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I think I need to find a sat nav system more suited to wandering than the Magellan RoadMate I am borrowing from bedfull_o_books. I got good and lost in the wilds of Eastern Pennsylvania while wandering around late at night, which I wouldn't have done if I had brought my paper maps. But paper maps are bulky and I thought I would try the sat nav only method. That didn't work very well.

It's also possible the better answer is to get a smart phone.

Thoughts?

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[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I find that zooming a google map in and out works quite well for me now, in helping me to build up a map in my head, but I'm good at that anyway because I hoarded paper maps as a child and was designated navigator. I use it on my smartphone quite a lot-- the interface is weirdly different from the version in a web browser, but I've learned to get it to do what I want. And having it locate my general area is sometimes faster than a paper map, if I'm really turned around!