Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:15:54 -0400
Reply-To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies -
Vanagon secrets revealed-
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I use Delorme Street Atlas on my Dell laptop and love it.
I have a computer stand that keeps it out of the way of the driver and
front seat passenger ... but handy.
We made a trip from Maine to New Orleans and stopped off at 6 different
friend's houses along the way without ever referring to a paper map or
even knowing where the friend's houses were. We only had their
addresses and the GPS took us right to their doors.
I used it going to BusFusion and it took me through busy Montreal, with
all the route changes, without a hitch.
https://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=10122&item=24708&minisite=10020
or you can start at http://delorme.com/
Mike
Allen Hill wrote:
> Ok, so what are the specifics on the software? From where, how much, etc.
>
> Route 66 Rider!
> Ramon Hill
> Live Long and Be Free
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> TC
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:07 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies -
> Vanagon secrets revealed-
>
>
>>In the same vein, my road atlas slides in very nicely between the
>>cushion and swivel mechanism on the passenger side, with about an inch
>>sticking
>
> out.
>
> All these people with road atlas ... my my use the space under the pass seat
> to stash the laptop :) I just did 16K KM's Victoria BC to Quebec City PQ &
> back We went with only our Garmin NRoute S/W (not a plug for Garmin S/W
> realy needs work but does function), GPS receiver, & laptop no Atlas here
> any more :) (well we do keep out plastic covered map of BC & AB :) But I
> have got to say driving with GPS & routing software realy removed the stress
> I navigated in thrid world Sask. tractor trails from 11PM to 3AM to the
> Grass Land National park on the border of Sask & Montana with some of the
> roads no more than gravel tracks with out one wrong turn, and most 'gravel
> intersections'
> w/o
> a sign I never would have been able to do that so easy with an 'Atlas' ...
> or hitting the big city & just drving right to the historic point or museum
> w/o the usual 5 wrong turns and an xtra hr in the car are times of the past
>
> And to be able to book mark waypoints to 'secret' lakes and beaches that I
> may not get back to for years but I can now just share those waypoints with
> friends is realy cool...
>
> which reminds me some one said they would start a memebers secret vanagon
> spots where was that again we can post simple gps coords ...
>
> end rant
>
> ps. so if your next vanagon upgrade does not include a gps think again :)
>
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