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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 06:42 AM
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Do you guys use a simple road map/and a water proof tank bag?

GPS with mulitple points?

Play the 'turn left' ....'turn right'....game at each interesection?

My android phone is pretty good at voice nav (helpful because I dont have to look at the gps while riding) - but having a hard time plotting mulitple scenic points.

Do you use anything specific?
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 07:21 AM
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I use GPS. Just cause it says that I have to turn left does not mean that I do. If this road looks good to go down thats looks good to me to good down. But then the GPS recalculates and I do end up where I need to go. Also when I do get lost, GPS knows where the gas stations are and knows how to get back home.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 12:18 PM
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Yeah I used to use my gps when I would get lost intentionally. I find some trips online and love to map it out ahead of time. A lot of left and rights on random little back roads. Thats what I'd love to be able to track before I go out.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by freakyb
Yeah I used to use my gps when I would get lost intentionally. I find some trips online and love to map it out ahead of time. A lot of left and rights on random little back roads. Thats what I'd love to be able to track before I go out.

Some of the best riding road are from by accident...just saying
 
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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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IPAD on the tank bag now ........ Geek in motion
 
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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IPAD on the tank bag now ........ Geek in motion

ohh...never thought of that. that would do exactly what I would want with my phone without mounting it to the handlebars (id be afraid a bump would loose it).

You get rained on with that setup?

Do you have multiple destinations setup with googlemaps? Or do you use that for simple navigation?
 
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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you can create favorites with your android phone. then you an pick one to nav to. just listen to the audio in headphones or bluetooth.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SLORider18
you can create favorites with your android phone. then you an pick one to nav to. just listen to the audio in headphones or bluetooth.
Can you string them along? I can't find that ability. My gps is too good at finding a direct route. I don't want to be direct -- I want to wander around.
 
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by freakyb
ohh...never thought of that. that would do exactly what I would want with my phone without mounting it to the handlebars (id be afraid a bump would loose it).

You get rained on with that setup?

Do you have multiple destinations setup with googlemaps? Or do you use that for simple navigation?
apps : motion x. Gps & Tom Tom & other marine apps
 
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Old Oct 8, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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Regular maps are satisfying, though. They make me feel like a famous explorer.
 
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