a long way off, but a chance of heading to Europe in the summer of next year for some cycle touring, fully loaded and fully self sufficient
just working through some very basic logistics now and was wondering if any of you with cycle touring experience could assist in route planning and using GPS as a back up guide to physical maps
i would prefer to use a paper map and use that as my primary, but would also like a safety net for just in case
not interested in a garmin or other hand held device
i'll have my macbook air and a smart phone (HTC One) and hoping that will be more than enough to get by on?
google maps seems like the obvious choice, but i doubt i will have wifi coverage whilst riding.....can you download whilst online and use later while out riding? ( apologies if this is a basic tech question that I should know the answer to)
can you preplan a route and download whilst online and then use it to guide you whilst not online??
countries covered will hopefully be The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain & Portugal
thanks if you can help me out
cheers.
just working through some very basic logistics now and was wondering if any of you with cycle touring experience could assist in route planning and using GPS as a back up guide to physical maps
i would prefer to use a paper map and use that as my primary, but would also like a safety net for just in case
not interested in a garmin or other hand held device
i'll have my macbook air and a smart phone (HTC One) and hoping that will be more than enough to get by on?
google maps seems like the obvious choice, but i doubt i will have wifi coverage whilst riding.....can you download whilst online and use later while out riding? ( apologies if this is a basic tech question that I should know the answer to)
can you preplan a route and download whilst online and then use it to guide you whilst not online??
countries covered will hopefully be The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain & Portugal
thanks if you can help me out
cheers.