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freedom maps
Hello,
I have a lowrance X-15 fishfinder/gps. I am looking at purchasing one of the FreedomMaps for my fishing area. My dealer told me that if I buy the Map (comes on SD or MMC card) and that if I make a copy of it, my purchased copy will be ruined. I can't see hpw this type of copy protection is in place as the data is on a typical MMC/SD card. By rights, I should be able to backup the data to my PC via card reader strictly for backup purposes. The cards are worth +$300CAN and to have one get corrupted would be big hit. Anyone heard about these FreedomMaps and any copy protection on them? Thanks. Kerry |
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The whole "maps" thing for Lorwance is done without the consent of Canadian
hydrographic consent any way. That's why a new set has come out. Copyright BS. They still are not approved. I'm not sure if you couldn't copy them inside of the GPS/Sonar unit themselves though? Pieces and portions? Just the bits you need or want to share with someone else. There are quite a few installable maps within the Freedom maps. It would be nice to send these morsels of data e-mail to friends, wouldn't it??? I will see if I can find my instruction page from my Freedom maps and see if there is anything in there about copying? If not then maybe I could give it a try if nothing is mentioned as a caution about copying? If it craps out then I will go back to the store and get a new card. $330 is too much to charge for something I can't use the way I want either! I wish we had "Mikey" here to try it for us;-) (kid from Life cereal that is) Glad that you posted this, I was going to do some very detailed mapping on my lake so thanks for the heads up on this one pal!! If the Freedom maps is in slot "A" and loaded then maybe you could use the unit to load and upload the data from "A" to "B" card after you have saved it after a recording and replaying a recording? Then download the "B" card to your PC's hard drive with the USB SD/MMC interface? Transferring GPS data to/from a MMC. Do you have a 16MB card? -- Steve "swampdonkey" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a lowrance X-15 fishfinder/gps. I am looking at purchasing one of the FreedomMaps for my fishing area. My dealer told me that if I buy the Map (comes on SD or MMC card) and that if I make a copy of it, my purchased copy will be ruined. I can't see hpw this type of copy protection is in place as the data is on a typical MMC/SD card. By rights, I should be able to backup the data to my PC via card reader strictly for backup purposes. The cards are worth +$300CAN and to have one get corrupted would be big hit. Anyone heard about these FreedomMaps and any copy protection on them? Thanks. Kerry --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 7/2/04 |
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freedom maps
The whole "maps" thing for Lorwance is done without the consent of Canadian
hydrographic consent any way. That's why a new set has come out. Copyright BS. They still are not approved. I'm not sure if you couldn't copy them inside of the GPS/Sonar unit themselves though? Pieces and portions? Just the bits you need or want to share with someone else. There are quite a few installable maps within the Freedom maps. It would be nice to send these morsels of data e-mail to friends, wouldn't it??? I will see if I can find my instruction page from my Freedom maps and see if there is anything in there about copying? If not then maybe I could give it a try if nothing is mentioned as a caution about copying? If it craps out then I will go back to the store and get a new card. $330 is too much to charge for something I can't use the way I want either! I wish we had "Mikey" here to try it for us;-) (kid from Life cereal that is) Glad that you posted this, I was going to do some very detailed mapping on my lake so thanks for the heads up on this one pal!! If the Freedom maps is in slot "A" and loaded then maybe you could use the unit to load and upload the data from "A" to "B" card after you have saved it after a recording and replaying a recording? Then download the "B" card to your PC's hard drive with the USB SD/MMC interface? Transferring GPS data to/from a MMC. Do you have a 16MB card? -- Steve "swampdonkey" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a lowrance X-15 fishfinder/gps. I am looking at purchasing one of the FreedomMaps for my fishing area. My dealer told me that if I buy the Map (comes on SD or MMC card) and that if I make a copy of it, my purchased copy will be ruined. I can't see hpw this type of copy protection is in place as the data is on a typical MMC/SD card. By rights, I should be able to backup the data to my PC via card reader strictly for backup purposes. The cards are worth +$300CAN and to have one get corrupted would be big hit. Anyone heard about these FreedomMaps and any copy protection on them? Thanks. Kerry --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 7/2/04 |
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Well I found the instruction page and it is not the "freedom maps" but the
ones from "Navionics, clearer charts for serious navigation". It is an MMC with the charts loaded on them too. These are the same charts as the ones you buy from the Canadian hydrographic service, department of fisheries and oceans for small-craft. Sorry I can't help you out with the freedom maps. The navionics, FYI , is in the same price range$320 (CDN) and now there are only two cards for the whole of Ontario and cheaper for each. I'm just wondering if I can copy my MMC and back it up too? Maybe download it to the hard drive of the lap top. -- Steve --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 7/2/04 |
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freedom maps
Well I found the instruction page and it is not the "freedom maps" but the
ones from "Navionics, clearer charts for serious navigation". It is an MMC with the charts loaded on them too. These are the same charts as the ones you buy from the Canadian hydrographic service, department of fisheries and oceans for small-craft. Sorry I can't help you out with the freedom maps. The navionics, FYI , is in the same price range$320 (CDN) and now there are only two cards for the whole of Ontario and cheaper for each. I'm just wondering if I can copy my MMC and back it up too? Maybe download it to the hard drive of the lap top. -- Steve --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 7/2/04 |
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freedom maps
Thanks for the reply...
That's exactly what I'm talking about (backing it up). I want to be able to BU my card, but I am told by the reseller that if I do, my original card will not work. I have never heard of this kind of copy protection before, and the data is stored on these SD cards that are designed to have portable data. I don't know what to think, but at $300 for the maps, its a little risky. swamp "Steve & Chris Clark" wrote in message ... Well I found the instruction page and it is not the "freedom maps" but the ones from "Navionics, clearer charts for serious navigation". It is an MMC with the charts loaded on them too. These are the same charts as the ones you buy from the Canadian hydrographic service, department of fisheries and oceans for small-craft. Sorry I can't help you out with the freedom maps. The navionics, FYI , is in the same price range$320 (CDN) and now there are only two cards for the whole of Ontario and cheaper for each. I'm just wondering if I can copy my MMC and back it up too? Maybe download it to the hard drive of the lap top. -- Steve --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 7/2/04 |
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freedom maps
Thanks for the reply...
That's exactly what I'm talking about (backing it up). I want to be able to BU my card, but I am told by the reseller that if I do, my original card will not work. I have never heard of this kind of copy protection before, and the data is stored on these SD cards that are designed to have portable data. I don't know what to think, but at $300 for the maps, its a little risky. swamp "Steve & Chris Clark" wrote in message ... Well I found the instruction page and it is not the "freedom maps" but the ones from "Navionics, clearer charts for serious navigation". It is an MMC with the charts loaded on them too. These are the same charts as the ones you buy from the Canadian hydrographic service, department of fisheries and oceans for small-craft. Sorry I can't help you out with the freedom maps. The navionics, FYI , is in the same price range$320 (CDN) and now there are only two cards for the whole of Ontario and cheaper for each. I'm just wondering if I can copy my MMC and back it up too? Maybe download it to the hard drive of the lap top. -- Steve --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 7/2/04 |
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