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Hi guys,
I'm getting bewildered by options so I thought I'd ask STW. My problem is:
Going to be riding in France later this year, I have the following:
Paper map of the area.
E-trex GPS
suitable USB cable
Old (G3 OS x10.2.8) iBook
NO internet in France!
What I'd like to do in an ideal world is scan a section of the paper map, using software on the mac set the map datums on the scan and then be able to draw routes and up load to the GPS. Can this be done? If so what software do I need?
If I get desperate then I may be able to use a shonky old PC laptop but I'd rather not go this route.
If the answer's no then I'll just have to map read like in the good old days.....
Does no one know the answer, I'm disappointed in STW!
What about using Wikiloc, draw the route on Google Earth, download to Wikiloc, upload to GPS and voila,Robert est son onkle.
Might be worth looking into cost of a French pay-as-you-go USB mobile broadband modem as I can't see any other workaround.
I don't really want to go down the online route. I know GPSutility will do what I want but it only appears to be available for windows and the free version is limited to a 2000 x 2000 pixel bitmap, the full version is a bit steep for a once in a while use (I use tracklogs in the UK).
I know what I want to do is relatively easy technically but I can't find the software to do it.
Any ideas?
I paid somewhere around £30 or £40 for French mapping software including a healthy chunk of the French Alps. Easy to do route planning on there and transfer it to an eTrex (exactly what I use). Software is called "Georando".
French mapping on-line here:
[url= http://www.geoportail.fr/visu2D.do?ter=metropole ]http://www.geoportail.fr/visu2D.do?ter=metropole[/url]
select cartes/cartesIGN
Not sure if there route planning stuff there but worth a play