Don Hall
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New Owner, new member..with 1 question
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lol paper maps. LOL I use my google maps if i need to find anything, but yes I want to use my new sexy truck. haha
the MAX is the Canadian version of the EL, its a nicer truck.
Somehow, everything is always better in Canada
Paper maps are useful! Almost essential in places. Not the gas station / AAA variety though. I have a bunch of Gazeteer books, one for each state I'm travelling in. They have every single road in the state including gravel back roads. Especially useful for planning the next days route ... And they don't break or run out of a cell phone connection or battery power!
Google Play on Android has a nifty tool called "Offline Navigation"
Mad levels of detail, dirt roads, gravel roads, former roads, waypoints.... lots of fun stuff.
I've used Google Maps offline navigation, when I was in Canada last winter ski trips with no cell coverage. Get 15 feet off the road, like gas station, and its gone ... Blind, no navigation instruction Its not like it downloads the entire rectangle map area to your Android and recalculates navigation. Printed road maps are just like printed topo maps when backpacking. They don't break. Electronic compass and altimeter also can be unreliable in the backcountry. Old school in hand when your life depends on it.
I also find it difficult to use cell screen to get detail view if a large area, much easier on printed map. Snowmobile trail systems another example where cell phone bites for large area. Need big paper map to spread out in front of you.
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Flexpedition
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Where are you guys traveling to & from that you are finding miles upon miles of brand spanking new roads, thus rendering couple-year-old software useless?
Are you using navigation to get around a housing addition?
Are you using navigation to get around a housing addition?
This is a valid point. Heck you could pop in the original maps and for the most part it would work... the older software works fine as long as you put in the address of the establishment you are headed to. I do understand that businesses move and names change but the addresses remain the same.
jeff kushner
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Agreed, fwiw(& prob not much) I used to stress at the Bleeding Edge of home tech....got the latest gear to beta test, software too (anyone remember Word Perfect 5.1?) had more ram than most had main storage! BUT it was an unwinnable race....once I realized that, I was good to go.
I've been driving & riding for how many years, 45? Trust me, you're good with your few year old maps......regardless of the format.
I could not begin to count the hand-drawn maps we used to use....and relax, even the tech savvy kids can figure out a paper map too....
jeff
I've been driving & riding for how many years, 45? Trust me, you're good with your few year old maps......regardless of the format.
I could not begin to count the hand-drawn maps we used to use....and relax, even the tech savvy kids can figure out a paper map too....
jeff
MikeN
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LOL just Calgary Alberta, we have undergone MAJOR road upgrades over the last 5 years as well we have added 3-4 communities as well. fun stuff
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