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> From: "Steve/Amy Becker" > Subject: Re: Digest Number 124 and my 2 cents > > > Standing on a street corner with a sign that says "Helmets Suck" or "Don't > close the land to my bike" will get you nowhere.

"Will ride for food" hasn't gotten me too far, either... Chris

>I looking for a decent software package for developing routes of travel. >I don't have a GPS yet, but will in the near future. > >Requirements: >WIN95, 98 compatibles >Configure-able trips, i.e: No freeways, all two lane, etc. > >Would be nice if: >It was CE down load-able, but not required. >Courses loadable to the future GPS (don't know model or maker yet) > >Any contributors of information?

There are many options for loading routes into a GPS. Some will choose the roads for you. They get you the quickest route etc. They choose the major routes and arterials which to me is useless because if it's that direct, I'm not riding my motorcycle, and for that I need no help (compassion maybe, but not help). However, and this is a BIG however.... If you end up with a Garmin, such as III+, eMap or StreetPilot, then you will undoubtedly be buying at lease one Garmin Mapsource software CD. The Garmin Mapsource is the ONLY way to put MAPS into the GPS, and it will also load routes, waypoints, and tracklogs into the GPS. For most KLRists, I'd recommend the US Roads and Rec CD (G10215-0) which has virtually all the roads in the US, including gravel and dirt. I was on a cowtrail once, in the WA desert, and it showed up on my GPS . It evidently was a road once but now is overgrown ( kinda straight for a cow trail). Tom -- +-------------------------------------+ | C y c o A c t i v e P r o d u c t s | 701 34th Ave | Seattle, WA 98122 USA | tel (206) 323-2349 fax (206) 325-6016 | N47 36.496' W122 17.396' | GPS ---(Garmin only) plus mounts, software & accessories | GPS webpage: http://www.cycoactive.com/gps | e-mail: gps@... +-------------------------------------+