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« Reply #40 on: July 18, 2012, 06:39:41 AM »
Quote from: sprint_st on July 18, 2012, 03:52:34 AM



I agree with you, but GPS is only as good as the maps it is built on.  MapQuest and Google are the same.  Lots of back roads areas can't be trusted on paper or GPS.


If you're using state / province maps for touring outside most urban areas, as I'm sure most riders do, they just don't have the detail of many secondary roads that you will find on a GPS. Many of those roads only appear on the sort of maps that Delorme publishes in those big atlas books.
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« Reply #41 on: July 18, 2012, 09:31:43 AM »
Loved my 2610 ... I haven't gotten to the point with my 660. Maybe it is a little about the human error. I try to carry a paper map of where I am also.  
As several have said"the big picture"
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« Reply #42 on: July 18, 2012, 11:22:32 AM »
Quote from: Huron52 on July 18, 2012, 09:31:43 AM

Loved my 2610 ... I haven't gotten to the point with my 660. Maybe it is a little about the human error. I try to carry a paper map of where I am also.  
As several have said"the big picture"


One other thing to remember is ....electronics can fail!!!

Learned that from boating.  Even though we had LORAN, GPS, Radar I always kept a running plot on the chart.

I may be old school but I like being able to see the "big picture" on a map/chart.


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« Reply #43 on: July 19, 2012, 03:36:56 PM »
Visited AAA yesterday to pick up some free paper maps for the VT, NH, MN, NB, NS and NF.  Sadly, no map existed for Labrador.  Probably not necessary as there are only 3 roads. Lol I like the BIG PICTURE too.  Always carry paper.
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« Reply #44 on: July 19, 2012, 03:50:03 PM »
Quote from: X1Glider on July 19, 2012, 03:36:56 PM

Visited AAA yesterday to pick up some free paper maps for the VT, NH, MN, NB, NS and NF.  Sadly, no map existed for Labrador.  Probably not necessary as there are only 3 roads. Lol I like the BIG PICTURE too.  Always carry paper.


Chances are that you will only ride the road along the south coast and that should be on your NL (used to be NF ) map. I found that the AAA maps can be very lacking in detail so if it's nice quiet roads that you're looking for, go for one of the big name maps.

If you ride the Labrador coast. Be sure to stop at the site of the wreck of the HMS Raleigh and go to Red Bay and visit the museums there. I've done it twice and would do it again in a heartbeat. And make a reservation at the Northern Light Inn - one of the few motels along that road and a pretty decent one at that. And it has a restaurant.

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« Reply #45 on: July 19, 2012, 04:07:47 PM »
I have a handheld GPS (Garmin Oregon) which is useful for finding geocaches and if I should get lost, but frankly there's nothing like the foldable, and free, AAA maps.  It's probably a link to my childhood when I used to sit in the back of the car during road trips and navigate using the free Gousha and Rand McNally maps that the gas stations gave away.  Burying my head in a map in the back seat on a hot day (before air conditioning) was infinitely better than arguing with my sister.
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« Reply #46 on: July 19, 2012, 04:26:50 PM »
Quote from: k0guz on July 19, 2012, 04:07:47 PM

 there's nothing like the foldable, and free, AAA maps.  



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« Reply #47 on: July 19, 2012, 04:59:12 PM »
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« Reply #48 on: July 19, 2012, 05:08:27 PM »
Quote from: GerryPetrecca on July 18, 2012, 11:22:32 AM



One other thing to remember is ....electronics can fail!!!

I may be old school but I like being able to see the "big picture" on a map/chart.


Just my $.02

Gerry


Had that experience just a few weeks ago.  Wouldn't ride without my zumo, but always carry good old paper maps. Helps you see the big picture, and they are intuitive. You don't always need to see the detail in rural areas, you can pretty much figure where a road may go. With GPS, you always know what the next turn is, but you don't always know where you are in realationship to where you are headed.  

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« Reply #49 on: July 19, 2012, 05:12:37 PM »
Quote from: David Morrow on July 19, 2012, 03:50:03 PM



Chances are that you will only ride the road along the south coast and that should be on your NL (used to be NF ) map. I found that the AAA maps can be very lacking in detail so if it's nice quiet roads that you're looking for, go for one of the big name maps.

If you ride the Labrador coast. Be sure to stop at the site of the wreck of the HMS Raleigh and go to Red Bay and visit the museums there. I've done it twice and would do it again in a heartbeat. And make a reservation at the Northern Light Inn - one of the few motels along that road and a pretty decent one at that. And it has a restaurant.

http://www.ldrider.ca/2007AtlanticCanada/the-ride/2007-page03.htm





I'll be making the up and over loop from the south coast through red bay up to Lab city and over to where those French reject people are.  But I will be stopping places to take in some history.

