If you have a 3G card to use, can you not use something like Googlemaps/earth?
Rgds Ken On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 11:23 +0100, Alex Barrett wrote: > All, > > Thanks for your replies so far guys but Is there nothing out there like > Autoroute? or a method to get Autoroute to work. > > They also have contracts for farm machinery transportation so YES they > do send me to vague addresses, I can assure you that "Grenaciers Farm, > Yzeure" is a valid address to the transport office! > > I am oldschool in my methods most the time, and I own lots of maps, but > my new company has routes going everywhere from Bulgaria to Portugal, > and carrying enough maps with enough detail on them for that area simply > takes up too much room, when my laptop could hopefully do the job. > > I also have a 3G card on the Vodaphone network, that does work abroad, > in fact I used it in Denmark a few months ago and for 3 hours usage over > a week I had to pay £157 - I can't remember how many MB that worked out > as but I would imagine Google Earth or the suchlike would kill it. > > So thank you for your suggestions but I REALLY need an offline, desktop, > mapping solution as nothing else fits my needs. > > Thank you. > > Alex > > > > > Ged wrote: > > Alex Barrett wrote: > > > >> My SatNav is good but only up to a certain point when you start > >> searching for things with vague addresses. > >> > >> > > I'm a private hire driver and I would tell you to use a map and plan > > your routes so you learn the roads. Use the gps on the final run into > > town. We have drivers who are totally lost if it isn't on the tom tom. > > They don't learn anything. > > As for things with vague addresses, they shouldn't be sending goods to > > places like that. > > Ask truck drivers at motorway service stations for directions. They'll > > tell you every road number on your route, and one day you'll do the same !! > > Good Luck > > Ged. > > > > > > > > > >
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