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Onkel Neal
05-20-09, 11:13 AM
Googlemaps is great to search, zoom, and explore, but when you go to print, they cut the map down to half size, and half the page is blank. Waste!

Urg, anyone have any alternative? Mapquest appears similarly useless :dead:
Skybird
05-20-09, 11:30 AM
Why don't you use greaseproof paper, lay it on top of the screen and copy the map with a pencil? :O:
Dowly
05-20-09, 11:31 AM
Have you tried Print Screen->Paint->save an then printing it? No farking idea if it works, just yabbering. :shucks:
Contact
05-20-09, 11:32 AM
I did my maps via google earth. Well you need to put a little work into screenshots edit before applying picture to MS Word for printing but it can be done without too much efforts..

I already prepared my route maps in Kiel :)
Highbury
05-20-09, 12:08 PM
Have you tried Print Screen->Paint->save an then printing it? No farking idea if it works, just yabbering. :shucks:

Works fine, I have done that alot myself :) Only way I was able to get a full screen map picture myself from Google Maps.
mr chris
05-20-09, 12:15 PM
Planing for your trip Neal?
Could always try one of these.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=135
nikimcbee
05-20-09, 12:29 PM
Why don't you use greaseproof paper, lay it on top of the screen and copy the map with a pencil? :O:

:har::har:
FIREWALL
05-20-09, 01:13 PM
Join AAA :shucks: :yep:
Jimbuna
05-20-09, 01:20 PM
Surely a man of your means can afford a sat nav and or a road atlas :o
FIREWALL
05-20-09, 01:27 PM
Surely a man of your means can afford a sat nav and or a road atlas :o


He'll probably get a big piece of paper and some Crayola crayons and make his own map. :har:
Dowly
05-20-09, 01:51 PM
Works fine, I have done that alot myself :) Only way I was able to get a full screen map picture myself from Google Maps.

Good to know, I really had no clue if that would work. Just a quess. :up:
Aramike
05-20-09, 07:41 PM
Googlemaps is great to search, zoom, and explore, but when you go to print, they cut the map down to half size, and half the page is blank. Waste!

Urg, anyone have any alternative? Mapquest appears similarly useless :dead:Kind of a toss-up for me ... more blank paper, yes - but less expensive ink used.
Onkel Neal
05-20-09, 08:28 PM
Why don't you use greaseproof paper, lay it on top of the screen and copy the map with a pencil? :O:

Haha, ok. :D

Have you tried Print Screen->Paint->save an then printing it? No farking idea if it works, just yabbering. :shucks:

Yeah, that works, takes a few steps, I wish Google would just fix it :shucks:

Planing for your trip Neal?
Could always try one of these.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=135

Well, can you see me trying to navigate a motorcycle with that, I'd end up in a ditch for sure!:dead: Besides: $800 (gasp!)

Join AAA :shucks: :yep:

Sorry, I'm a teetotaler.

Surely a man of your means can afford a sat nav and or a road atlas :o

Oh boy, somewhere I've given you the wrong impression about my means! :haha:

Sigh, I guess I will have to break down and buy some kind of map book for the US.
Dowly
05-21-09, 02:02 AM
He'll probably get a big piece of paper and some Crayola crayons and make his own map. :har:

ROFL! :haha:
PeriscopeDepth
05-21-09, 02:36 AM
I use a MUCH older version of a Tom Tom and get by just fine when I need to use it. I've tried Garmin and prefer the Tom Toms.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000357&Description=tom%20tom&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE

I suppose you'd have to pull over on a bike for a map anywho. :)

PD
Onkel Neal
05-21-09, 08:03 AM
Yeah, that's a little better, price wise. But it needs to be waterproof :)
Syxx_Killer
05-21-09, 09:30 AM
Have you tried Rand McNally? You can print the turn-by-turn directions with maps for each step.

http://www.randmcnally.com/
Jimbuna
05-21-09, 09:33 AM
TomTom RIDER 2nd edition 3.5" GPS Navigation (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16858194054)


The TomTom Rider is the ultimate in GPS support for your motorcycle! The rugged case is waterproof, and includes heavy-duty RAM mounting hardware that fits most bikes securely. The included Cardo wireless headset gives you clear, spoken directions right in your helmet, so you can concentrate on the road. The graphic interface is clean and simple, so it’s easy to navigate with gloved fingers.


$362.98 and Free Shipping

There you go....don't go getting yourself lost now :DL
PeriscopeDepth
05-21-09, 02:41 PM
"The machine knows!..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yyKrS8jwSY

Waterproof is a good idea. ;)

PD