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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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

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

Rick Warner said:

[email hidden] (Gary K.) wrote in message news:<gary55406-1004041931440001@cpe-65-25-244-
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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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