On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:46:14 -0400, Stubby
wrote:



Brad Salai wrote:
Does anyone know the format of the data cards for the GNS 530? Our club is
putting them in our small fleet, and we are considering buying extra data
cards to make the updates easier. The Garmin price seems high. If these are
standard cards, we may be able to do better elsewhere. Anyone have any
experience to share?

Are all your data sources certified for navigation?

I don't read their message as attempting to outsource the Jepp data,
just the SD card it's stored on.

FWIW, after one of my SD cards fried on my G1000 I picked up one at
CompUSA, used Jepp Skybound to format it, and haven't had a problem
installing updates.

Your mileage may vary depending on the source. The KLN94 cards are
specially formatted at King and can't be sourced elsewhere that I know
of.