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Bike friendly GPS & Mapping software combo?
Hi,
I've been a happy TomTom One user in the Disco S (no LR Satnav) for a while and find GPS invaluable.
However when I go greenlaning in convoy with other disco3.co.uk drivers, I find myself off the TomTom map and into a green sea on the map.
As I have a mountainbike and I am just about to buy a quad bike as well I and want to be able to use a GPS device to:
1. Follow published trails using map coordinates or waypoints/tracklogs in the car and on the bike(s)
2. Capture my route when I am following a leader offroad, so I can repeat the route myself on a later date, print off maps etc
The device needs to be robust/small enough to live on the bike's handlebars.
Has anyone got any suggestions about the hardware/software/mapware combination I sould be going for?
I don't want to put a laptop on my bike, so I guess I'm looking at somehting specially for bikes that can be used in the car as well?
Thanks in advance
robAll opinions expressed in this posting are my own and are not necessarily those of someone who knows what they are talking about.
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19th Feb 2007 5:02 pm
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The much fancied Satmap launches soon. It's a rugged unit with a fantastic colour screen.
Best of all - it uses real OS Maps, identical in every way to the paper equivalent. (Well apart from the you-are-here-arrow!).
The unit will not be cheap and OS get a pound of flesh for their maps on SD cards, but for a green lane this will be the best product by far. I just have to work out if I can afford it...
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So, apart from being in a "ruggedised pda", what does this offer over say, Memory Map?
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19th Feb 2007 10:21 pm
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Go for a Garmin Quest. It is waterproof and has very detailed maps - not quite OS standard, but good enough. I used it to navigate a cycling trip across the South Downs Way last year and it was great. Still took the OS maps, but the Quest will always tell you exactly where you are. It can give OS coordinates too. And it mounts on the handlebars. Batteries last about 8 hours between charges, which is usually enough. And you can use it in the car as well.No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
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