Costa Rica GPS Map

Costa Rica Garmin GPS Map Update History


v 5.8 | April 2014

• Added 456 new POIs.
• Added 15 km of new roads.
• Added 10 km of one-ways.
• Added names to 14 km of roads.
• Improved navigation along Hwy 27 and San Jose.

v 5.7 | Jan 2014

• Added 44 km of new roads.
• Added 166 new points of interest.
• Improved navigation.

v 5.6 | Dec 2013

• Added 24 new points of interest.
• Added 43 km of Ferry routes.
• Improved features in Osa Peninsula, Uvita and Dominical.
• Improved navigation.

v 5.5 | Sept 2013

• Added 396 km of new roads.
• Improved Highway 27 – added interchanges.
• Added 16 km of one-ways.
• Added name to 71 km of roads.
• Added more forest polygons.
• Added Radial El Coyol – more direct route to airport from Hwy 27.

v 5.4 | July 2013

• Added 13km of new roads around La Fortuna.
• Added road names to La Fortuna.
• Added POIs in and around La Fortuna.
• Added website, phone, email details to POIs.
• Added building polygons in La Fortuna.
• Realigned Lago Arenal shoreline.
• Improved accuracy of roads around Lago Arenal.
• Improved navigation.

v 5.3 | March 2013

• Added 632 km of new roads.
• Improved navigation and routing in San Jose.
• Added roads in Nicoya peninsula near Malpais.
• Added 85 km of one-ways in San Jose.
• Added names to over 500 km of roads.
• Added 17 new points of interest.
• Added more buildings, parks, lakes, and rivers.
• Added Chinatown in San Jose.

v 5.2 | February 2013

• Improved accuracy for over 400 km of roads.
• Added over 200 km of new roads.
• Added 2 km of one-ways in San Jose.
• Updated airport locations.

v 5.1 | January 2013

• Added 1,011 km of new roads.
• Added 5 km of one-ways.
• Added 147 new points of interest.
• Added more airport points of interest.
• Added roads to Venado, Ciudad Quesada, La Cruz and surrounding areas.

v 5.0 | December 2012

• Added 577 km of new roads.
• Added 6 km of one-ways in Barva and San Pedro.
• Added road names to 22 km of roads.
• Added 23 new points of interest.
• Added Diria National Park.
• Improved routing and searching.

v 4.9 | November 2012

• Added 56 km of new roads.
• Added 32 points of interest in San Jose.
• Added shapes for Airports, Buildings, and Urban areas.
• Improved routing.

v 4.8 | October 2012

• Added 57 km of roads.
• Minor routing fixes and POI updates.

v 4.7 | September 2012

• Added over 45 km of roads.
• Added roads in Heredia and Alajuela.
• Improved labeling.
• Added over 100 phone numbers to points of interest.
• Added park shapes for Irazu and Turrialba volcanoes.
• Added points of interest in Upala.

v 4.6 | August 2012

• Added various points of interest including Walmarts in San Jose.
• Added over 162 km of roads.
• Added roads in Cartago and Guanacaste.

v 4.5 | June 2012

• Improved navigation.
• Added various local roads in rural areas and around San Jose.
• Added various points of interest.
• Improved highway symbol display.

v 4.4 | April 2012

• Search issue that required use of all capital letters is now fixed.
• Added roads to Cartago.

v 4.3 | April 2012

• Updated and added various roads and points of interest per customer feedback.
• Improved searching and navigation.

v 4.2 | March 2012

• Added roads in southern San Jose.
• Fixed routing error on Hwy 23.
• Removed duplicate points of interest.
• Added more National Parks.
• Fixed routing to Drake Bay.

v 4.1 | February 2012

• Added roads to Guapiles.
• Added roads north of Rincon de la Vieja.
• Realigned Hwy 4 in northern Costa Rica.
• Added interchange to Hwy 27.
• Added roads to Upala.
• Improved Hwy 32 in San Jose.
• Added POIs.
• Changed ocean shape for Central America Mapset.

v 4.1 | February 2012

v 3.9 | December 2011

v 3.7 | September 2011

v 3.6 | August 2011

v 3.5 | June 2011

• Added POIs.
• Added roads in San Jose.
• Improved navigation throughout Costa Rica.

v 3.4 | May 2011

• Added additional residential roads around San Jose.
• Added POIs throughout Costa Rica.
• Improved navigation throughout Costa Rica.
• Added one-ways to Heredia.
• Added two new interchanges to Highway 27.

v 3.3 | March 2011

• Realigned multiple roads to match GPS alignment.
• Added over 4,000 new POI’s.
• Added river names.
• Added one-ways into San Jose, Liberia, Santa Elena, San Isidro.
• Added roads to San Jose, Monteverde, Santa Elena, Malpais, Tamarindo, Dominical, Manuel Antonio, San Isidro, Jaco, Uvita.
• Fixed navigation throughout the western part of Costa Rica.
• Verified navigation traveling more than 1,700 kilometers in February 2011.

