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I'd only buy an unopened sealed package or by used from someone you know or from a reputable store. At the end of the season they used to put last years cards on clearance for $59.95.īe real careful of buying used or off Craigs List because Navionics protects their cards and if someone tries to copy the card, it's toast. Don't get caught up bidding for the 2010 Hotmaps only card, because it's really the 2009 version.Ĭabala's used to have the best deal. The rep said the 2010 Hotmaps premium cards are also good and they are also their latest and cost $125-150. Many stores are trying to dump the 2009 cards and the 2008's are in high demand because that was the last year with the most detail. So don't get caught up seeing certain cards on Ebay looking like a great "buy it now" price. The 2010 SD card is actually a micro card that comes with an SD adapter to fit the SD slot. Each year they throw in a few hundred more lakes and increase more lakes with HD detail. My old one I gave away was the 2007 Hotmaps Premium. I just won by bidding a 2008 Hotmaps premium card off Ebay for $104 new in a sealed package. 2008 had more detail, but it's not as accurate as 2010.
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So bottom line it's a trade off as to how accurate in detail the cards were in 2009. Now they survey many lakes with their own fleet of boats. Their issues were in 2009 from buying map data from other sources that showed under water detail, but the detail like structure was not that accurate as to exactly where it was showing up on the map and if it was actually there at all. 2010 Hotmaps Premium had more detail than 2009 and was more accurate. So the rep told me that in 2009 there was less detail. Their contracts ended with some of the vendors who supplied them with bottom contour and structure detail on certain lakes. In 2009 they lost some of the data rights.
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My other hummingbird 797 C2 SI (side imaging) was $999 and that still does not work with Platinum cards. Hotmaps Platinum only work in certain units that can show their 3D and aerial views on some lakes. Hotmaps and Hotmaps Premium work in most Navionics compatible units. They MSRP at $149 and can be found for around $125 online. When it says 2010 premium you are buying the latest version with more HD surveys. So for example, the 2010 Hotmaps card for the East region is actually just the 2009 card.
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I spoke with a Navionics rep last week because I read threads on the Texas fishing forums that some members had purchased the Navionics Hotmaps for their area and the latest cards in 2009 had less detail (under water structure) then their older cards! They were complaining their 2009 lake maps only showed the outline of some lakes where the year before 2008 of the the same lake had full detail. So a 2008 Hotmaps card is actually the card that came out in 2007.
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(premium denotes that years latest maps and features) Hotmaps alone means last years maps. Here is what I found out on how the various years are price out there and the difference between them. I figured I'd snag another one off Ebay and get one a year or two newer. It's easy to make waypoints and routes, sitting in my easy chair at home.So I gave my Hotmaps Premium SD card to my Daughter to use in her new Humminbird 587 CI combo fishfinder / GPS. In many ways it's better than my C120, using electronic NOAA charts that I can update as often as I want for free. On a slightly different topic, lately I've been playing with OpenCPN on a laptop with GPS dongle. Is there a different/better way to do this? Any suggestions or comments?
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Connect CF card to PC and download my choice of regions from Navionics website, up to 2Gb Purchase Navionics CF/NAV+W ($235 from Defender) which includes blank 2Gb CF card and USB adapter This is one way to update the Navionics data in my C120 (not sure if there is another way): If I understand correctly, the C120 may be limited to 2Gb CompactFlash cards, although the release notes on the Raymarine firmware update webpage indicate support for up to 16Gb CF cards. Not sure what firmware version I have, but I'll update that as well if it's older than v5.16. My 2005 Sea Ray has a Raymarine C120 multifunction display that uses CompactFlash cards for the chart data, and the card in mine says 2005 so I think it's time to update.