External GPS and Laptop Map Program ???
Years ago I think I used a program called Delorme Street Atlas (?) on my lap top with an external GPS for my DW to act as navigator on our long trips. After she died I started to use Garmin Street Pil...
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greenrvgreen wrote:
So for me Delorme is useful not just for route-finding but "destination-finding".
I agree... for me MS Streets is the same thing. It's for figuring out where to go, not how to get there. I leave that up to my stand alone GPS and my cell phone. Those devices know the traffic, the weather, the construction, the accidents, etc and route accordingly. Laptop programs just don't deal with those variables.
What's good about the laptop program, I can browse all over without any Internet. I can see what towns, parks, attractions are around the main area of my interest. Those things don't change, it doesn't matter if the program is 10 days old or 10 years old.