San Jose and Escazu street and points of interest detail.

v 3.2 | February 2011

• Fixed navigation in and around San Jose.

v 3.1 | February 2011

• Added pedestrian streets to San Jose.
• Added roads to Nosara, Alajuala, San Jose suburbs.
• Added POI’s to Nosara and San Jose.
• Fixed airport search bug.
• Fixed routing in and around Juan Santamaria Airport.

San Jose, Escazu, Alajuela street detail.

v 3.0 | January 2011

• Updated roads in Hereda, Alajuela, Sarchi, Braula Carrillo National Park, Cartago, Oriso, Paraiso, Turrialba, Lake Arenal, Arenal Volcano National Park, La Fortuna, Quesada, Bijaguq, Muelle, San Isidro, Puerto Viejo, Manzanillo, Puerto Viejo, Vicinity, Cahuita, Tortuguero, Barra Del Colorado, Puerto Limon, Zancudo, Rio Claro, Golfito, Las Horquetas, Rio Frio, Puerto Viejo De Sarapiqui, Chilamate, La Virgen, Nuevo Arenal, Tronadora, Bagaces, Guayabo, Fortuna De Bagaces, Canas, Puntarenas, Liberia, Sant Elena, Cerro Plano, Selvatura, Monteverde, Nicoya, Santa Cruz, Playas Del Coco, Hermosa, Panama, Flamingo, Surfside, Potrero, Tamarindo, Nosara, Samara, Carrillo, Punta Coyote, Malpais, Santa Teresa, Jaco, Quepos, Manuel Antonio, Golfo Dulce area, Uvita, Bahia, Dominica, Puerto Jimenez, Carate, La Palma, Agujitos, Rincon, Neily, and San Isidro.
• Updated POI’s in Hereda, Alajuela, Sarchi, Braula Carrillo National Park, Cartago, Oriso, Paraiso, Turrialba, Lake Arenal, Arenal Volcano National Park, La Fortuna, Quesada, Bijaguq, Muelle, San Isidro, Puerto Viejo, Manzanillo, Puerto Viejo, Vicinity, Cahuita, Tortuguero, Barra Del Colorado, Puerto Limon, Zancudo, Rio Claro, Golfito, Las Horquetas, Rio Frio, Puerto Viejo De Sarapiqui, Chilamate, La Virgen, Nuevo Arenal, Tronadora, Bagaces, Guayabo, Fortuna De Bagaces, Canas, Puntarenas, Liberia, Sant Elena, Cerro Plano, Selvatura, Monteverde, Nicoya, Santa Cruz, Playas Del Coco, Hermosa, Panama, Flamingo, Surfside, Potrero, Tamarindo, Nosara, Samara, Carrillo, Punta Coyote, Malpais, Santa Teresa, Jaco, Quepos, Manuel Antonio, Golfo Dulce area, Uvita, Bahia, Dominica, Puerto Jimenez, Carate, La Palma, Agujitos, Rincon, Neily, and San Isidro.
• General navigation fixes throughout Costa Rica.

v 2.9 | December 2010

• Improved roads in Samara, Nosara and San Rafael.
• Improved routing through Arenal region.
• Added POI’s in Santa Teresa, Malpais, Punta Coyote, Manzanillo, Samara, Carrillo and Nosara.

v 2.8 | December 2010

• Fixed city POI’s throughout Costa Rica.
• Improved Highway interchanges.
• Updated oneways streets in San Jose.
• Feliz Navidad.

v 2.7 | November 2010

• Added roads to Golfito, Villa Neily and Puerto Jimenez.
• General navigation fixes throughout Costa Rica.

v 2.6 | August 2010

• Improved road coverage in western regions of Costa Rica.
• Added POI’s throughout Costa Rica.
• General navigation fixes throughout Costa Rica.

