The Garmin site currently has this "important note" posted....

Important note: Garmin is currently performing a revision to the current
database cycle for the GPSMAP 195, 196, and 295. No aviation database
updates are available for these three products at this time. We hope to
have a new update posted in the next 24 - 48 hours. Please check back on
10/29. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Steve P

On 10/28/2003 11:28 AM after considerable forethought, Dave Butler wrote:

wrote:

It wouldn't be the first time Jeppesen got it right, then later
regressed. ;-)


I just spent some quality time with my 196 and I can refine my
observation a little. It seems that *both* positions of the VOR are in
the database, and which instance you see depends on how you get to it:

- if you find the VOR by a combination of panning and zooming on the
moving map, you see the VOR in its new, correct position.

- if you find the VOR by adding it as a waypoint in a flight plan using
the text interface for adding waypoints, you see the VOR in its old,
incorrect position.

I'll pass along this new information to Garmin/Jepp.

Dave

Dave Butler wrote:


Interesting, thanks. It's cycle 0311 for the Garmin 196, freshly
downloaded last
night, effective date 10/30/2003. Dave

wrote:

You might want to check the date of your new database. My 04 Sep
2003 Jeppesen
database in my Garmin 295 shows the new location of the VOR directly
off the end of
Runway 36, at N 32 08 46.8 W081 11 56.7

That VOR was moved several months ago and the frequency was changed
at the same time.

Dave Butler wrote:



As I was preparing for an angel flight to Savannah last week, I
compared my out
of date approach charts with the online versions and noticed that
all the
approaches using the SAV VOR had changed, and what's more, the VOR
itself had
moved about 5 miles west. No problem, just print new charts from
myairplane.com
(thanks, myairplane.com!) and off we go.

It looks like the VOR was moved from a position about 5 miles NE of
the airport
to a new location just off the departure end of runway 36.

I thought this would be a good excuse to download a new database
for my Garmin
196, so went to the Garmin site and downloaded cycle 0311,
available now, and
scheduled to be effective October 30, two days from now. Surprise!
The VOR is
still shown in its old location in the new database.

There is nothing about the error in the JeppAlerts section on the
Garmin web site.

I've notified Garmin of the error, will notify Jepp and AOPA shortly.

I'm curious whether people with IFR navigators using Jepp data see
the error.

The old location was apparently: 32-09.635N / 081-06.755W the new
location is
apparently 32-08-46.560N / 081-11-56.780W.

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