Downloadable Road Atlas

[Lucky Larry]

We'd like to have a road atlas on our laptop that we can pull up when traveling that shows much more of the road detail than does a AAA paper map or a Rand McNallay Road Atlas book one can buy. We use a GPS for driving but we like to know where we're going and what alternatives there are. We also do not have internet connectable phones or laptop unless we have wifi a a stop.

Any suggestions.

 

[Passepartout]

If you have an iPad or other tablet, you can load map portions, for instance the route you will be following (it's outlined in blue) and many miles radius. Refresh it with new sections whenever you get wi-fi. I do this when I'm traveling to an unfamiliar city. Basically center the map on either the airport or wherever I'm staying. Then you can toggle between 'map view' or 'satellite view', and scale it (zoom in or out) just by pinching or spreading your fingers on the screen. If you get a tablet or iPad with 3G, it will update constantly.

This app comes standard. There may be other mapping apps available.

If you are using a laptop, you could get something like Microsoft's Streets and Trips. It has a GPS antenna and is pretty much self contained. Here's a review: http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/2380-review-microsoft-streets-trips

Happy travels

Jim Ricks

 

[nalismom]

We recently traveled to Spain and had a car to visit different regions. I have an IPad with wifi but like you would have no Internet connection while on the road. I downloaded an APP called 'citymaps2go' and was able to choose the maps I needed and downloaded them. Very useful since I could zoom in and also search landmarks, hotels, restaurants, etc. I highly recommend it.

 

[mrpickle]

Delorme

http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=10120

I like the Delorme it has all the things a GPS has as well it has a lot more information about each town and city along the way!
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