Originally Posted by
pdlamb
CFB, missed this one previously. It sounds like you haven't bought Garmin maps on memory cards, since you've got maps on multiple cards. Which maps do you use, and how do you get them onto the cards?
You are correct. Waste of money, and PITA IMO. I use OSM maps. I used this website to start with:
OSM Map On Garmin/Download - OpenStreetMap Wiki
For the US I think I used osmmaps.com
or maybe it was
VeloMap.org -Roadbike ? Bicycle ? Maps based on Openstreetmap « Windows/Linux ? VeloMap Map Downloads
For Europe I use openmtbmap.org
It's a little complicated, but not all that bad. The maps can be so huge as to slow down processing. I select an area that gives me a map size of under 4GB.