Originally Posted by
Ron Harry
Guess I've just used the basemap all these years; not sure. I turn the device on, and I get a 'Unable to Unlock map' notice before it goes to the main menu. Hasn't affected my ride...so just ignored it all these years. Can still navigate, load bike club maps and such.
The 1000 comes with detailed maps for its "home" region. Those maps are based on OSM data.
You can get free OSM maps from other sources.'
OpenStreetMap extracts | BBBike.org
Free worldwide Garmin maps from OpenStreetMap
If you have a smartphone, you can use Galileo, OsmAnd, or Maps.me (free) to download maps to your phone before your trip. You don't need cell service to use the maps (you are using your phone as a small computer that has wifi).
Originally Posted by
Ron Harry
I'm assuming I will have to load a street map of Europe to use it there.
Yes, you need maps for where you are going. It's free and easy enough to do.
You probably don't need maps for
all of Europe.
I download maps for the regions I'm actually travelling in. That makes the files much smaller and makes it reasonable to get up-to-date maps.