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Enjoy FREE Lifetime Map Updates on the nuvi 50LM With FREE lifetime map¹ updates, you always have the most up-to-date maps, POIs and navigation information available at your fingertips. Map updates are available for download up to 4 times a year with no subscription or update fees and no expiration dates. Note: download map now does not always work so see step 4. Click on the download map now link and another window will open. Download the file with the name “osmgenericnewgmapsupp.zip” and the description says “compressed file containing a single image that can be placed directly onto the SD card of the GPS”. Called GPS underground and they offer free map download in the garmin section. Garmin Nuvi Free Lifetime GPS Map Updates 2017 – Garmin Nuvi GPS can be updated using the Garmin Express, nuMap or Map Updater online. If you are looking to purchase a new GPS device then you can purchase Garmin Nuvi with free lifetime GPS Map updates.

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With a big 5” (12.7 cm) touchscreen, more than 5 million points of interest (POIs) and spoken turn-by-turn directions, nüvi 50LM makes driving fun again. Plus, with FREE lifetime map updates, you always can keep your roads and POIs up to date (with the nuvi 50LM only).

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Get Turn-by-Turn Directions

nuvi 50's intuitive interface greets you with two simple choices: 'Where To?' and 'View Map.' Touch the screen to easily look up addresses and services and to be guided to your destination with voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names. It has preloaded maps for the 49 States and Canada. nuvi 50’s speed limit indicator shows you how fast you can go on most major roads. With its 'Where Am I?' emergency locator, you always know your location. It also comes preloaded with more than 8 million points of interest (POIs) and offers the ability to add your own.

Enjoy FREE Lifetime Map Updates on the nuvi 50LM

With FREE lifetime map¹ updates, you always have the most up-to-date maps, POIs and navigation information available at your fingertips. Map updates are available for download up to 4 times a year with no subscription or update fees and no expiration dates.

Know the Lane Before It’s Too Late

Now there’s no more guessing which lane you need to be in to make an upcoming turn. Available in select metropolitan areas, lane assist with junction view guides you to the correct lane for an approaching turn or exit, making unfamiliar intersections and exits easy to navigate. It realistically displays road signs and junctions on your route along with arrows that indicate the proper lane for navigation.

¹ FREE lifetime map updates entitle you to receive up to 4 map data updates per year, when and as such updates are made available on the Garmin website, for this specific Garmin product only until this product’s useful life expires or Garmin no longer receives map data from its third party supplier, whichever is shorter. The updates you receive will be updates to the same geographic map data originally included with your Garmin product when originally purchased. Garmin may terminate your lifetime map updates at any time if you violate any of the terms of the End User License Agreement accompanying your nüvi product.

Unit dimensions, WxHxD:
Display size, WxH:
4.4'W x 2.5'H (11.1 x 6.3 cm); 5.0' diag (12.7 cm)
480 x 272 pixels
WQVGA color TFT with white backlight
6.3 ounces (177.2 g)
rechargeable lithium-ion
up to 2 hours
no
no
yes
no
Garmin nuvi 50 & 50LM Maps & Memory:
yes
yes in 50LM ONLY
yes
internal solid state
no
no
microSD™ card (not included)
1000
0

Voice prompts (e.g. 'Turn right in 500 ft.'):
Speaks street names (e.g. 'Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft.'):
Voice-activated navigation (operate device with spoken commands):
Traffic compatible (routes around traffic with a receiver and subscription):
Lifetime traffic updates (receive free lifetime traffic updates):
Lane assist (guides to proper lane for navigation): :
Junction view (displays junction signs):
myTrends™ (predicts your routes):
trafficTrends™ (calculates routes based on predicted traffic flow):
ecoRoute™ (calculates a more fuel-efficient route):
Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route):
Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.):
Garmin nüLink! services: (receive accurate real-time travel information):
XM® compatible for U.S:
XM® Navtraffic & Radio for U.S. compatible:
Bluetooth® wireless technology:
Speed limit indicator (displays speed limit for most major roads in the U.S. and Europe):
Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection):
Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount):
Enhanced pedestrian navigation (guides you as you walk around town):
Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos):
Exit services (tells you approaching services on highway):
Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest):
World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator:
Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout):
Alarm clock:
Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature):
Garmin Garage™ vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device):
Garmin Garage™ voices compatible (download custom voices to your device):
Picture viewer:
MP3 player:
Audio book player:

Note: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® XP or newer and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.


