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tlz · 09-23-03, 10:03 AM

I have been considering getting into the PDA-GPS game for some time. Still undecided if I want to do it over using AAA and Street & Trips with detailed maps. Most folks on this forum would be in favor of PDA-GPS so please help convince me that I need to make the plunge. Let's use a trip I made last summer as an example.

Traveled from Central FL to Amish Country in Ohio - in and about 4-5 counties, then on to Flint, MI and from there to Columbus, OH then straight back to Central FL. I don't have much in the way of hardware questions, but the software issues are another matter. Thinking now of Mapopolis Navigator, Pocket Map Nav., or Routis 2004 and how they would handle this trip.

First of all, I would only be traveling with the PDA - no laptop computer. Since I occasionally leave the interstate for a nearby point of interest, I would need to have maps available for leaving the major highway for a short distance say, up to 10 miles. Once in Ohio, we just started traveling around the local small towns for things to see or visit. There were not pre- planned stops, just spur of the moment trips. The rest of the trip involved those preplanned stops.

I gather I would have to have a lot of SD memory tied up in maps. If you don't have the maps of the areas of interest - you have NO maps, correct? How hard is it to set something like this -up before starting out? How hard to setup along the way. Long question - your thoughts please (read- is it worth it?)

09-23-03, 10:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
tlz Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 21 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	PDA GPS - Do I really want it? I have been considering getting into the PDA-GPS game for some time. Still undecided if I want to do it over using AAA and Street & Trips with detailed maps. Most folks on this forum would be in favor of PDA-GPS so please help convince me that I need to make the plunge. Let's use a trip I made last summer as an example. Traveled from Central FL to Amish Country in Ohio - in and about 4-5 counties, then on to Flint, MI and from there to Columbus, OH then straight back to Central FL. I don't have much in the way of hardware questions, but the software issues are another matter. Thinking now of Mapopolis Navigator, Pocket Map Nav., or Routis 2004 and how they would handle this trip. First of all, I would only be traveling with the PDA - no laptop computer. Since I occasionally leave the interstate for a nearby point of interest, I would need to have maps available for leaving the major highway for a short distance say, up to 10 miles. Once in Ohio, we just started traveling around the local small towns for things to see or visit. There were not pre- planned stops, just spur of the moment trips. The rest of the trip involved those preplanned stops. I gather I would have to have a lot of SD memory tied up in maps. If you don't have the maps of the areas of interest - you have NO maps, correct? How hard is it to set something like this -up before starting out? How hard to setup along the way. Long question - your thoughts please (read- is it worth it?)