Garmin Pre-Programmed Marine Charts

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Thursday, September 9, 2010 — 0 Comments

What kind of BlueChart card does your Garmin unit take?

Garmin offers detailed marine maps and charts on Garmin Navionics+, Garmin Navionics Vision+, BlueChart g3 mircoSD cards, and BlueChart g3 Vision microSD cards, formats that make it easy and convenient to load detailed charts to your compatible Garmin. These data cards do not include any software for use on a PC. PC pre-planning is no longer available. Pre-planning can be done with Garmin’s ActiveCaptain App on either an Apple or Android based device. See the product compatibility lists below to determine which card is recommended for your device.

Discontinued >> Garmin BlueChart g2 data cards are compatible with fixed-mount and portable chartplotters (compatibility upgrades are also available for Garmin’s existing large-format plotters).

GPSMAP 192/198
GPSMAP 276C/278
GPSMAP 292/298
GPSMAP 376C/378/478
GPSMAP 2100 series
GPSMAP 3000 series

Compatibility	BlueChart g2 HD microSD cards	BlueChart g2 Vision HD microSD cards
eTrex Cx/HCx, nüvi 500 series, GPSMAP 60Cx/CSx, 76Cx/CSx, Rino 530HCx	Not Supported	Not Supported
Monterra, Colorado, Dakota 20, Oregon, Montana,62s/st/sc/stc, 64/s/st, 66s/st,78s/sc, eTrex 20/30, eTrex ouch25/35/35t, , Rino 610/650/650t/655t/750/755t	Limited Capabilities¹	Not Supported
GPSMAP 400 series, 500 series, 600 series, 700 series, 4000, 4200, 5000, 5200,6000, 6200, 7000 and 7200 series	Limited Capabilities¹	Limited Capabilities¹
echoMAP™series, echoMAP CHIRP series, echoMAP Plus series	Compatible²	Recommended²
GPSMAP 5×7, 7×1, 8×0 and 10×0 combo series GPSMAP 7x2xs, 9x2xs, 10x2xsv, 12x2xsv	Compatible²	Recommended²
GPSMAP 7400, 7600, 8000, 8200, 8400, 8500 and 8600 chartplotter series	Compatible²	Recommended²

¹These products are compatible with BlueChart® g2 HD, but do not display 1-foot HD fishing contours and are limited to traditional fishing charts. BlueChart G3 Cartography Compatibility of Features and Units

²A software update available for free at Garmin.com may be necessary to enable all functionality

Compatibility	BlueChart g3 microSD cards	BlueChart g3 Vision microSD cards
eTrex Cx/HCx, nüvi 500 series, GPSMAP 60Cx/CSx, 76Cx/CSx, Rino 530HCx	Not Supported	Not Supported
Monterra, Colorado, Dakota 20, Oregon, Montana 600 series,64/s/st, eTrex 20/30, eTrex Touch 25/35/35t,Rino 610/650/650t/655t/750/755t, 276Cx	Not Supported	Not Supported
GPSMAP62s/st/sc/stc, GPSMAP 78/78s/78sc, 86s/86sc/86sci, GPSMAP 65/65s, 66x/66st/66i/66sr, MARQ Captain, Montana 700 Series, fenix 5 Plus, fenix 6 Pro Series, fenix 6 Solar Series, quatix 6, Descent Mk2, Rino 750/755t	Limited Capabilities¹	Not Supported
GPSMAP 400 series, 500 series, 600 series, 700 series, 4000, 4200, 5000, 5200, 6000, 6200, 7000 and 7200 series	Limited Capabilities¹	Limited Capabilities¹
echoMAP™series, echoMAP CHIRP series, echoMAP Plus series, echoMAP UHD series	Compatible²	Recommended²
GPSMAP 5×7, 7×1, 8×0 and 10×0 combo series GPSMAP 7x2xs, 9x2xs, 7x3xs, 9x3xs, 10x2xsv, 12x2xsv	Compatible²	Recommended²
GPSMAP 7400, 7600, 8000, 8200, 8400, 8500 and 8600 chartplotter series	Compatible²	Recommended²

Garmin BlueChart g2 HD, BlueChart g2 Vision HD, BlueChart g3 & BlueChart g3 Vision Differences

