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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:58:12 -0700
Reply-To:     John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Maps vs GPS
In-Reply-To:  <F12B51AF-2F44-49BA-898E-85012E974495@eurocampers.com>
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That is SO true (the wife bit, in my case at least, and I'm talking about an MD way smarter than me) regarding maps.  With me as co-pilot I am fine with just an atlas.  I've had a GPS for a long time a 10-12 year old Magellan with a whopping 48k that I had to load small sections into, and had no city "road" maps or navigation per se, fine for caching though till it finally died last year.  The wife got me a Garmin Oregon to cache with and I bought the road maps so it will navigate.  I'd used it a bit, does a fine job, screen a bit small for a navigator though wonderfull for a handheld.   The big drive back from Sacramento to AK last week was in a vehicle (um, er, not VW, a 04 Lexus, hey we inherited it not my choice) equipped with a factory navigation system.  And I hate to admit I loved it, though actually probably not as good as a stinking TomTom or the like, but wonderful getting in and out of Vancouver during rush hour.  We really would have been screwed with just an atlas.  Of course annoyingly it doesn't know anything about Canada or AK, so once out of metro Vancouver, it was all over, and it can not be updated to do so.  Grr...  But there are only really 3 roads up here anyway and oh yeah my Garmin works fine.   John

--- On Fri, 10/9/09, steve@eurocampers.com <steve@EUROCAMPERS.COM> wrote:

I travel now mostly by myself or with my wife as copilot.  She is nearly useless when it comes to maps, so our TomTom rules!


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