I have been doing more digging and watched some videos. I am really liking what I see about the Navionics+ maps.
Gold maps are static get what you get base maps of the full area you purchased. US, Aus, Europe, ... Some are more detailed than others. Many have no real detail. You need to look at the lake list to see what you will get. Where the Navionics+ allows you to download just the lakes, coastal area or whatever you need with the addition of any available community updates.
With Navtronics+ updates are constant because of the community. These updates are not made to the base maps but are another layer that can be on or off. So, if you have a lake not on the list of Gold lakes you may be able to acquire community data for these.
I fish two lakes not on the list. Jordan Lake, NC and Grand Lake Maine. Community data should be available for these. If not, I will create some ;-).
Can't wait to play. My unit and maps are out for delivery.
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