map chip
Does the Mile Post, or a similar cometitor offer an SD card version that you would plug into your GPS or computer. I was looking at upgrading the radio in a truck I bought. There are lots of nice af...
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They do have a digital version of the Milepost which is just a "copy" of the guide. I have downloaded it a time or two, but only use it like I do the paper copy, as it doesn't do anything more than the paper copy does. I like having it on my laptop computer and in the evenings when stopped, to run through the next days travel plans. From that point on, I tend to make notes on stickies and put them in my shirt pocket, for the next day, listing mileposts of places I want to stop at, sights I want to take photos, get fuel, do any shopping needed, etc.
There are a number of SD and Micro SD topo chips available that fit in my portable Garmin. I have a couple that run the Colorado area of the mountain west and another for farther north. The topo map additions blend in with the regular maps and just give much more detail to the surrounding terrain in my location. I would love to have a chip from the Milepost that would give me the same type of info, on showing my location, to roadhouses, scenic points of interest which are mentioned in the paper copy, etc. Every so often I will make one leg of the round trip to/from Alaska solo, as my wife will fly home or fly to meet me somewhere along the way. Navigation can get interesting at times when solo traveling, if good pre-planning hasn't been done.
There are a number of good topo maps of the western Canadian provinces as well. I know Sue T. has some of these set up in their truck GPS, so she can track locations where she take photos, locations of campgrounds, etc. Other Canadian forum members have also talked about having the same chips.
While the Milepost digital copy is nice and a good start, I would like to see it be developed into an interactive one, that would work in conjunction to my Garmin GPS. But so far I haven't read of any plans of their's to do such, or of anyone else planning such a GPS chip.
Anyone know of any such?
There are a number of SD and Micro SD topo chips available that fit in my portable Garmin. I have a couple that run the Colorado area of the mountain west and another for farther north. The topo map additions blend in with the regular maps and just give much more detail to the surrounding terrain in my location. I would love to have a chip from the Milepost that would give me the same type of info, on showing my location, to roadhouses, scenic points of interest which are mentioned in the paper copy, etc. Every so often I will make one leg of the round trip to/from Alaska solo, as my wife will fly home or fly to meet me somewhere along the way. Navigation can get interesting at times when solo traveling, if good pre-planning hasn't been done.
There are a number of good topo maps of the western Canadian provinces as well. I know Sue T. has some of these set up in their truck GPS, so she can track locations where she take photos, locations of campgrounds, etc. Other Canadian forum members have also talked about having the same chips.
While the Milepost digital copy is nice and a good start, I would like to see it be developed into an interactive one, that would work in conjunction to my Garmin GPS. But so far I haven't read of any plans of their's to do such, or of anyone else planning such a GPS chip.
Anyone know of any such?
