Hey, topos are still in style. That is all I use. A topo with a cave location is the simplest thing. You have not navigated until the one klick grid is solid green and no contour lines or blue lines and your life depended on knowing where your were. Ask me how we did it and I will tell you a story at the NM convention coming up fast.
Preston in KY On Monday, May 29, 2017 10:58 AM, Pete Lindsley via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: Charles and David: I thought Navigon was a bit pricy, particularly since long ago I had purchased iHike, following many years of use of MacGPS Pro on a Mac. [https://www.ihikegps.com/] "No charges for Maps…Ever" . Download your maps when you have internet access. Take track logs and set waypoints in the field, and if you missed a map you can download it later to see where that new-found cave waypoint is located. Sailors will be interested in a related IOS application called iSail. Larry James does a great job updating his apps and listens to his user's suggestions. - Pete On May 28, 2017, at 6:12 PM, Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers wrote: I'd suggest using your smartphone, and IMHO, google maps is superior to anything else, including the dedicated ones. The fact that it's always updating and you can send corrections as well is great. It will do offline mapping, but it isn't the best at that. I do keep another app on my iPhone as a backup that has offline maps, Navigon. On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 2:12 PM, David via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: This may surprise the young cavers, but just about 5 years ago, most cavers did not have any kind of street navigation gadget in their cars. I can only guess that 40% either have a dedicated navigation gadget in their car, or they mount their large smartphone or phablets in a bracket. I hope to purchase a dedicated navigation gadget this week. Anybody have any tips ? Is a touch-screen an important feature ? Is a slim model an important feature ? Does brand matter ? Why not just get a 2nd phone line ? David lockleardlocklea...@gmail.com ______________________________ _________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/ listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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