i bought the GPS at costco in california. if i bring it to taiwan will it work?
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Yes but you may need different soft ware for maps.
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you can use any gps anywhere you like. however, the catch is that you will have to purchase the maps for that area. so for instance if you want to use your costco purchased gps in taiwan, then you will have to go to garmin and fork out some money to buy the gps updates for that area. gps updates or gps maps for different countries are not cheap and will cost you virtually more than costco sold you the gps. map updates or different countries normally cost in the range of $50 to $99 per country or per map update. Check on their website to see what the current cost is. This is why i bought my gps from newelectronx, because they provide free maps. Dealing with the whole charade of buying new maps each year when i owned a garmin just pissed me off. and then i got a tomtom and the same problem, you had to purchase the maps. the darn maps cost more or half the cost the gps, it is depressing. so to put it bluntly you have to buy the maps from garmin, if you want the garmin gps to work in taiwan. that is just the way it works and the way they make their money.
