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11-04.-2004, 12:24 PM
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Are There Italian Maps For a PDA?
I'm going to Italy and I like the 1:200,000 maps so I can go
on the back roads but that means I have to take about 8 of them. The space and weight of these maps make them prohibitive. So I'm thinking that it would be great if all these maps could be loaded in a PDA thing like a Palm Pilot. Does anyone know? -Gary |
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11-04.-2004, 12:24 PM
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Re: Are There Italian Maps For a PDA?
Check out the Garmin iQue 3600. If you get it in USA you get
detailed maps for the US and have to pay extra for Europe, and vice-versa. See their website for details, tho. I'm off to Finland this summer and they don't have much coverage there. George Gary K. wrote: > I'm going to Italy and I like the 1:200,000 maps so I can > go on the back roads but that means I have to take about 8 > of them. The space and weight of these maps make them > prohibitive. > > So I'm thinking that it would be great if all these maps > could be loaded in a PDA thing like a Palm Pilot. Does > anyone know? > > -Gary -- Munged email address. |
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13-04.-2004, 07:46 AM
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Re: Are There Italian Maps For a PDA?
gary55406@yahoo.com (Gary K.) wrote in message news:<gary55406-1004041931440001@cpe-65-25-244-203.mn.rr.com>...
> I'm going to Italy and I like the 1:200,000 maps so I can > go on the back roads but that means I have to take about 8 > of them. The space and weight of these maps make them > prohibitive. > > So I'm thinking that it would be great if all these maps > could be loaded in a PDA thing like a Palm Pilot. Does > anyone know? > > -Gary I understand the desire to ditch the roadmaps; I will be carrying 4 of them myself this June when in northern Italy. I do carry a GPS unit, with all the detailed maps for northern Italy and Switzerland downloaded into the unit. Great resource. But I still carry the paper. First problem, the electronic devices are electronic, and can fail. Battery power loss, LCD display craps out, someone steals it, etc. Not good to depend solely on the electronic marvels; they will fail you at the most inopportune time. Second problem is scope. If I am travelling between two towns I want to see a good overview of the area. I can see that easily on paper maps. But on the electronic version I may not see enough detail to get a good sense of available roads until I zoom in quite a bit, but by then I have a very narrow view of the area. So I have to pan, zoom, pan, zoom, pan, etc., which is a pain. A 3"x4" LCD panel will not give you a good view of very much terrain; you have an alternative of a very gross look with major roads only, or detail of a very limited area. I find both difficult to use for route planning. So I use the paper for all the route planning, then the GPS for navigation. If the electronic gadget fails, I can still fall back on the paper. - rick |
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26-04.-2004, 09:43 AM
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Re: Are There Italian Maps For a PDA?
Don't necessarily disagree with the answer re: digital vs. paper but if
you want to pursue maps of Italy on a PDA, see <http://www.destinator1.com/> Cappy On 12 Apr 2004 14:46:34 -0700, Rick Warner <rickwarner@earthlink.net> wrote: > gary55406@yahoo.com (Gary K.) wrote in message news:<gary55406-1004041931440001@cpe-65-25-244- > 203.mn.rr.com>... >> I'm going to Italy and I like the 1:200,000 maps so I can >> go on the back roads but that means I have to take about >> 8 of them. The space and weight of these maps make them >> prohibitive. >> >> So I'm thinking that it would be great if all these maps >> could be loaded in a PDA thing like a Palm Pilot. Does >> anyone know? >> >> -Gary > > I understand the desire to ditch the roadmaps; I will be > carrying 4 of them myself this June when in northern > Italy. I do carry a GPS unit, with all the detailed maps > for northern Italy and Switzerland downloaded into the > unit. Great resource. But I still carry the paper. First > problem, the electronic devices are electronic, and can > fail. Battery power loss, LCD display craps out, someone > steals it, etc. Not good to depend solely on the > electronic marvels; they will fail you at the most > inopportune time. Second problem is scope. If I am > travelling between two towns I want to see a good overview > of the area. I can see that easily on paper maps. But on > the electronic version I may not see enough detail to get > a good sense of available roads until I zoom in quite a > bit, but by then I have a very narrow view of the area. So > I have to pan, zoom, pan, zoom, pan, etc., which is a > pain. A 3"x4" LCD panel will not give you a good view of > very much terrain; you have an alternative of a very gross > look with major roads only, or detail of a very limited > area. I find both difficult to use for route planning. So > I use the paper for all the route planning, then the GPS > for navigation. If the electronic gadget fails, I can > still fall back on the paper. > > - rick -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ |
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