if i buy a garmin gps in america,would it work in South Africa?

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i want to buy a garmin gps for my dad and send it to him,he is in South Africa and not sure if it would work there!

Jennifer

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3 Responses to “if i buy a garmin gps in america,would it work in South Africa?”

1. Panacea Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 pm

   Depends what you mean by work. Of course, the GPS portion of it would work. However, it might not be possible to get maps for that part of the world.

2. south418 Says:
   January 27th, 2009 at 4:51 am

   yes gps can be set up for anywhere in the world

3. bostonianinmo Says:
   January 27th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

   Only if you have the SA map set. Garmin does have a mapset for SA, but you’ll have to buy it separately. I have a Garmin iQue 3600 PDA and have the North America and Europe map sets. It came with the North America mapset and I had to buy the European set separately. It works quite well in both places.

   When you buy Garmin products, they are only available with the mapset of the country where it is sold. You’d have to buy it in SA to get SA coverage, or buy a North American version here and buy the SA mapset separately.

   Check the Garmin website carefully to ensure that you buy a GPS unit that you can add the SA mapset to. FYI, the SA mapset is rather old; it’s dated Dec 26, 2003 so it may not be very up to date.