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. said:

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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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 <[email hidden]>

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Quoted message said:

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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