Features	BlueChart g2 Preloaded to chartplotters	BlueChart g2 HD microSD cards	BlueChart g2 Vision HD microSD cards	BlueChart g3 Preloaded to chartplotters	BlueChart g3 microSD cards	BlueChart g3 Vision microSD cards
Integrated Garmin and Navionics® content				•	•	•
Raster cartography²					•	•
High-resolution relief shading³						•
Patented Auto Guidance¹ to suggest the best path			•	•	•	•
Depth Range Shading for up to 10 depth ranges		•	•	• freshwater lakes	•	•
Up to 1’ contours		•	•	• freshwater lakes	•	•
Shallow Water Shading to aid in safe navigation	•	•	•	•	•	•
Unique 3-D views with MarinerEye and FishEye			•			•
High-resolution satellite imagery			•			•
Charts derived from official charts and private sources to provide: Navigational aids Spot soundings Depth contours Tides and currents Detailed harbors and marinas	•	•	•	•	•	•
Coverage	Worldwide, excluding: U.S., Canada, Bahamas and Europe	Worldwide, excluding: U.S., Canada, Bahamas and Europe	Worldwide, excluding: U.S., Canada, Bahamas and Europe	U.S., Canada, Bahamas and Europe	U.S., Canada, Bahamas and Europe	U.S., Canada, Bahamas and Europe

¹Auto Guidance is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations

²For the echoMAP™ CHIRP and ECHOMAP Plus combos, raster cartography is available only through the ActiveCaptain® mobile app

³High resolution elevation shading is compatible with the following devices after required software update (available in April, 2019) is applied to the device: GPSMAP® 7×2, 9X2, 10X2, 12X2, 12X2 Touch, 7400, 7600, 8400xsv, 8600xsv chartplotters, GPSMAP 85×0 and 8700 black boxes and ECHOMAP™ Plus 4x,6x, 7x, 9x chartplotter/sonar combos

Garmin Navionics+ and Garmin Navionics Vision+ Compatibility

ECHOMAP™ UHD (7/9)	•	GPSMAP A12	•	GPSMAP 8700 BB	•
ECHOMAP UHD2 (5/7)	•	GPSMAP A7	•	GPSMAP A7 – VOLVO	•
ECHOMAP ULTRA (10/12)	•	GPSMAP 7X2/9X2/12X2 PLUS	•	GPSMAP A12 – VOLVO	•
GPSMAP® 10×2/12×2	•	GPSMAP 7X3/9X3/12X3	•	GPSMAP B7/B9/B12 – VOLVO	•
GPSMAP 12X2 TOUCH	•	GPSMAP 8400/8600	•	GPSMAP 8400/8600 – VOLVO	•

Garmin Navionics (Vision)+, BlueChart G3 (Vision) and LakeVu G3 (Ultra) Comparison

	GARMIN NAVIONICS+	GARMIN NAVIONICS VISION+™	BLUECHART® G3	BLUECHART® G3 VISION	LAKEVÜ™ G3	LAKEVÜ™ G3 ULTRA
Daily updates	•	•
Integrated Garmin and Navionics® content	•	•	•	•	•	•
Auto Guidance+™ technology¹ (faster route calculation times and improved routing detail dock-to-dock)	•	•
Auto Guidance™ technology¹			•	•	•	•
Depth range shading	•	•	•	•	•	•
Up to 1’ contours	•	•	•	•	•	•
Shallow water shading	•	•	•	•	•	•
Raster cartography	Via ActiveCaptain app	Via ActiveCaptain app	Via ActiveCaptain app	Via ActiveCaptain app
ActiveCaptain® app support	•	•	•	•	•	•
ActiveCaptain Community	•	•	•	•	•	•
Includes coastal mapping	•	•	•	•
Includes lake charts	•	•			•	•
High-resolution relief shading*		Via ActiveCaptain app		•²		•
High-resolution satellite imagery*		Via ActiveCaptain app		•		•
3D chart views		•		•		•
Aerial photography		•		•		•
Dynamic Lake Level		•				•
Sonar imagery*		Via ActiveCaptain app				•
Side scan images		•				•

*Subscription feature

¹Auto Guidance+ and Auto Guidance technology is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations
²Relief shading for U.S. waters is preloaded on BlueChart g3 Vision marine chart cards. In other areas where this feature is available, it must be downloaded to BlueChart g3 Vision cards via the ActiveCaptain app.