What do you guys use? For mapping routes

i'm old school, i use the good ole map and cell phone to get where i'm going.................

 

Rand Mcnally maps are my favorite. Qualicom directions aren't always accurate and have you drive 1 right, 2 lefts and 1 right when you could have just made one left and one right.

 

Rand - McNally truckers road atlas. then the directions from the customer to get to the dock.

 

I use mapquest and yahoo to get hubby door to doors and when lap top is in truck he uses streets/trips and of course the regular map when needed. I have been using this method for over 5 years now and as of yet there have been no problems.

 

Combination of a good road atlas and a TomTom GPS gets me exactly where I need to be. I look up the location and can pretty much fingure the route myself as I have done for years, and once I get to the loca streets, the GPS takes me right into the driveway. I still do my route planning myself and only use the GPS as an aid, not as the primary gospel. It doesn't seem to realize that I like to avoid scales when possible......

 

rand mcnally motor carriers atlas, and final directions from the customer is what I always used.

I am interested in getting a CoPilot GPS system if I go back out on the road again, but getting it isn't very high on my priorities. To be honest, the only reason I really want it is because new technology always interests me and I would get it just to see if it in any way makes my job easier.

Not sure yet what all it can do though, and frankly, finding your way from City to City is probably the easiest part of the job unless you have trouble reading a map, which some people do.

 

City to City is a piece of cake, but having been with the GPS unit for about 4 months now, I can't imagine how I could get along without it, even thoiugh I know I did.

If I owned a company and hired new drivers, I wowuld buy a GPS for each one of them and either pay for it or deduct the cost. They make life that much easier finding addresses. They don't replace common sense and paying attention, but they do make things a whole lot simpler. They are self contained and on the windshield right in your line of sight, something you can't do with a computer operated program.

 

So, you literally depend on the GPS to guide you right to warehouse you are delivering or picking up at?
Does it take into account streets that don't allow trucks?