The car Garmin only shows enough road in Lab to go from the boat ramp to red bay.  The rest of the trans lab and even the road to Cartwright doesn't exist.
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« Reply #50 on: July 19, 2012, 05:18:10 PM »
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I'll be making the up and over loop from the south coast through red bay up to Lab city and over to where those French reject people are.  But I will be stopping places to take in some history.

The car Garmin only shows enough road in Lab to go from the boat ramp to red bay.  The rest of the trans lab and even the road to Cartwright doesn't exist.


I would do a little more digging; I seem to recall that in the last year or two the road north from Red Bay has been pushed through. Streets & Trips shows a road to Cartwright - Hwy 510. My FJR isn't up to the job so I didn't pursue it. And then there's the ferry north from Cartwright.

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« Reply #51 on: July 19, 2012, 05:31:06 PM »
Quote from: X1Glider on July 19, 2012, 03:36:56 PM

Visited AAA yesterday to pick up some free paper maps for the VT, NH, MN, NB, NS and NF.  Sadly, no map existed for Labrador.  Probably not necessary as there are only 3 roads. Lol I like the BIG PICTURE too.  Always carry paper.


If you have time, contact the province dept of tourism and ask them to send you a map. Or, message me and I'll send you the maps that I was going to use for our trip last fall that we never did  Sad
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« Reply #52 on: July 19, 2012, 05:45:20 PM »
Quote from: Mrs. DantesDame on July 19, 2012, 05:31:06 PM



 Or, message me and I'll send you the maps that I was going to use for our trip last fall that we never did  Sad


I'm hoping these maps are paper. Right?


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« Reply #53 on: July 19, 2012, 08:21:28 PM »
Quote from: David Morrow on July 19, 2012, 05:18:10 PM



I would do a little more digging; I seem to recall that in the last year or two the road north from Red Bay has been pushed through. Streets & Trips shows a road to Cartwright - Hwy 510. My FJR isn't up to the job so I didn't pursue it. And then there's the ferry north from Cartwright.

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It is indeed complete.  I was saying"according to the Garmin car GPS", the road doesn't exist.

From the Translab website:

ANNOUNCEMENT: The last section of the Trans-Labrador Highway, from Goose Bay to Cartwright, is now OPEN!
According to a short article in the April 2010 issue of Canadian Geographic magazine, this highway is now OPEN. This completes the entire Trans-Labrador Highway from Labrador City all the way to Blanc Sablon (technically in Quebec).
Therefore you can now do a circle tour from Baie Comeau (Quebec), north to Labrador City, east across to Goose Bay, down to Blanc Sablon via Cartwright, take the ferry across the Strait of Belle Isle to Newfoundland, drive south down the west coast of Newfoundland to Port aux Basques, from where you can take the ferry across to Nova Scotia.
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« Reply #54 on: July 19, 2012, 08:23:00 PM »
Quote from: Kneescrubber on July 19, 2012, 05:45:20 PM



I'm hoping these maps are paper. Right?


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Of course they are.  If not, they wouldn't be in the Gadget forum, would they? Lol
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« Reply #55 on: July 19, 2012, 08:32:45 PM »
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If you have time, contact the province dept of tourism and ask them to send you a map. Or, message me and I'll send you the maps that I was going to use for our trip last fall that we never did  Sad

Contacting them is indeed my next step.  There's a website for the trans-lab too.  http://tlhwy.com/  Can get road conditions, etc off of it.

Seems simple enough to me.  Get on it, twist throttle, stay on.  If you get lost, you deserve to never be seen again by other humans. Razz

As for what there may be to see, history or site-wise, along the way, you may hear an inquiry out of me.  Don't want to miss anything as I'll probably not get the chance to do it again.  A lot more of the world that needs seeing yet. Thumbsup
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« Reply #56 on: July 20, 2012, 05:49:42 AM »
Quote from: Cablebandit on July 19, 2012, 04:26:50 PM

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Spoilsport!  The AAA said years ago that the maps were a free benefit.  You mean they were stretching the truth?  Unbelievable!
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« Reply #57 on: July 23, 2012, 09:34:35 PM »
I prefer paper maps for the macro view, but if you're in town or trying to find an address, they're terrible, so I finally paid the outrageous price for a Zumo.  It's nice to be able to see the distance to destination or nearby gas stations or where to turn on some poorly marked intersections.
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« Reply #58 on: July 25, 2012, 01:12:36 PM »
Paper for "big picture" only. I hate folding them.
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« Reply #59 on: July 25, 2012, 04:14:52 PM »
Quote from: Kneescrubber on July 04, 2012, 06:21:41 PM

anyone besides me use them?


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