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Big wall chart planning maps
Hi All
I'm new to this and looking for an extra large road map of Europe to stick on a wall for to plan my journey on. can any one point me towards a link to buy one.
cheers
Ian
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Hi Ian,
I haven't looked into using a large paper map for planning; however, I carry paper maps as backups.
I've been using maps.me app to plan my route and also update whilst travelling too. I bookmark towns/cities, accommodation, garages, shops, fuel stations, borders, embassies etc. I can zoom in and out to see more/less detail. It can be used offline. It's also backed up, so I can recover it if I loose my phone. I realise it's now what you asked for, but hope it helps all the same.
All the best
Steve
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You can get them on Amazon but they're not that cheap (£10 or so) and not that good. I haven't seen any really cheap ones for a while.
When we were USA route planning we got free 3ft x 3ft (1m square in euro speak) maps from KOA campsites. It had their 400+ campsites located but you could ignore that and cover it in black felt tip routes. If you changed your mind you could just throw it away and get another one.
I'm not aware of any Euro organisations promoting themselves like that but if there are any others may know.
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Wow perfect thank you ☺️
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I wanted paper to plan also. Michelin map of Europe is big and 2 of them would give you north up to Nordkapp and south to Sicely. Or you can just flip the map over. Got mine from Amazon.
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