Ok, so what are the specifics on the software?  From where, how much, etc.

Route 66 Rider!
Ramon Hill
Live Long and Be Free

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:07 PM
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Subject: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies -
Vanagon secrets revealed-

> In the same vein, my road atlas slides in very nicely between the
> cushion and swivel mechanism on the passenger side, with about an inch
> sticking
out.

All these people with road atlas ... my my use the space under the pass seat
to stash the laptop :) I just did 16K KM's Victoria BC to Quebec City PQ &
back We went with only our Garmin NRoute S/W (not a plug for Garmin S/W
realy needs work but does function), GPS receiver, & laptop no Atlas here
any more :) (well we do keep out plastic covered map of BC & AB :) But I
have got to say driving with GPS & routing software realy removed the stress
I navigated in thrid world Sask.  tractor trails from 11PM to 3AM to the
Grass Land National park on the border of Sask & Montana with some of the
roads no more than gravel tracks with out one wrong turn, and most 'gravel
intersections'
w/o
a sign I never would have been able to do that so easy with an 'Atlas' ...
or hitting the big city & just drving right to the historic point or museum
w/o the usual 5 wrong turns and an xtra hr in the car are times of the past

And to be able to book mark waypoints to 'secret' lakes and beaches that I
may not get back to for years but I can now just share those waypoints with
friends is realy cool...

which reminds me some one said they would start a memebers secret vanagon
spots where was that again we can post simple gps coords ...

end rant

ps. so if your next vanagon upgrade does not include a gps think again :)