Need more information on 2014 GPS navigation
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Cruiser
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From: Greenwood, Miss.
The weather and traffic overlays are from SiriusXM. A SiriusXM radio must be installed and SiriusXM radio and weather / traffic are separate subscriptions.
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From: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
- Garmin provides the maps
- Updates are handled via the Garmin website and you must pay for them just as you do now.
- I was not able to ascertain whether lifetime maps would be available but I would think so being a garmin product.
- There will be no update available for the GPS maps themselves until 2014 when Garmin releases it's updates
Road Captain
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From: Glendale, Arizona
I did see somewhere that you will be able to use Harley Road Planner, but, I like the OP have a Zumo from Garmin and I use basecamp. If it doesn't have a better program than Road planner then it's a deal breaker for me. I too have asked the question on another thread about "Who makes the Unit" No answer yet.
Stage I
Joined: Oct 2013
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From: Ede
Trip Planning Boom! Navigation
Software updates have to be downloaded from the Harley site, put on a memory stick and inserted in the Boom! USB connector. Updating wil start automatically.
I've read from the release notes that a modification has been made to the Boom! software to make updating of new maps possible. My dealer told me that the Navigation bit comes from Garmin. There is no information available yet about Garmin map updates.
You can route your trips using any routing application such as Mapsource or Basecamp. Export your route as a .gpx file to a memory stick. You can import the file in your Boom! system by using the USB interface. However, there is one issue that the MoCo has to solve in my opinion. The number of waypoints or routepoints in one trip is limited to 9. Which makes the Nav system practically unusable for touring purposes.
I've read from the release notes that a modification has been made to the Boom! software to make updating of new maps possible. My dealer told me that the Navigation bit comes from Garmin. There is no information available yet about Garmin map updates.
You can route your trips using any routing application such as Mapsource or Basecamp. Export your route as a .gpx file to a memory stick. You can import the file in your Boom! system by using the USB interface. However, there is one issue that the MoCo has to solve in my opinion. The number of waypoints or routepoints in one trip is limited to 9. Which makes the Nav system practically unusable for touring purposes.
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From: Home of Harley
Software updates have to be downloaded from the Harley site, put on a memory stick and inserted in the Boom! USB connector. Updating wil start automatically.
I've read from the release notes that a modification has been made to the Boom! software to make updating of new maps possible. My dealer told me that the Navigation bit comes from Garmin. There is no information available yet about Garmin map updates.
You can route your trips using any routing application such as Mapsource or Basecamp. Export your route as a .gpx file to a memory stick. You can import the file in your Boom! system by using the USB interface. However, there is one issue that the MoCo has to solve in my opinion. The number of waypoints or routepoints in one trip is limited to 9. Which makes the Nav system practically unusable for touring purposes.
I've read from the release notes that a modification has been made to the Boom! software to make updating of new maps possible. My dealer told me that the Navigation bit comes from Garmin. There is no information available yet about Garmin map updates.
You can route your trips using any routing application such as Mapsource or Basecamp. Export your route as a .gpx file to a memory stick. You can import the file in your Boom! system by using the USB interface. However, there is one issue that the MoCo has to solve in my opinion. The number of waypoints or routepoints in one trip is limited to 9. Which makes the Nav system practically unusable for touring purposes.
The software update you speak of is not for the gps, it is for the bike Infotainment system. The bike comes with software version 1.16 and there is a ver 1.17 update. The update process you speak of is correct.
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From: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
According to HD Technical Support AND Garmin, it is a Garmin provided GPS.
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Hmm, ok I'll bite. How did you come up with this information? I see you dont have a '14 bike. Did the dealer tell you this? Did you contact Garmin? I have a '14 bike and everything in the manual and everything we have to do to update all goes thru Navi and Naviextras. It uses Navteq maps. The gps will read Garmin routes that are saved in .gpx format, but thats about the extent of Garmin.