Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:42:18 -0700
Reply-To: John Lane <westy_cruisin@YAHOO.COM>
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From: John Lane <westy_cruisin@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies -
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I bought a Garmin GPSMap 60CSx prior to my trip from Corpus Christi to Pa. I never opened the atlas.....just turned it on and let it guide me..darndest thing I have ever seen. It ploted my entire trip for me internally and set the route and that was that.
Allen Hill <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote:
Ok, so what are the specifics on the software? From where, how much, etc.
Route 66 Rider!
Ramon Hill
Live Long and Be Free
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Subject: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies -
Vanagon secrets revealed-
> In the same vein, my road atlas slides in very nicely between the
> cushion and swivel mechanism on the passenger side, with about an inch
> sticking
out.
All these people with road atlas ... my my use the space under the pass seat
to stash the laptop :) I just did 16K KM's Victoria BC to Quebec City PQ &
back We went with only our Garmin NRoute S/W (not a plug for Garmin S/W
realy needs work but does function), GPS receiver, & laptop no Atlas here
any more :) (well we do keep out plastic covered map of BC & AB :) But I
have got to say driving with GPS & routing software realy removed the stress
I navigated in thrid world Sask. tractor trails from 11PM to 3AM to the
Grass Land National park on the border of Sask & Montana with some of the
roads no more than gravel tracks with out one wrong turn, and most 'gravel
intersections'
w/o
a sign I never would have been able to do that so easy with an 'Atlas' ...
or hitting the big city & just drving right to the historic point or museum
w/o the usual 5 wrong turns and an xtra hr in the car are times of the past
And to be able to book mark waypoints to 'secret' lakes and beaches that I
may not get back to for years but I can now just share those waypoints with
friends is realy cool...
which reminds me some one said they would start a memebers secret vanagon
spots where was that again we can post simple gps coords ...
end rant
ps. so if your next vanagon upgrade does not include a gps think again :)
John Lane
83.5 Westy
Iron Butterfly
Perkiomenville, PA
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