The Best Maps, Apps, and GPS Systems for Truck Campers. Share. Share. Share. Email. Truck Camper Magazine readers reveal their navigational preferences. Here are the best maps, GPS devices, and smartphone apps. Dont miss Janet Carters window tossed GPS, and Tracy Schusters cartoon. Time Bandits is one of my all time favorite movies. If you are unfamiliar with the 1. Terry Gilliam film, its an intensely imaginative time travel and adventure story featuring an eleven year old boy, six thieving dwarves, and an ominous Supreme Being who chases the aforementioned gaggle through history to recover his stolen map. Anyway, there are a series of scenes in Time Bandits which immediately sprung to mind while reading the responses to this weeks Question of the Week. In the film, the Supreme Being appears as a giant menacing face bellowing the words, Return the map It will bring you great danger. Stop NowMost of us have experienced a GPS sending us to Timbuktu when you were just trying to get across town. Or had a GPS tell us to get off the next exit, only to have us immediately get back on the highway. My personal favorite is when our GPS shows us traveling off road or even over water when were on a road it doesnt know. Perhaps the Supreme Being in Time Bandits had finally had it with his GPS, and just wanted his trusty map back. From reading the responses, it sounds like more than a few of us have had that experience. I also deeply appreciated the readers who resented the idea of an electronic device telling them where to go. As I was reading these comments, I thought, Yeah, whos the boss Me or my GPS After all, our slogan isnt, Go Anywhere, As Long As Our GPS Says Its Okay. Would we drive off a bridge if our GPS told us too Heck noWe reserve the right to throw caution to the wind, and just explore no map, no GPS, and no stinking smartphone. As Jean Luc Picard used to say on Star Trek The Next Generation, and I am paraphrasing, Lets see whats out there. Warp 9. Make it soReader Responses Best Maps, Apps, and GPS Systems. Almost everyone stated that the cabover did not interfere with their GPS reception. These repeated comments have been omitted, unless they had a specific point, or indeed had experienced an issue with GPS reception. This weeks Question of the Week was, What do you use to navigate when youre truck camping You might want to go get a pen and paper. There are some great ideas and specific navigational tips. Living in Alaska, navigation is relatively simple as there are very few roads. But, when we are looking for something specific like a trail, or perhaps a camping location someone has referred us to, we use the Alaska Gazetteer map book. Very seldom does someone give you a latitude longitude coordinate. Its usually an explanation using landmarks, or the Gazetteer. We have a built in navigation system in the Ram. We use it when looking for an address in Anchorage that we are not familiar with. I like the built in GPS because Im one of those who will not ask for directions. It also cuts out the arguments on which way to go between the sweet wife and myself. Tom Warren, 2. Dodge Ram 3. 50. 0 2. Eagle Cap 1. 16. 0I gave up on the GPS after it sent me the wrong way yet again. I threw it out the window into a field. I use the Rand Mc. Nally Road Atlas and, if needed, free state maps from tourist bureaus at state lines. Since Im driving alone, I have to be my own navigator. I scribble down the days itinerary with exit numbers and mileages. This paper sits beside me on the front seat with the atlas. Janet CarterWe use everything available. Before a trip we get the latest AAA maps and tour guides. The Silverado has a WIFI hot spot, On. Star, and is GPS equipped. We also carry the Good Sam Rand Mc.
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