v 2.5 | July 2010

• Improved routing in San Jose.
• Improved search throughout Costa Rica.
• Added roads to Santa Cruz.
• Added oneways to Escazu.
• Added road names to Escazu local roads.
• Added oneways to San Jose.
• Fixed Jaco and Manuel Antonio search bug.

v 2.4 | June 2010

• Improved routing in San Jose.
• Improved search throughout Costa Rica.
• Added oneways into San Jose.
• Added local and major roads to Limon.

v 2.3 | April 2010

• Added POIs into Escazu.
• Improved POI search and display.

v 2.2 | March 2010

• Fixed routes 27 and 17.
• Fixed additional routing throughout Costa Rica.
• Improved POI display and search.

v 2.1 | March 2010

• Fixed country and intersection search.
• Improved POI search.
• Added and improved POIs throughout San Jose.
• Altered road classes to improve routing.
• Fixed routing throughout Costa Rica.

v 2.0 | February 2010

• Added one-ways throughout San Jose to improve routing.
• Improved highway interchanges throughout San Jose.

v 1.9.2 | January 2010

• Added local roads into San Isidro, Puerto Viejo, San Ramon, Esparza, Orotina, Jaco, Tamarindo, Coco.
• Added additional parks into San Jose region.
• Improved routing throughout Costa Rica.

v 1.9.1 | December 2009

• Improved routing throughout Costa Rica.

v 1.9 | November 2009

• Added over 3,000 new POI’s into the map (Hotels, Restaurants, Gas Stations, Etc.)
• Added more than 3,500 local roads in the city of San Jose.
• Added route 32 between Siquirres, Limon to Santa Clara, Heredia.
• Added route 35 between Muelle San Carlos to Los Chiles, Alajuela.
• Added route 27 from Orotina to North of Colon.
• Added local roads off of route 35 in Alajuela.
• Upgraded class and fixed route number of Highway 34 from Quepos to Dominical.
• Repositioned highways and major roads throughout Costa Rica.
• Fixed route numbers throughout Costa Rica.
• Changed feature display levels for better accuracy.
• Fixed routing throughout the country within the Routable version.

v 1.8 | June 2009

• Added over 300 new POIs (hotels, restaurants, towns, etc.)
• Added local streets into San Jose and Escazu areas.
• Improved road geometry throughout Costa Rica.
• Added additional runways/airports.
• Added additional rivers.

v 1.7 | May 2009

• Realigned routes as per customer track submission.
• Added additional POIs into map.
• Added smaller islands along western coast.
• Added additional local roads into rural areas.

v 1.6 | May 2009

• Added over 5,500 new POI into map, including beaches, towns, Cerros, valleys, bays, etc.
• Added new and more accurate contour lines for entire country.

v 1.5 | April 2009

• Added new major road – Route 34 from Pastoral to Palmar Sur.
• Added new route off of 34 to Manuel Antonio.
• Added new routes in the Osa Peninsula – Route 245 from Route 2 all the way to Cabo Matapalo.
• Added in new route in the Osa Peninsula – jungle dirt road to Drake.
• Repositioned Route 34 from Quepos to San Jose.
• Changed class of Route 239.

v 1.4 | February 2009

• Added ferries.
• Added dirt/4×4 roads.
• Added rivers.
• Improved roads in west.
• Improved coastline boundary.

v 1.3 | November 2008

• Added local roads in San Jose.
• Improved highway accuracy.
• Improved rivers.
• Improved railroads.
• Improved Pacific coastline and wetlands.

v 1.2 | July 2006

• Added wetlands on west coast.
• Added town POI’s on west coast.
• Improved river features in San Jose.
• Improved accuracy on some highways.

v 1.1 | March 2008

• Improved GPS display levels.

v 1.0 | February 2008

• Updated highways.
• Updated major roads.
• Updated mountain summits.
• Updated airports.
• Updated provincial borders.
• Updated international borders.
• Updated rivers.
• Updated streams.
• Updated POI levels.

v 0.9 beta | January 2008

• Created original map.
• Added highways throughout Costa Rica.
• Added major roads throughout Costa Rica.
• Added national parks.
• Added rivers and streams.
• Added contours spaced at 100m intervals.
• Added city and town points.
• Added airport points and runways.
• Added trails and dirt roads throughout Costa Rica.
• Added lakes.
• Added pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
• Added international and Provincial boundary lines.
• Added railroads.
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