Unfortunately - but understandably - Garmin must be before the widespread "bad habit" protect that duplicable cards are distributed illegally and thus the manufacturer missed revenue. The preparation of such a map is very complex and therefore expensive. Without such a safeguard measure, as it is criticized by "phase space", would have an honest buyers pay significantly more.
The version offered here 2 of Topo Germany constitutes a substantial improvement and extension to Version 1 (1600 MB instead of 800 MB) and is an indispensable tool to take full advantage of the possibilities of GPS receivers such as the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx.