Wcloud
06-07-2004, 05:37 PM
Hi,
I have just started trying out the demo of mapopolis and I have a couple of quick questions. I do a lot of nature photography (my source of income) so I drive all over the US. I have a loptop in my car, but I want to start using my new Ipaq 2215 with mapopolis for convienance etc.. here are my questions...
1. Is there an offline method of determining the county for a given location. I am rarely at an internet connected computer (a lot of time driving on the road etc) and I never know the county, sometimes just the city (or even x miles outside of the city). Trying to figure out what county map I need is difficult to say the least, but if I had an offline method (laptop PC) then it would be more viable. As a side note I saw the example on the mapopolis website that used the major roads map to determine the county, but for the life of me I can't find the major roads demo map.
2. Since I drive around from shoot to shoot, and light is as you can imagine is very important, does the mapopolis software give an estimated time to arrival. I am more interested in long distance driving than around town since I know stop lights may confuse things. I was planning on putting in some known routes of mine and seeing how the demo worked, but once again since I can't find the major roads demo map AND I have no idea all the interconnecting counties I can't really test out this aspect.
3. Does anybody know where I can get my hands on the major roads demo map for mapopolis. I like the county map I downloaded to try, (I got my start and destination counties) but choosing all of the counties in route (without already having a route chosen) is too daunting a task even for my patience. I mean I would have to find a paper map that has the counties, choose my route and then upload all of those counties to my Ipaq. At this point, what is the the point of having the mapoplis software?
I would greatly appreciate any answers and if anybody knows where the major roads demo map can be begged, borrowed, or even bought I would love to know it.
-Bests
WCloud
I have just started trying out the demo of mapopolis and I have a couple of quick questions. I do a lot of nature photography (my source of income) so I drive all over the US. I have a loptop in my car, but I want to start using my new Ipaq 2215 with mapopolis for convienance etc.. here are my questions...
1. Is there an offline method of determining the county for a given location. I am rarely at an internet connected computer (a lot of time driving on the road etc) and I never know the county, sometimes just the city (or even x miles outside of the city). Trying to figure out what county map I need is difficult to say the least, but if I had an offline method (laptop PC) then it would be more viable. As a side note I saw the example on the mapopolis website that used the major roads map to determine the county, but for the life of me I can't find the major roads demo map.
2. Since I drive around from shoot to shoot, and light is as you can imagine is very important, does the mapopolis software give an estimated time to arrival. I am more interested in long distance driving than around town since I know stop lights may confuse things. I was planning on putting in some known routes of mine and seeing how the demo worked, but once again since I can't find the major roads demo map AND I have no idea all the interconnecting counties I can't really test out this aspect.
3. Does anybody know where I can get my hands on the major roads demo map for mapopolis. I like the county map I downloaded to try, (I got my start and destination counties) but choosing all of the counties in route (without already having a route chosen) is too daunting a task even for my patience. I mean I would have to find a paper map that has the counties, choose my route and then upload all of those counties to my Ipaq. At this point, what is the the point of having the mapoplis software?
I would greatly appreciate any answers and if anybody knows where the major roads demo map can be begged, borrowed, or even bought I would love to know it.
-Bests
WCloud