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I love adversarial discussions of the meanings of specific words. Do they mean what I want them to mean? Who decides? FWIW, you'll be asked constantly, in all sorts of languages, throughout your trip whether you're using a GPS. If you answer "No, I've got SatNav instead," no one's going to get it.
But what I really want to know is why does your website keep saying "four continents" when your maps clearly show five? This sort of discrepancy doesn't lend itself to discussions about the variable meanings of specific words.
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But what I really want to know is why does your website keep saying "four continents" when your maps clearly show five? This sort of discrepancy doesn't lend itself to discussions about the variable meanings of specific words.
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Yes I know it does but we're barely gonna touch Europe therefore I only count: 1-South America; 2-North America; 3-Australia; 4-Asia.
Since we're not really visiting Europe but rather trying to get away from it I didn't dare including it in my calculations  It's just not fair I think I've been to one website of some RTW travelers and they had all the continents shown as if they've been there - when I clicked on Africa - they went down to Marocco and back - that doesn't really count does it? It's not like you've been to Africa - you've barely scratched the surface IMO. Same for us and counting Europe in
Apart from that how did you like the website overall? Any tips to make it more usable? easier to read? I'll be working on it shortly to make it better!
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But what I really want to know is why does your website keep saying "four continents" when your maps clearly show five? This sort of discrepancy doesn't lend itself to discussions about the variable meanings of specific words.
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Maybe because he skips Africa:
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GPS is for navigators. Be they on land, sea or in the air.
Satnav is GPS that is dummed down by software for the masses so they can find a McD's/tesco's/the way to their mates house while avoiding speed traps etc.
I know someone (car driver), who says it shows him when a sharp bend is coming up FFS! 
They all use the same data, but can display in differing coordinate formats.
Find yourself a nice cheap Garmin 276c in good condition and some extra memory cards and load it with SmellyBikers Wonderlust maps.
They are enough and you never know, you may be able to contribute back the Wonderlust DB. 
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You say potato, but I say potahto. I count five, but you count four. And there was something about SatNav as well.....
I liked the look of the site--very classy, very smooth. I didn't really try to check into it, since this morning I was planning to have a tire delivered and installed and be out of here....but now it looks like I'm stuck waiting for at least another day. Sigh. I'll have a more thorough look later on.
What I'll say from the start is that I'm always trying to check up on websites while I'm on the road, and the ones which take a long time to load I stop bothering with. Same with threads on forums like the HUBB which include endless photos; I can never wait around long enough for the page to finish loading, so I've learned who to avoid completely. It's different if I'm home with reliable, fast connections.
Don't know if that applies to your site, or if it's of interest.
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This is what you need ! I'm putting one on my DRZ.. I wonder if touratech make a bracket ! ??
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This is what you need ! I'm putting one on my DRZ.. I wonder if touratech make a bracket ! ??
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You kill me! I hope you'll make it to the Mini HU Meeting in Inverness at the end of May
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This is what you need ! I'm putting one on my DRZ.. I wonder if touratech make a bracket ! ??
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No No No No, what you need is one of these https://sites.google.com/site/threew...he-sun-compass
None of this daft riding in the dark so you can have a quick look up Orions Belt at Uranus business.  
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Hehehe!
Back to the topic
I've looked at 276C in comparison with the 60CSx ?
The 276 looks like a full blown navigator's tool and is really expensive when compared to 60CSx and to be honest hard to get as there's a newer 278 on the market now. The 60CSx sounds really good and is I guess reasonably priced at 203 quid on ebay.
I think we'll go with the 60 series.
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You kill me! I hope you'll make it to the Mini HU Meeting in Inverness at the end of May
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I'll try... Depends if the sky is clear so I can fix a bearing ! Otherwise, No !!
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I don't know who Orion is, but I'm sure he won't be too happy with you looking at his anus.. 
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I liked the look of the site--very classy, very smooth. I didn't really try to check into it, since this morning I was planning to have a tire delivered and installed and be out of here....but now it looks like I'm stuck waiting for at least another day. Sigh. I'll have a more thorough look later on.
I can never wait around long enough for the page to finish loading, so I've learned who to avoid completely. It's different if I'm home with reliable, fast connections.
Don't know if that applies to your site, or if it's of interest.
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It definitely applies. I've downsized the photographs trying to avoid loosing the quality but the entire site - all photos and galleries including backgrounds etc. is about 50MB in size so hopefully you shouldn't have too much problem viewing it. It's definitely very important IMO. The photos need to open rapidly and hasslefree or nobody will waste time to wait for their download.
Let us know how you get on I'd be definitely very interested in hearing your thoughts. Same goes for all you other geezers outthere! Let us know what you think about the website!
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It definitely applies. I've downsized the photographs trying to avoid loosing the quality
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See if you can find something like Atomic Web Page Size Calculator - Web page size and download speed calculator. to check how fast your site loads to others on the net.
Think about using a javascript plugin like "Lightbox" so you only load a thumbnail... those interested can click to enlarge
Example: BikerBytes: Alternators and Things
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Think about using a javascript plugin like "Lightbox" so you only load a thumbnail... those interested can click to enlarge
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I would absolutely stay away from any site that did that. The site has to be seen the way it is, no clicking this to look at a photo, if it is not there, it I won't go looking for it. Just my personal opinion of course
Back to the subject - If you want a routable GPS, make sure you can read the screen from where it sits on the dash, handlebar or whatever to where you are sitting in a normal riding position. The last thing you need or want to do is to stop and read it, it has to be useful on the move when riding through traffic, if that is what you are using it for. If it is just to record the days tracks, then put it in the tank bag out of sight and it will still work.
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Thanks for these links! I'll check these out! As far as the images on the web are concerned I'm using Lightbox but the images you see as thumbnails on our website are actually the images you're seeing in lightbox although just shown as smaller (they're not resized or resampled in anyway). This way as TS mentioned what you see is what you get. Each image is about 100-200 Kb so it shouldn't be too much of a problem to view it.
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Back to the subject - If you want a routable GPS, make sure you can read the screen from where it sits on the dash, handlebar or whatever to where you are sitting in a normal riding position. The last thing you need or want to do is to stop and read it, it has to be useful on the move when riding through traffic, if that is what you are using it for. If it is just to record the days tracks, then put it in the tank bag out of sight and it will still work.
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The first continent ahead of us is SA. To buy routable maps to cover SA might be quite a lot of money I think. I'm thinking about the GPS more for figuring out where I am and if my heading is roughly right to get me where I want to be rather than travelling through City Centre on a turn by turn basis.
What I need the GPS to do is to show me a map of where I am, give me my coordinates, have a compas and a capability to use routable maps if I need it to. Does GPSmap 60CSx do that? I know it says it does that on their website but is that actually the case?
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Find yourself a nice cheap Garmin 276c in good condition and some extra memory cards and load it with SmellyBikers Wonderlust maps.
They are enough and you never know, you may be able to contribute back the Wonderlust DB.
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Could you tell me how this one compares with the Garmin GPSmap 60CSx ? Is it pretty much the same capabilities? I see that the screen is definitely bigger on 276c.
Thanks for the info. I'll definitely check this one out.
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