Package includes:
• nuvi 50
• Preloaded City Navigator® NT data for lower 49 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Bahamas
• Vehicle suction cup mount with speaker
• Vehicle power cable
• Quick Start Manual
nuvi 50LM also includes
• Lifetime map updates
• USB cable
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We use open source maps downloaded to our Garmin GPS. A friend taught us how to download free maps to our GPS when we were in Mexico. We are forever indebted to him for showing us how to do this. It saved us lots of money since we didn’t have to purchase the maps from Garmin and the open source maps are updated more frequently. I have passed on the how-to steps to individuals along the way and wanted to share the information more broadly. So, here we present step-by-step instructions.

Using Open Source Street Maps for use on a Garmin

Step 1: Go to Open Street Map Website: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl

Step 2: Choose your map type – click “generic routable (new style)”

Step 3: You have two choices at this point – you can download a pre-defined country or build your own custom map.

Choice 1 – a predefined country
• Using the drop down choices pick your country and depending on size you might be able to immediately download the file
• Example, using the Asia drop down, choose “Laos” and then at step 4 (request map) you will see “download map now” link on the screen immediately. Note: download map now does not always work so see step 4.
• Click on the download map now link and another window will open
• Download the file with the name “osm_generic_new_gmapsupp.zip” and the description says “compressed file containing a single image that can be placed directly onto the SD card of the GPS”. On my MAC it downloads as an image and not as a zip file so it is easy to place in the folder; this might be different on a PC.

Choice 2 – build your own map
• Click the box “enable tile selection”

• Then using the map area below – use the up and down arrows to move around the world map and the + or – to zoom in or out – click on the tiles you want. For example, I built maps of all the Southeast Asia countries I wanted to drive through.
• Once you have selected your area then request your map

Step 4: Requesting your map

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• Fill in your email address and click build my map
• After your click “build my map” another window will open that says you will receive two emails

Step 5: Receiving your map
• The first email you receive will tell you that your map is in process and provide a link that you can check when it will be ready or its status
• The second email you receive will give you a link to go download your map

Step 6: Downloading your map
• Click on the link in the email
• Download the file with the name “osm_generic_new_gmapsupp.zip” and the description says “compressed file containing a single image that can be placed directly onto the SD card of the GPS”. On my MAC it downloads as an image and not as a zip file so it is easy to place in the folder; this might be different on a PC.

Step 7: Put map on the SD card for your Garmin
• You now have the file. Do not change the file name in any way; if you do then it won’t work.
• Put your SD card in your computer and make a folder with the name “Garmin”; do not give it any other name or it won’t work
• If you are using the SD card that was already in your Garmin then open that folder marked “Garmin” and delete the image file that is in the folder. If this is a map you have purchased then save it your computer.
• Move the new file/image that you downloaded onto the SD card into the folder marked “Garmin”
• Put the SD card back into your Garmin and you now have your new map

Step 8: On your Garmin device
• Insert the SD card into your Garmin device (or turn off/on if you saved to the device hard drive).
• Turn on device
• Scroll until you find tab called “setup”, click on that
• Scroll until you find tab called “map”, click to open
• Select button that says “map information” (may also say select map) click to open
• In this field you will see all maps that are on the device. Find the map you want to use (“OSM generic routable (new style)”), select it in order to “enable it”
• Any other maps you have on your device, you need to select and choose “disable” otherwise there can possibly be mapping conflicts.

Troubleshooting:
• The main issue that can happen is that the map isn’t working. The usual issue is that the Garmin is confused because there is more than one map on the Garmin. You have already made sure that the SD card has only one image and that the folder is called “garmin” and there shouldn’t be any other folders on that SD card. If it still isn’t working then plug your Garmin into your computer and look at the files on its hard drive. If there is another file named “garmin” then this is where your conflict is occurring. Remove that file (make a copy of anything you are deleting before deletion as you may need it later).

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• I did this on one person’s Garmin device that didn’t have an SD card so we were putting the new map image into a “garmin” folder on the hard drive. But, before I did that I deleted the old files (before deleting I had saved a copy onto my computer). What I didn’t realize is that the old file had contained information that would put the map image into different languages. He needed his map to be in French. I was able to go back and move over the language files onto his Garmin from the folder I had taken off. I got help doing this from a YouTube video after searching for adding languages to a Garmin.

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