Hi PanEropean

I certainly agree it's a lot easier to have your own laptop with you. The whole thing is thought for situations where you either do not want to carry a laptop or, that's my reason for this, where you want to save weight. Even if you buy the smallest and lightest laptop it'll cost you at least 2kg (including charger, cables, bag, CDs, etc.). I'd say even 4-7kg is realistic if you cannot spend a fortune on it. That's weight and space I want to save for more important stuff like tools, spares and water. Actually I had to send my laptop back home in the middle of my last trip to get rid of the extra weight. Crossing a desert is tricky, sometimes...

Installing MapSource might be difficult if the admin of the iCafe restricted access to certain system ressources. To bypass this would be a real pain in the ass for non-IT-professionals. The above solution works completely without any installations and should work on any system where unknown exe-files aren't restricted, therefore in most iCafes.

By the way, it was the first try. I found a software in the meantime to read Garmin map index files and to show them graphicaly. This works also with Garmin map files, even with the secured ones. I do not want to advertise the software here cause it might be illegal. Drop me a mail if you want further informations.

Save rides, Kudi
(17km to Zürich ;-)

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