Update maps on friend's GPS?

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Update maps on friend's GPS?

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I have a motorcycling buddy who is somewhat techno-challenged and so he will send me his zumo 660 so I can upload routes and waypoints for our upcoming 3000-mile trip. But I learned that his maps are quite out of date and my routes were created on CN NA 2023.10. He has lifetime maps, as do I.

I realize that someone could make this request to cheat or to work with a stolen GPS, so I'm not looking for any kind of hack. I just would like to know if there will be any problem connecting his GPS to my computer and doing a map update using Express. Will this mess up my account? Will it work?

Thanks,

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I think that should work ok, by adding it to the Garmin(s) already in your Express.
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It'll work, I've often done it for friends or family
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sussamb wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:20 pm It'll work, I've often done it for friends or family
Thank you, sir. Does it then prevent them from updating maps on their own computer in the future?

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danham wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 11:43 pm
sussamb wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:20 pm It'll work, I've often done it for friends or family
Thank you, sir. Does it then prevent them from updating maps on their own computer in the future?

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When complete, just remove the device from your Garmin Express. Then they can use their own computer.
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Don't even need to do that. One device can be in Express on numerous PCs etc
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