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[QUOTE="Smit-Dog, post: 947900, member: 25436"] This shows a better idea of one area we rode through, and the variances in detail of the maps available.... lots of crossings and alternative routes to take. Here's a close up view of the Rose City loop taken from the DNR map. Take a look at all the route crossings in sections 20, 21, 28, and 29. [img]http://home.comcast.net/~wcsmith/RoseCity/RoseCity_DNR_Big.jpg[/img] Here's a detail of section 29 on the DNR map. I put in the names of the 2 tracks (they're not on the map): [img]http://home.comcast.net/~wcsmith/RoseCity/RoseCity_DNR.JPG[/img] Here's a detail of the same section from the Ogemaw County ORV map. It had most of the major crossings labeled, but it was spotty in some sections. [img]http://home.comcast.net/~wcsmith/RoseCity/Rose_City_ORV.JPG[/img] Here's the same section as shown on my Garmin GPS. It too has most of the major crossings, but was also spotty in areas. [img]http://home.comcast.net/~wcsmith/RoseCity/RoseCity_Mapsource.jpg[/img] Now here's Mapblast, a mapping application designed primarily for [U]road travel[/U]. Shows all major crossings, and all the minor 2 tracks, old logging roads, snowmobile trails, etc. The best detail and route labeling of them all. [img]http://home.comcast.net/~wcsmith/RoseCity/RoseCity_Mapblast.jpg[/img] Now even if you have a map with all the detail and major routes labeled, when you're out in the woods it doesn't do you much good because the signage just isn't there (and understandably so). While it would be fun to explore them all one day, for this ride, the GPS was invaluable. I'm getting an updated version of MapSource City Select v7.0 in a few weeks. Hopefully some of these spotty areas will be more up-to-date. The Garmin TOPO software is useless as far as displaying and identifying any of these routes. In a perfect world, we'd have the detail and accuracy of the Mapblast maps used for all the DNR ORV maps, and the Garmin MapSource maps would also be based on Mapblast. Seems to me that Garmin and the DNR needs to partner with a more up-to-date and detailed mapping partner like Mapblast or their provider. I also tried the tracking feature of the GPS for the first time. Pretty cool, as the pattern of the "breadcrumb" trail left behind allowed me to line it up with the ORV trail on the paper map. It was in my fanny pack, and the satellite reception was too weak to track in some areas. Also need a way to lock down the buttons on the unit so movement doesn't cause the keys to depress. [/QUOTE]
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