Size max and budget for Mexico and Guatemala
Hi All, This is my first post. I hope I follow all the rules (well kinda ;). Three part question for ya, please. 1) Is there a big jump in costs, such as maintainence, parts, rv fees and abil...
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Brian Sue:
.....Microsoft "Maps Pro" is the replacement for discontinued S & T. It can function on a Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 system. I would have to infer from your experience with the import --> GPX function you tried on your S & T install that S & T is trying to "prompt" you to get Maps Pro.
Maps Pro of course can import entire OSM country routable roads, tracks and points, and indeed can also import snap-shots of satellite coverages (at one fixed scale: you can't zoom in past the scale you observed whilst selecting your coverage, but you could probably zoom out; so take this into consideration during your route building endeavor) too.
Maps Pro can import: CSV, KML, KMZ, GPX, GeoPDF and GeoJSON files, and can also import complete routable country data from OSM for total off-line navigating (as I mention above) from any place on Earth. So, in effect, you could grab Mexico and Central America, and you'll have routable vector data that is street searchable and directionable, and display points of interest, all while off-line. Have a read of the Maps Pro tutorial, here-->
Now remember, I am not an S & T nor an Maps Pro user, so you'll have to do your own due diligence by experimenting. I build my own core GPS solutions using a GIS platform (QGIS) rather than relying on apps (or, stand-alone commercial solutions). I do experiment with several navigation apps (freeware), but not S & T...
On edit: ....I also read that Maps Pro has the capability of communicating with a Bluetooth GPS puck...
.....Microsoft "Maps Pro" is the replacement for discontinued S & T. It can function on a Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 system. I would have to infer from your experience with the import --> GPX function you tried on your S & T install that S & T is trying to "prompt" you to get Maps Pro.
Maps Pro of course can import entire OSM country routable roads, tracks and points, and indeed can also import snap-shots of satellite coverages (at one fixed scale: you can't zoom in past the scale you observed whilst selecting your coverage, but you could probably zoom out; so take this into consideration during your route building endeavor) too.
Maps Pro can import: CSV, KML, KMZ, GPX, GeoPDF and GeoJSON files, and can also import complete routable country data from OSM for total off-line navigating (as I mention above) from any place on Earth. So, in effect, you could grab Mexico and Central America, and you'll have routable vector data that is street searchable and directionable, and display points of interest, all while off-line. Have a read of the Maps Pro tutorial, here-->
Now remember, I am not an S & T nor an Maps Pro user, so you'll have to do your own due diligence by experimenting. I build my own core GPS solutions using a GIS platform (QGIS) rather than relying on apps (or, stand-alone commercial solutions). I do experiment with several navigation apps (freeware), but not S & T...
On edit: ....I also read that Maps Pro has the capability of communicating with a Bluetooth GPS puck...
