NEW LakeMaster MN 2007 chip is out!

[schweady]

This has been mentioned in a few other posts. I thought it might be helpful to pull the discussion of the new chip into one spot. I'll start by quoting some text from the lakemap web site:

"The LakeMaster® ProMap Minnesota card contains 79 High-Definiton maps, plus 665 Lowrance® enhanced lake maps with detailed shoreline and depth contours, and many of these offer other features such as weed symbols, navaids, hazards, and more. Finally, each card is programmed with incredibly accurate background data for 25,000 lakes and ponds; 10,000 of these are named, detailed roads, addresses, and thousands of points-of-interest. These preprogrammed cards turn your Lowrance® or Eagle® handheld GPS or chartplotting unit into a complete mapping system."

Bottom line - 774 total lakes vs. 268 on the previous chip. 79 High-Definition vs. 59 on the previous chip.

I know some have ordered and received them. Was it directly from lakemap? Any upgrade policy? Has anyone found them at retailers already? Any new chip owners care to comment?

[PierBridge]

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What will happen if I put my Lakemaster 06 chip in my computer? (typing this was easier than digging it out and trying it.

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Nothing, unless you put it into the LEI card reader and have a Lowrance emulator installed on your computer.

Then you will be able to view your LakeMaster Chip on your PC using the emulator, again view only.

[Tippman]

Thanks pierbridge, that's what I would have expected.

[DEADhead]

LEI mentions you can have a backup copy of the chip data; how would you go about doing that? drag and drop to the harddrive from the card reader?

[PerchJerker]

Deadhead - yes, that is how you can make a backup copy of the map files. The copy will only work on the original chip though, you can't copy or burn the files to another chip and get them to work (this is how they prevent priracy).

The backup copy will not do you any good if your chip is lost or stolen or damaged, it will only work if the files on the chip are damaged but the chip itself is still good.

[DEADhead]

thanks!