Garmin GPS on the Water?

Question

I just bought a boat.

I see the Garmin fish finders with sd card slots, and you can get the pre loaded marine charts on sd for them.

Question is, Can i put the marine chart sd card into a normal Garmin GPS i bought at BestBuy or wherever? (Assuming it takes the same sd card)

Answer 1

Go to Garmin's website and see if your model is listed among the compatible units.  Click on the map dataset you want, and there will be a link that will pull up a page listing the compatible units for that particular map set.

Answer 2

I would say so.  most of them have the option of selecting what method of transportation you're using, including boat, so I don't see why they would be incapable of displaying and using marine charts.

Answer 3

I would expect all GPS machines to be capable of using marine maps assuming they put the marine maps required on an SD card. All SD slots take standard SD cards.