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Date:         Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:42:18 -0700
Reply-To:     John Lane <westy_cruisin@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Lane <westy_cruisin@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies -
              Vanagon secrets revealed-
Comments: To: Allen Hill <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET>
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I bought a Garmin GPSMap 60CSx prior to my trip from Corpus Christi to Pa. I never opened the atlas.....just turned it on and let it guide me..darndest thing I have ever seen. It ploted my entire trip for me internally and set the route and that was that.

Allen Hill <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET> 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 :)

John Lane 83.5 Westy Iron Butterfly Perkiomenville, PA

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