Quest Query

[Pavs]

I wonder if anyone can offer me some help.

I am thinking of buying a GPS prior to a trip to France at the end of the summer.

I have been looking at the Quest on the budget/size benefits compared to the 2610. However as it has a fixed memory card and you cannot load all of the UK maps I wondered if it would hold sufficient extracts of our route through France with a bit of leeway for some exploring.

I was going to ask a favour of someone with a Quest if I forwarded details of the route whether someone could check out whether the Quest would store it the extracts of the maps required.

Cheers

Mark

 

[doubleR]

I have a Quest and used it for 2 recent trips to France. I have the whole of the UK and most of France down to Le Mans in mine, so you shouldn't have any problems with your trip.

You should certainly be able to put the whole of France in with say the SW of England.

 

[Pavs]

I am not worried about the UK maps for the trip as its a straight run to the ferry from where I live, but if that's right that you can get the whole of France in with the UK left out then thats answered my question.

Cheers

Pavs

 

[Pavs]

Sorry

Just though of something else. The guy I was talking to in Maplins said that you can't put the whole of the latest version of the UK maps on altogether.

But you had them on with France down to Le Mans?

The guy in Maplins didn't give me much confidence, at least not enough to buy a GPS from him without asking the forum a few questions.

Cheers, sorry to be dull.

Pavs

 

[Twotter]

I've just had a quick play with Mapsource for you and this is how it comes up for me.

First I selected all the maps for the UK & Ireland. That comes to 115 maps. With auto-routeing it comes to 164.4 Mb, and without the routeing it comes to 111.4 Mb. So it can hold all of the UK on there with no trouble.

For France it comes to 205 maps. With auto-routeing it comes to a too high 332.0 Mb, and without it comes to 223.2 Mb.

So at a push you can get France on there on its own but don't expect the turn by turn directions.

Depending on your actual trip routeing I'd bet you would work out okay with a Quest. Let me know the route and I'll happily check for you.

 

[Kropotkin]

Two points to consider about the Garmin maps:

1. You always have the basemap, so you have the major roads and motorways of all of Europe (and beyond).

2. (Most importantly), the maps come in segments, so you don't have to load all of a country. After all, are you intending to visit every single part of France? If you are only going to see part of France, there is no need to load the entire country. For an example of what I mean, see Whatton's post in this thread.

The picture below gives you a general idea of how loading partial maps works (with thanks to Whatton, and apologies for stealing his picture):

 

[Pavs]

Cheers all.

Twotter if you don't mind having a look at the following it would be a great help.

The vague itinery is as follows.

Land at Roscoff, first night in plouescat, second night we haven't sorted but somewhere around Nantes, third and fourth night in vertheuil-en-medoc, fifth night at lezat-sur-leze, sixth and seventh night at gaillac eight and ninth night at Hautefort tenth night at Samur eleventh night at pommerit-le vicomte and finishing back at Roscoff.

I have tried to attach an html file of the autoroute, but this is my first attachment so it will probably fail.

I guess for the areas where we are spending two nights we will do some exploring of the area, so would need extracts of the maps for those areas and would need the routing facility.

Cheers

Pavs

 

[Twotter]

No worries Pavs. I'll check that out when I get home this afternoon.

 

[Twotter]

Unfortunately I can't read .axe files so just went by your list. Fleshing the map out as you mentioned (as far over as Marseille along the south coast) comes to a grand total of 75 maps. With auto-routeing it comes to 138.9 Mb, and without comes to 93.5 Mb.

So the answer to your original question is that a Quest can do the job for you with room to spare

 

[Diving Biker]

Incidentally, bought two Quests recently for myself and wife. The Navigation Company http://www.thenavigationcompany.com/ came out cheapest then, still looks like a good price now. Beat Maplins by about £80 at the time.

Ram mounts however can do the bike bracket with power and earpiece, this mounts directly to the (extortionate) BM yoke bracket if you swap screws for some metric threads (not sure which, Sawbridgworth BMW fitted mine, think they may have been 13 amp wall socket screws).

 

[longdog]

Sorry to be boring and drag this topic out, but I don't have a SatNav (YET!), but it's betwen a 2610 and Quest. This summer, I will be driving from Wales, across France to Switzerland, then down to Italy, across to the Dordogne then home. If I understand things correctly, (and please correct me if I don't), but the Quest will accept this route simply by loading in the maps, or part of the maps either side of my route? Sort of like a corridor, am I right? Unfortunately, I will be doing this by car now as my recent accident has put the mockers on riding a bike for some time, so SWMBO will be doing the diving. Thanks for the help in advance!

 

[Taff]

Longdog, If you have a few minutes spare one day and want to plot a route or generally have a play with Mapsource, you can always pop down to Carmarthen after work one day. I haven't got a Quest, but at least you can see if a Quest would hold the route you want take.

 

[schnauzer]

did Engerland, across france to andermatt and 5 circular tours , around 3000 miles in total, all maps fitted ok, I was having problems with too many waypoints when loading the routes into the quest ended up pruning as much as possible to get em all to fit. The point to point stuff was faultless, but on occasion a 250 mile loop would say arriving at destination in 5 mins after a quick whizz round a local roundabout!!!! just something to be aware of. Its probably better saving all your point to point destinatiions as waypoints and doing a 'find x' then if you are doing circular routes having them a load more detailed. Still heaps better than maps ...........

 

[(RIP) Yosi]

LOngdog: I have a Quest and if you program the route you want to take, Once is done click the route tab and right click, then select
"selct maps for this route" or something similar. This will select only the maps you'll need on your route. More than enough for any eventuality. Besides, as it has already pinted, the base map will be there if you decide to wonder aoutside the projected route.
Hope it make sense, Yosi

 

[longdog]

Thanks Taff, Schnauzer and Yossi for the help on the Quest(ion)!!! Sorry! This is the reason I am so keen on the Quest all of a sudden. Agood deal, don't you think?

 

[bikermike]

Cheaper still?

Longdog...the set-up on GPSW seems an ever better proposition:
"Quest - Pre Installed UK Mainland and RAM Bike Mount £354.95 inc vat" (No connection, etc.....just looking at Quests and found this)

 

[Pavs]

Cheers all.

Thanks for your help. Sorry for not replying earlier, but I have been working away.

I think that the Quest will do what we want, think the time has come for me to part with some money....

Thanks again.

Pavs