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pnichols
Feb 21, 2019Explorer II
cross21114 wrote:
Pnichols,
OK, I got the maps downloaded. This will be a big help when out of hotspot range. However, it seems you do have to be connected to flip to the Aerial view. Is this the case with you?
Thanks,
Chris
Yep ... unfortunately that great Aerial view using Microsoft Maps software requires an Internet connection. But at least you can use the Roads view - which still shows all roads, even out in the middle of nowhere - without an Internet connection because they're stored locally on your laptop.
By the way I may have recently discovered something - but not sure. We use those fantastic Benchmark state-by-state detailed atlas books when on RV trips ... however ... they MAY now be available for downloading (you still have to pay for them) and local storage on a laptop so you don't have to carry the individual atlas books along. I hope this is true.
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