Any recommendations for street software for non-driver?

[MarkH]

Hi There,

I'm thinking of getting a GPS receiver and upgrading to something better than TomTom CityMaps (European Cities) which I have at the moment. I'm fairly happy with the software but find that it doesn't include small towns and villeges which I'll be going to on holidays. I'm looking at Navigator 3 which I hope will have small towns like Zarautz in Spain but I don't really need inter-city route planning since I'll be travelling by train. Navigator is a little expensive at £200 for most of Europe. Has anybody an alternatives to Navigator? Reading PocketGPS Navigator seems to be fairly popular even though there are better maps from NavTeq.

[lbendlin]

Mapopolis looks like the ideal solution for you. You can download maps from the internet on a as needed basis. And it's cheaper, too
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[MarkH]

Thanks for the tip. I downloaded a demo. There are things I like about it over CityMaps - merges multiple maps, has street numbers, more POIs like beaches though missing metro stations. But still doesn't show enough detail (though more than CityMaps) in small towns. The interface is a little cumbersome and the map is harder to read than TomTom's, not showing the difference between sea and land make's it a lot more difficult to locate places. Also as far as I can tell it only works out car based journey times - I suppose that comes from it's US origin. So I'm still on the search but I'm disappointed that a lot of the software don't have trial versions which I find a little strange.

Mark

[lbendlin]

Mapopolis does have metro stations. I agree, the POI interface is not really obvious... but the water features are present in my maps. What area are you looking at?
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[MarkH]

> Mapopolis does have metro stations.

Doesn't seem to have any metro stations in Bilbao and only some EuskoTren stations.

Generally mapping software seems to be poor on the train network. I suppose they expect most people to use them in cars.

> but the water features are present in my maps.

It does have rivers just not the sea.

> What area are you looking at?

Northern Spain

[lbendlin]

Spain is still not fully covered, neither by NAVTEQ nor by TeleAtlas. Check Barcelona - that's pretty complete. The rest is still in development.
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