And yet another new toy
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Sure, that'll work. You'll just need to load maps that cover where you want to go. If it has a map for the area, it'll route. I don't think distance is a factor, just how many maps you can load and that depends on memory size.
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If you have to say it ... 
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. Im a man i dont need GPS. I just use my man skills. plus i know how to read a map
. Im a man i dont need GPS. I just use my man skills. plus i know how to read a map
Just curious, I at the moment enjoy 4000 mile road trips. Print out the map, stop, read where I may be, go, then stop again . Where in the heck am I at?
edit: I still hate riding the streets!
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Brian, I've used mapsource before......I was never to happy with them. The guys on adv are interfacing aerials (google mostly) and overlaying street maps....... memory is no issue for my machine by a long shot. I just never figured out what they were doing over there. I'd be happy with somethin that worked like the online google search map (aerials)with street road overlays. When I figure it out I'll post.....your 276 will do almost as much as mine....but I don't think you have dual insert data card ports.
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Just curious, I at the moment enjoy 4000 mile road trips. Print out the map, stop, read where I may be, go, then stop again . Where in the heck am I at?
edit: I still hate riding the streets!
Just curious, I at the moment enjoy 4000 mile road trips. Print out the map, stop, read where I may be, go, then stop again . Where in the heck am I at?
edit: I still hate riding the streets!
I can navigate just fine without but it sure was handy I95 got blocked up just south of Jacksonville, FL last year and traffic came to a standstill and I had only a few miles of gasoline left before hitting empty. Easily route around that stuff and find another way not to mention gas stations, restaurants, and so on.
I bought it for the bike since it is waterproof, but the added plus is it works great for the car too. I've grown to rely on it, makes it so you don't even have to think so I can spend few brain cells on more important things, like the other bossy woman.
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Brian, I've used mapsource before......I was never to happy with them. The guys on adv are interfacing aerials (google mostly) and overlaying street maps....... memory is no issue for my machine by a long shot. I just never figured out what they were doing over there. I'd be happy with somethin that worked like the online google search map (aerials) with street road overlays. When I figure it out I'll post.....your 276 will do almost as much as mine....but I don't think you have dual insert data card ports.
Brian, I've used mapsource before......I was never to happy with them. The guys on adv are interfacing aerials (google mostly) and overlaying street maps....... memory is no issue for my machine by a long shot. I just never figured out what they were doing over there. I'd be happy with somethin that worked like the online google search map (aerials) with street road overlays. When I figure it out I'll post.....your 276 will do almost as much as mine....but I don't think you have dual insert data card ports.
My biggest beef with MapSource is it is Windows-only. They've been supposed to come out with a Mac version, but as of yet it has not materialized. I really only use it to download the maps and upload the track logs, though. I do all the routing functions directly on the GPS.
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RE: And yet another new toy
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Hey, that sounds really cool, I hadn't seen the Google overlay stuff. I'll need to look into that. You're right, mine only has one card slot, so hopefully that is not a requirement to have two.
My biggest beef with MapSource is it is Windows-only. They've been supposed to come out with a Mac version, but as of yet it has not materialized. I really only use it to download the maps and upload the track logs, though. I do all the routing functions directly on the GPS.
Hey, that sounds really cool, I hadn't seen the Google overlay stuff. I'll need to look into that. You're right, mine only has one card slot, so hopefully that is not a requirement to have two.
My biggest beef with MapSource is it is Windows-only. They've been supposed to come out with a Mac version, but as of yet it has not materialized. I really only use it to download the maps and upload the track logs, though. I do all the routing functions directly on the GPS.
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Check out MapSource from Garmin - street level maps. You'll need a memory card if your GPS supports it. Use your PC to download the maps to the GPS and then it will display where you are, zoom, etc. The limit to how much coverage you can download is how much memory you have available, hence the memory card. With the downloaded maps, you can also create routes given start location and destination and it'll compute the best route there.
I also have Garmin Topo maps - they are pretty useful, but only 1:125000 scale so it's pretty course, but has a good bit of stuff on them. When we were in NJ, it had all the forest service roads on it that we were riding on which was cool. Less useful here where I am because there aren't many FS roads and the terrain is pretty flat so I generally stick with the street level maps which also includes rivers, lakes, railroads, etc.
Check out MapSource from Garmin - street level maps. You'll need a memory card if your GPS supports it. Use your PC to download the maps to the GPS and then it will display where you are, zoom, etc. The limit to how much coverage you can download is how much memory you have available, hence the memory card. With the downloaded maps, you can also create routes given start location and destination and it'll compute the best route there.
I also have Garmin Topo maps - they are pretty useful, but only 1:125000 scale so it's pretty course, but has a good bit of stuff on them. When we were in NJ, it had all the forest service roads on it that we were riding on which was cool. Less useful here where I am because there aren't many FS roads and the terrain is pretty flat so I generally stick with the street level maps which also includes rivers, lakes, railroads, etc.