There's been a few discussions about using GPS units on tour on these lists, and on my recent Tour Across France, I found a little-mentioned setting on the Garmin MapSource software which turned the GPS unit from being a nice toy/substitute computer to an almost-essential touring tool:
http://piaw.blogspot.com/2008/09/introducing-piaw-routing.html It's obviously most useful for people who do dynamic routing on their GPS units (as described in: http://piaw.blogspot.com/2008/05/tips-on-using-garmin-76csx.html), and do self-support multi-day tours. It does have interesting quirks (as described in the article), but with this tool, I found roads that I never would have found otherwise, so I'm publishing how to use it in the hopes of seeing others use it (and refine it). -- Piaw Na http://piaw.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
