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Originally Posted by vinhdizzo
tangoGPS looks good. Can't figure out how to download maps ahead of time though.
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It is good, but I don't think you tried very hard to learn how to use it.
As usual, R-click the thing you are interested in, in this case, the map.
... Map Download. It'll be cached locally. I'll let you work out what "Zoom level" means
None of this is likely to work unless you have a GPS-receiver plugged in, and you have waited long enough for it to get a fix of its position. Once this happens, tangogps will centre your position on the map (Click the "Auto centre On" button).
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Originally Posted by smoker
Why not buy a paper map ? I've driven coast to coast in the USA 3 times (with a few interesting diversions) and never really needed a map.
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Too right, but today's generation can't read a map. Without GPS and a voice telling them to "Turn around", they are, mostly, completely lost: Zero understanding that that big glowing thing in the sky is usually in a particular direction, and that this exact direction might possibly change depending on what time of day it is, or roughly which hemisphere they are located in.
Noses too buried in their GPS-enabled phones to be able to look up, or around them. Meanwhile they walk directly into me on the street. [/Rant]
