Date:         Sun, 27 May 2001 08:06:00 -0400
Reply-To:     stu schwartz <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM>
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From:         stu schwartz <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 26 May 2001 - Special issue (#2001-652)
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I've used Delorme 6.0 and 8.0.  the improvements in 8.0 are minor except it has more "points of interest (waypoints)".
But it does help you identify fuel stops and time stops based on mileage and consumption (new in 8.0).

Basically I use it to map a basic route...then search for state parks and other waypoints to stay in and give me average
estimates for drive times .  I do need to go to each State's Park System to make sure I find parks that we can camp in...
It gives good basic directions and identifies road quality.  To change your your route you can either put in a "via" or a
"stop" to make sure you follow specifc roads.  I just used it to map out our cross country trip... Arlingotn, Virginia to SDakota, Teton NP
to Denver and various National Parks, to Zion NP, to San Fran, down to Big Sur and back home via I-70 to try to hit some
Phil and Friends shows in VA Beach.

If you buy their GPS it supposedly works with that on your trip and will "tell you" using the laptop speaker when to turn,
where you are, etc.

If I didn't have it I would probably have joined AAA and gotten some maps and stuff from them.

--peace--
   stu
1991 Westy, MZ MAGIC


On Sat, 26 May 2001 23:15:41 -0400, Automatic digest processor wrote:

>Date:    Sat, 26 May 2001 15:09:48 -0700
>From:    The CiKaspers <mrlucky@SCRUZ.NET>
>Subject: trip planning software
>
>ok, so we've got a syncro westfalia, and we're planning a 24 day driving
>trip for august.  we're planning a bit loop, from santa cruz north to
>portland, then east to rapid city, sd, then south to santa fe and west back
>to santa cruz.
>
>we have to meet friends in rapid city six days after leaving santa cruz, so
>that part's going to be pretty fast driving.  we're spending five days in
>and around rapid city, then two weeks back to santa cruz through the
>rockies and the desert.
>
>i use a mac.  i had a great trip planning software that helped us when we
>did our trip two years ago; it is called route 66.  unfortunately it got
>corrupted and i can't use it.  the current version of route 66 only has
>maps for europe.  what i was able to do was plot waypoints and figure
>driving times, distances, and fuel consumption.  it allowed me to plot
>routes to fairly fine detail (ok, it didn't have green grass, sd in it, but
>it's only five mobile homes at a good river crossing) and i could determine
>distances to fillups.
>
>i have tried highway navigator (shareware) and it is lacking.  i am
>thinking about going out and getting delorme's street atlas 6.0, but the
>delmorme website doesn't tell me enough about it to make me want to
>purchase it.  does anyone use it?  does it do the things i am asking for?
>is it worth the price?
>
>can anyone make other mac trip planning software recommendations?
>
>happy, safe motoring this weekend, folks.
>
>bill
>'87 syncro westfalia
>http://www.scruznet.com/~kasper/pics/westy
>