Is their any way I can go preview the ultra maps before purchasing? The do not show anything on navionics website.
Is their any way I can go preview the ultra maps before purchasing? The do not show anything on navionics website.
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I think this is what you want, you can look up lakes and it will show the regular and ultra
What lake do you want to know about?
Ya I was just curious how it looked on the chart vs what the regular lake view is now. The link about does show the difference but no map.
Originally Posted by BigTuna25
that’s why I asked what lake, I’ll post a picture. (I assume it’s allowed and not some kind of license issue with Garmin to post pics???)
Broken bow/ McGee creek in Oklahoma
Well damn, I thought I could pull it from my phone app, but I don’t have enough storage to download the map to my phone. If I run to the lake this weekend, I’ll pull it up. I’m a bit confused as to why it doesn’t show up on my phone Garmin map chart.
Your all good. Is it like the navionics mapping? I know they are the same company now
For my lakes yes. If your lake has the dynamic level feature, it’s great. My lakes 22’ low and when it’s set, it’s pretty helpful. Then add in the contour shading, you can do every 1’ a different color if you wanted. I will say that when I got my card, it was the 2020 map, it was recommended here to update it to the 2021 update and it is definitely better.
An example. This is my phone app and I can’t do the dynamic level thing on it, so I shaded 22’ out. So it would look a bit different on my graph.
Same area on the Navionics page.
Last edited by grout-scout; 02-24-2021 at 09:42 PM.
Would you say it’s a good upgrade for $200 form the regular lakevu maps or not worth the money?
Well, I bought mine on Black Friday at 20% off and they had a $50 rebate, so I basically paid $100 for mine. Worth it to me, just for the lake level offset. I can’t tell you if it’s worth $200 vs the graphs pre-installed version. If your factory map is horribly wrong, then it might be worth the cost. If your map is pretty accurate already, then maybe not. My ultra card was very inaccurate before the 2021 version and I was ready to throw it away after the first couple of uses, really glad it was recommended to update it.
I’m sure you’ll see it, but if not, I added 2 pics above of the same spot.
Do you have to pay to update the ultra maps?
Allowed 1 free update after purchase, within 1 year I believe. I’m not sure how much they charge to update after a year. I still have 2 other navionics cards that I use with my Lowrance graphs, so I’ll never update the Garmin again.
Their telling me my update is $59.99 and mine isn't a year old yet. The cartography department also said a new update will be out around maybe April for the Ultra map, they said they are not real sure as to what is going to be NEW, and in what areas, I asked specifically about Central FL. So I figured I would wait, only have to do it once.
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/cartogr...rine/programs/
Theres a little number 1 by the New Chart Guarantee update statement, then scroll to the bottom to find out what that 1 means. 1 free update per card in 12 months. My card is an ultra west, is yours an ultra East or a saltwater version?
How can you check what year it is. I just bought mine and it's OK but I have found places on at least one of my lakes that are pretty far off.
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Mine showed 2020 upon startup, you can find the version in the about menu, but I can’t tell you how to get there without my graph being here.
Seems like mine just shows the basic worldwide on startup. I'll check it out. Thanks.
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Mine is the Ultra East, I sent them an email to see what's up with it.
System _Software Information
2021 Lakevu Ultra west
So...not that great for Lake Pleasant, Arizona
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