Then and Now
- Garmin announced a BirdsEye Made Better update in February of 2020, promising newer, clearer, and more vivid enhanced satellite terrain imagery with better, more consistent coloring.
- Almost immediately BirdsEye users began reporting diminished quality satellite imagery downloads.
- We collected some random examples of the new and improved BirdsEye satellite imagery for comparison.
- The differences between Garmin BirdsEye satellite imagery from 2014 vs 2020 were clear and disappointing.
- We found the new for 2020 imagery to be washed out and lacking the detail present in previous versions.
- You can view the results for yourself in the Examples provided below.
- If you agree, please take a moment to send Garmin a BirdsEye Improvement Request.
- Tip: Do not delete or overwrite any of your existing BirdsEye maps with the satellite imagery currently available.
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