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DaveAuld wrote: Buy a paper map from the petrol station for the whole of europe for a tenner!
I've spotted a mahoooooooosive flaw in your plan. To wit: I'm driving so she who must be obeyed is looking at the paper. Assuming she does look at it the correct way up, she does enjoy telling me that we need to take the current exit exactly at the point where is becomes impossible for me to take it.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Who said anything about letting the co-driver read it!
Quick squint at refueling stops and memorise key place names to head for. If all else fails just use sens of direction to head in the general direction...when need to refuel again take another look at the map.
This is called the "Wandering Salesman Theorum" (c) Dave Auld 2014.
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The first trans-European trip I did - Woking to Budapest in 23 hours - I was alone and only had only the company of a paper map, route list and copious amounts of coffee. After trying to follow the signs around Brussels [it's obvious they say; ha, bloody ha] I decided on a SatNav.
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Worst journey I ever made was driving around Belfast being directed by an Irishman:
"Turn left".
I turned left.
"Of course it should've been the other left cos I meant right".
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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DaveAuld wrote: memorise key place names to head for
You see, this was the normal system. It didn't survive the last visit to Wales, with place-names that sound like white-noise but road signage that I'm pretty sure is made up as a big joke. Looking for Haverford? Try Hwlfffffordddddd. Nope. I don't visit Wales very often, for some reason they treat my like I'm English c.f. Scotland we're citizens of the People's Republic are welcomed.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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That is why I use a Doris [my name for the SatNav].
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I stopped using my TomTom device. My cellphone does just as well and doesn't need the maps updated.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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In Europe that works as long as you stay in your country. but the cost of data roaming is prohibitive.
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The cost of data roaming was cut in half across the EU last week and all additional charges should be gone in the near future.
That bloody EU, looking out for its citizens.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I know, I just looked today with O2 for Cyprus and it is £2 per day unlimited data (for pay monthly users). 
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Still prohibitive, but atleast a mistake will only be half as painful.
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My condolences. Yeah, I imagine the data costs could get prohibitive. Here, that is not an issue at all; I've never gone over my 20 GB/mo limit.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I used my AT&T "unlimited" data plan when my home connection went wonky for a while. I connected through my phone via Tether and used the internet as usual - great! Until they sent a letter to me complaining that I was using my "unlimited" data plan too much! Apparently AT&T have an alternate meaning to unlimited. It means: After you have used it for a while we will slow down your connection to the point of it becoming useless; please note however, that your usage is still "unlimited".
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I have Verizon and I used my unlimited MiFi exclusively for a couple years. Never had any problem of complaints. These days I only use it when I travel.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I have a limit of 1 GB/Month of which I'm using only a fraction. 
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Google Maps and HERE Maps support offline maps.
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Have you ever checked how big areas they allow to be offline?
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Yes, Google Maps is a PITA in offline maps. But HERE Maps in Windows Phone allows you to download maps for entire countries or specific regions within a country.
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I'm having an Android phone. 
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Get Zygic (android) off line nav and you can download the planet. Worked well in France, Spain, South Africa, Australia and is expected to do it's job in Scotland and Iceland later this year.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote: My cellphone does just as well
I found that outside of the country the SIM was designed to work in that cell phones don't work well, its probably data roaming being either stupidly expensive or disabled, I never looked into it, but its unusable.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Interesting. My data works fine in Colombia and in Suriname, but I haven't tried it elsewhere in the world. It is expensive, though - $US 20 for 10 MB, if I recall.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Its probably disabled then, due to the cost, most networks bar data roaming.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Google maps on an Android device should work fine.
Alternatively buy a car with a built-in satnav [smug icon]
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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