GPS, Atlas, map software??

Rand Mcnally also has route planning software
http://www.randmcnally.com/product/milemaker

 

I believe that Maps are on the way out. Get a good GPS but use common sense along with it. I have a Garmin Dezl 760LMT. I love it. There are times, however, when it lets me down. I do not go down a path that was last traveled by Daniel Boone even if it says that is the way to go.
Maps go out of date just as a GPS will. They are not an excuse to stop reading signs.

 

www.truckmiles.com.

copilot doesn't take me on daniel boon's trail. LOL.

 

Maps will never go out of use. Even the Army and marines using their new systems for GPS terrain mapping, they still use the old fashion terrain maps to navigate.

 

Learn to read a map cuz you never know when an EMP will fry all the circuits in your GPS receiver. You know there is tension in Ukraine.

Parts of me says that I am being sarcastic, but I really don't know.

 

I would say you'll be more efficient learning to compare the route with an atlas.It'll still take time but much easier then all these electronic gizmos on the market.

 

Once you get comfortable you can compare routes with an Atlas in 5 minutes.All these electronic jobbies can be more then just confusing.

 

GPS can be fine for most things. However I have found that no matter what GPS program I use, it seems to always have the most trouble with the final destination. For some reason exact addresses are rarely correct in these things. Just pull up a route on the GPS and take a look at it. Compare it to the real map and make sure it looks ok. If it is ok then follow it. If not then fall back on using an erasable marker to write the directions out on your windshield or some other place, as others here suggested, so you don't have to worry about looking down to see the map or written directions. But I never trust the GPS to get me right to the door because it rarely does. Some common sense combined with local maps work better for that. Sometimes I even pull up a destination on Google Maps and then use the Street Level view to look around and see what to expect. Obviously do all of this before you start out on your trip or while you are stopped along the way. No way I would go without a real map though. GPS is just not trustworthy enough for that.

 

I don't use a GPS but have found Google maps to be a great tool. I will google a shipper or receiver the night before and it hasn't failed me yet in 2 years so having decent luck with it. The street view is a great feature to use