peter2407
Active member
I have a Garmin Chart Plotter, BlueChart on a card and Memory map charts on DVD on the laptop. Can I update the chart plotter charts with the DVD charts? if yes, how? if no, what can I do other than buy new chart cards?
Garmin Blue Charts - can they be updated?
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rivonia
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Slightly off track. But are Garmin still producing the touch screen 12" chart plotters and the cards of charts that are inserted??
Fair winds
Peter
Fair winds
Peter
vyv_cox
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You can (could?) buy blank cards and load the charts for the area you are interested in. I own five or six DVDs used in my travels from Holland to Greece. I also have two blank cards that I update as necessary. You also need the little USB card reader.
That's for a 2010, now obsolete, so can't swear to this facility with current models.
That's for a 2010, now obsolete, so can't swear to this facility with current models.
richardbrennan
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Garmin have stopped producing Blucharts, they only now do Bluchart G2 and Bluchart G2 Vision. This caused me some grief as I had to upgrade from a perfectly functioning 2010C to a new 5012 plotter. As far as I am aware Garmin plotters will only run their own charts.
Stu Jackson
New member
I've heard the Blue Charts have been discontinued, but it seems that your question is more about transferring between cards and charts.
Why not ask Garmin? Then let us know.
Why not ask Garmin? Then let us know.
vyv_cox
Well-known member
I spoke to Garmin about this two or three years ago at LIBS. Their intention then was that they would supply a free software update to allow a 2010 to run Bluechart G2. However at SIBS 2010 I again visited them and found that their Bluechart G2 charts of Greece, my sailing area, are exactly the same as the old Bluechart ones, so I decided to keep with the 2010.