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Subject:Re: Free Topo Map Sources
From:Chris S
Date:Thu, 12 May 2011 06:19:44 -0400

iPhones work great until you're out of cell service range. Or you try to drive while zooming the map. Or you typ, and retype what you're searching for. 

Chris.

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Dnia May 12, 2011 o godz. 1:53 BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):

> Loren,
> 
> Every iPhone I've ever owned and with a Map App which is a GPS system. It's nice that any address you have in browser or email can be clicked and automatically used on the program.
> 
> For example on a recent trip to Hollister Hills for Syncrofest and SdM, I could not remember how to get there. I simply typed Hollister Hills SVRA. 
> 
> 
> BenT
> 
> sent from my electronic leash
> 
> On May 11, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:58 PM, James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Get over garmin and their ilk. They have cut out universal protocol like
>>> NMEA. They charge outrageous prices for second-rate maps. Get an iPhone or
>>> droid and get a better GPS with much better functionality and much better
>>> maps for free, and let the GPS corporations die the death they deserve.
>>> 
>> 
>> Jim, you seem to have found something that has eluded me, a good FREE GPS
>> map base and routing app for Smart Phones.  The only ones I've found so far
>> are mediocre or you have to pay a monthly fee to use the full featured
>> version.  Please point me to what you have found.
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>