NA 2016.10 Map Update should be available 8/5/2015

 

Maybe a mod can temporarily pin this until the update comes out, since people are still coming on here wondering about it well after we already discovered the date for the release. Just a suggestion.

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In that case it will probably be October ...

... before I consider putting it onto any of my units. grin

For Certain?

It will be available that day?

How did you find out the date?

I looked in the Garmin website and did not see anything or I maybe some how over look it.

2016.10 release date

dtran1 wrote:

How did you find out the date?
I looked in the Garmin website and did not see anything or I maybe some how over look it.

This date came out of the discussion in the long 2016.10 map speculation/joke thread. You can read all about it by reading 2 or 3 pages of the thread starting with this post ... http://www.poi-factory.com/node/44615?page=8#comment-401511

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Fingers poised

Fingers poised about the keyboard, GPS attached. Going to be the first fool to download and trash his GPS.

When will I ever learn?

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what??

alandb wrote:

This date came out of the discussion in the long 2016.10 map speculation/joke thread.

What????!!!!! THIS ISNT THE 2016.10 JOKE THREAD????

WHERE DID IT GO???

LETS GET BUSY AND TURN YHIS INTO THE NEW JOKE THREAD...

NOW...

I THINK WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS PAGE 13!!!

COME ON PAGE 13!!!

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Can't wait for the new

Can't wait for the new update !

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an94

Email from map department

dtran1 wrote:

I looked in the Garmin website and did not see anything or I maybe some how over look it.

This is the email I got from them. I already posted it a couple of weeks ago in the update thread. BTW, he mentions August 9th because I asked him if it would be out by then, since I'm going on a trip that day. Anyway, here it is:

Good morning Chad,

No problem at all, I am glad I can help out.
It looks like August 5, 2015 is when the next update will be available. It should be available before August 9th.
If your email account is set up with Garmin Connect, it should send you a notification that your updates are ready, once available.

Thanks,
Brandon
Cartography Administration
1200 E. 151st Street
Olathe, KS 66062

On Track...

For what would have been the 2016.2 release. For several years now when I was on vacation in early August, I found myself updating my GPS while away. It was usually a good thing because of all the construction I passed through in upstate New York that required mapping changes (the last a bypass around Parksville, NY). As I noted in the other thread, for the areas I travel now, the roads have not changed. The last major change I went through was in August 2012 around New Haven, CT where I-95 was being rerouted and the maps (then) had me traveling in space. After almost three years now, the construction should be done and the maps correct.

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Yeah ...

Aardvark wrote:

On track ... For what would have been the 2016.2 release.

Maybe this change in the map update schedule will get Garmin's map version numbers more in line with reality. It never did make sense to me to bring out the .10 version as early as April for the following year. Aug or Sep makes more sense.

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon

Moderation

So I've decided to link the two discussions, pinning this one, so people can see the answer if that is the question they are asking.
I also adjusted the title to say "should be" rather than "will be" because releases do not always go as planned.

I'm closing the comments on this discussion, but leaving the original discussion comments open, as it provides entertainment for some of our members.

Feel free to msg me if you have additional questions on this.

~Angela