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Originally Posted by PanEuropean
Well, my moto touring is very different than yours. I looked at your blog, and at the places you have been, and the only place that a dedicated GPS navigator with a commercial database would have done you any good (considering the cartography available at the time you made your trips) would have been on your Australia tour, and that was nearly 20 years ago.
Earlier this week, I finished a 10,000 km trip from Zurich to the Peloponnese and back, taking in all but one of the former Yugoslavian countries, all on pavement except for about 5 km. That 5 km was not intentional, believe me.  A ST1100 is a lousy dirt bike.
You and I pursue very different approaches to international touring, hence, it's not at all surprising that we choose different navigation solutions.
Michael
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True, I try to plan my trips away from civilisation if at all possible, looking for contrast.
But that's not to say I don't do trips in the mean time. I just don't update the blog with them. Like Joe and I were pointing out, the type of navigation that you seek is where it all started. Yes, the file size off the established competition also increased which could be explained as more detail. Not sure about that one, but how much detail you are after to warrant spending hundreds of dollars on a device and then again on the maps depends on the course you seek for your horse.
Apps already have lane recognition, useful on big inter changes. But who aims for motorways on their route? Apps also do 3d maps (sygic I think, don't use it myself), but to me that's already too much detail.
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