To be honest - I can read a map fairly well generally, but I have to have reference points; on a mountain when the mist drops, clues and evidence are not easy; I have tried the Garmin but it is so fiddly getting through the menus that I basically reach the point of chucking it away. I carry three scales of map with me on these treks. Most maps that I have seen on SatNav are intended for drivers (not of the golfing variety), I just want a GPS reader.
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I have a bluetooth GPS receiver that I do not use anymore that would work with any Pocket PC with Bluetooth. This would be your ideal solution as there is a software app that can use OS maps to display your location.
The beauty of a plasticised paper map is that it spreads out as big as you like, and the whole area can be seen; when you are up in the mountains, the vista is so wide, it is beyond any tiny picture on a laptop down, let alone the effects of sunlight and drizzle. Pocket PC is talking real money, neither do I have a wifi account, which I assume will be required for maps; I know OS maps on file are rather near the normal number of limbs in payment. I once looked into it when considering it for architectural work.
I ve just read the comments...and I m crying ....yes CRYING with laughter, I CANNOT read a map to give directions, (well I can!! ) but I won t give you the destination you want to be at!!!
This is just sooo funny for me....as I have given HH the wrong directions to go somewhere so simple we have ended up at the other end of the country..!! I won t explain it here..... but this has happened so many times..........and when he called me YES..... SAT NAG!!! yep I have to agree....because I am crap at giving directions..... read# read# read# read# read# Soooo funny!!
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