quite - and means I don't need any garmin software to do it.tim-b wrote: ↑29 Mar 2024, 7:12amThat isn't wholly true, my Etrex30 uses free mapping and I copy it direct to the MicroSD card as explained here... https://www.openfietsmap.nl/tips-tricks/installationRegarding plugging it in - all units will need a connection to "home base" at some point, that's how they get map updates. It's done through Garmin Express (a separate, but related, portal to Garmin Connect).
You don't have to install the map for a whole region, you can install only those map "tiles" that you need
I find the garmin express/connect a right old drag - have to get the old windows PC out of the wardrobe every now and again when I want to update the "Extras" on waypoints.