Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:07:07 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject: Re: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies -
Vanagon secrets revealed-
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I use the little Garmin Vista C for backpacking and general
navigation in a car. You can load about 90% of a typical US state
into it (half of Texas, less of Alaska) but the results are superb.
It does directions very well. Great color, good battery life, good
user navigation. When you get off road, you've got great topos to
guide you. Not enough memory for the entire US, though.
What's the best solution for the entire US for the money, and does it
include topos of off-road areas?
Thanks,
jim
On Aug 30, 2006, at 5:54 PM, 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-----
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> TC
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:07 PM
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> 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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