nuvi 765t. Are new maps now available for nuvi 765?

There is a relatively new intersection (about a year old now) on highway 71 just south of Belton, MO. I checked it out on 2011.40 and it is not there, so I went to the Navteq site and there it was plain as day, correctly displayed and labeled. It has probably been there for a while. I wonder why it is not in the new update yet plainly displayed on the Navteq site.
Any suggestions?

Garmin also has a map error/update reporting under customer service. Report it there.

I have the 765t and downloaded the new map. Try it again.

Updated last night. I was running firmware 4.9 on my 1490T and when I ran the 2011.40 map installer it wanted to do a firmware update first (current is 5.0). It went ahead and downloaded the firmware and afterwards asked me to disconnect the device and allow it to boot and update. Nope. No sign of a firmware re-load when it rebooted. Re-started the installer and did it again. Didn't work the second time. So, I ran Web Updater to get the firmware up to date first, then re-ran the map installer. After that it downloaded the map successfully.

The same thing happened earlier when I had done the 2011.30 map update, and the firmware needed updating first. But at that time I ignored the fact that the firmware didn't seem to update, and let the map installer proceed. It went through the motions of the map download, processing, etc., said my map was updated ... but nope it wasn't. I left the SD card out when doing the map update, so there was no other place for the map to go but the device. I found out that if I did the firmware update first, then teh map would install on the device.

Just something to watch out for. Make sure your firmware is up to date first, because the 2-step process might not work. I don't know if this is a Windows 7 problem, but I never saw it on my old XP machine.

Thank you to all of you who offer advice, give reviews, answer questions, ask questions and are just plain friendly and helpful. You know who you are. I love this place.

I also love my 760, but I haven't updated the maps since I got it. I keep thinking that lifetime updates would be a waste if my GPS suddenly dies, or what if the price goes down? What if... What if?

I'm reading what seems like mostly good comments here. I've also had one occassion when the map didn't have a street that has been built shortly after I bought my GPS. It's time for me to get off the fence and update.

City Navigator 2011.40 Europe update is now available through your myGarmin.com account if you require it.

It was added after Garmin downloaded the data from NAVTEQ (I believe that was on Jan-10-2011). Garmin downloads the data, converts it to their format and begins testing for about 1 and a half months before publishing the update (2011.40). That means it will be there on the 2012.10 update.

No they sure don't

I have got it , thanks.

I have the same situation. The latest Garmin (Navteq) map still doesn't show street names in my area (though the streets are shown) but the Navteq site is correct. It must take a release or two for a full migration.

Cheers

Trying to download and install .40 to my Garmin 550 and I get an error message that says I don't have enough memory to download the lower 48 states. That's what is on there now. Is there ayway I can free up some space?

I just checked "My Garmin"

It recognizes that I have Lifetime Maps... but it also says.....

It says no new maps are out....