Accurate GPS Maps of Mexico For Garmin and Lowrance Receivers
There is only one GPS (Global Positioning System) map for Mexico that really works well. BiciMapas makes a really accurate GPS map of Mexico that works with all Garmin GPS receivers. It only works with Garmin GPS units. Order from me, and you pay the exact same price as you'd pay with the manufacturer. The advantage to you is that I may be able to help you in other ways as a user of the maps and respond rather quickly to emails. Plus it helps me buy dog food for that cute mutt in the picture.
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May, 2010: Now, our maps are also compatible with cell phones having the Symbian and Android operating systems. An iPhone compatible version will soon be available as well.
This product is only guaranteed to work with a PC installation of MapSource. It will not work with a MAC.
Click for some images of GPS maps taken from various Garmin GPS units (opens in a new window so you can keep reading my breathless prose).
Get a downloadable map for your Garmin.
August 28, 2010
These maps work perfectly with newer Garmins and MapSource products. The latest version, V. 6 - 2011 was just released.
I have tried the Garmin GPS Mexico version (now the North America version) and it was not very good. A friend of mine who works for Garmin agreed that Mexico is not a priority for them, so they really don't care. I found it about as accurate as the MapQuest and other online maps. If you don't know how I feel about those, you could probably guess. But wait, I will give you a hint. What starts with "Worse than useless" and ends with "Downright dangerous?"
On the Garmin side, all units are compatible except the new marine plotcharters (we now have the means to make it compatible with this units but as they are mostly used for marine purposes, we have not had requests for maps for them).
If in doubt, ask me and I will send you a sample map to try. If it works, then the full map will work.
The GPS maps work with MapSource (PC only). I use mine on my desktop and my laptop so you can use it on more than one computer, but not more than one GPS unit. [There is a way to use it on a MAC, but only if you are a real geek and can find the instructions on the Garmin site. We can't really help you with that. We've had some MAC customers, but they figured it out on their own.] The short version is if you buy it for your MAC, you are on your own. I can, however send you the instructions that a MAC customer of mine used to get his to work - BUT there is absolutely no guarantee that this will work for you.
Please be sure that this is what you want, as once the unlock key has been generated, there are absolutely no refunds. Not by me, not by Bici.
Allow up to 2 business days for the manufacturer to email your file. It is usually much faster, but I don't want to be stressed out. You could get it sent to you while you are in Mexico if you want to download it to your laptop and can access broadband (pretty common today). The file is 300 Megabytes. If not, and you don't have two days until you leave, please don't order from me.
The "map" is a download. Nothing will be mailed to you by me. The manufacturer will send you a link - in a day or two.
After you order you get an email from me with a link, but the link is just to confirm the terms of the order, restating that it is a download, that it might take a couple of weekdays and giving you my phone number in case you have a burning question.
The GPS map file is $104 USD. Order the GPS Maps downloadable file for your Garmin or MapSource software (PC only). PLEASE include your GPS unit ID on the order under comments, or email it to me. To find your GPS ID number, click here.
Bici Mapas GPS Maps Version 2011 Rocks!
- These GPS files include more than 3,000 cities in Mexico. They are especially good with tourist destinations like Puerto Vallarta, Puerto Escondido, Cancun, Cabo San Lucas etc.
- GPS routes have been improved for cities like Aguascalientes and Saltillo.
- There are more than 70,000 POI's like hotels, hospitals, RV parks, Gas stations etc. in cities such as Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, San José del Cabo, Loreto, Hermosillo, Chihuahua, Mexico City, Acapulco, Guadalajara, Toluca, Cuernavaca, Morelia, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Mazatlan, Merida, Puerto Escondido, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, Matamoros, Ciudad Victoria, Altamira, Tampico, Ciudad Madero, Miramar and 300 more cities.
- Expanded the full street address search feature including house number in Alvaro Obregon, Tlalpan and Coyoacan sectors in Mexico City; San Pedro Garza Garcia in Nuevo Leon; Merida in Yucatan and Culiacan in Sinaloa.
You can order your GPS map of Mexico for your Garmin as a file you can download and use in your desktop MapSource program and download to your GPS unit.
Please note:
I have to get the product from the manufacturer (via email). It will take between 24 and 48 hours Monday - Friday to get your product. So, if you are leaving tomorrow or the next day, unless you can download it while in Mexico, please don't buy from me. I can't take the stress. If you have 2 days, you have no problem. The file is 200 Megabytes.
The "map" is a download. Bici sends you the link a day or two after you buy it. No physical product will be mailed to you.
The GPS map file is $104 USD. Order the GPS Maps for your Garmin or MapSource software (PC only)..