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JimDantin · 10-01-03, 04:54 PM

I use Mapopolis Navigator and I'm quite happy with it for both in-town and cross-country navigation.

If I'm planning a trip into a new area, I use Streets & Trips to identify all of the counties that I might be interested in. I add in the Major Roads maps for each state that I'll be travelling through. I copy all of those maps into a folder on my SD card. As an example, for a recent trip from Louisville KY to Charlotte NC (500 miles) I had 27 maps totalling 14 MB. I have over 550 maps on my SD card right now totalling 154 MB.

Identifying the counties and extracting them from the individual state ZIP files is a bit of a pain (Mapopolis has been promising some sort of utility to help with that chore) but I only need to do it for long-distance trips. I have all of my local area in a folder that I use for normal day-to-day travel, and for looking up addresses.

I also have all of the major road maps for the US and Canada in a folder (58 maps, 18 MB) so I can easily handle long-distance travel by just adding a few county maps as needed.

I've looked at a few other packages and they each have strong and weak points. Visit GPSPassion.com or PocketPCLouiville.com for reviews.

I use the mapping program constantly -- both with and without the GPS. It's one of the most beneficial applications that I have on my Axim.

10-01-03, 04:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
JimDantin Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 44 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I use Mapopolis Navigator and I'm quite happy with it for both in-town and cross-country navigation. If I'm planning a trip into a new area, I use Streets & Trips to identify all of the counties that I might be interested in. I add in the Major Roads maps for each state that I'll be travelling through. I copy all of those maps into a folder on my SD card. As an example, for a recent trip from Louisville KY to Charlotte NC (500 miles) I had 27 maps totalling 14 MB. I have over 550 maps on my SD card right now totalling 154 MB. Identifying the counties and extracting them from the individual state ZIP files is a bit of a pain (Mapopolis has been promising some sort of utility to help with that chore) but I only need to do it for long-distance trips. I have all of my local area in a folder that I use for normal day-to-day travel, and for looking up addresses. I also have all of the major road maps for the US and Canada in a folder (58 maps, 18 MB) so I can easily handle long-distance travel by just adding a few county maps as needed. I've looked at a few other packages and they each have strong and weak points. Visit GPSPassion.com or PocketPCLouiville.com for reviews. I use the mapping program constantly -- both with and without the GPS. It's one of the most beneficial applications that I have on my Axim.