Mapsource Roads & Rec

Discussion in 'Mapping & Navigation' started by MikeBiondo, Dec 15, 2009.

  1. MikeBiondo, Dec 15, 2009
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    MikeBiondo

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    Howdy folks,

    There is currently on eBay, a Roads & Rec CD for about $50. Is that a decent price? I haven't seen many listed, so I'm not sure. Alternately, if any of you out there have a CD that you don't use any longer, please shoot me a PM.

    Thanks...

    Mike-
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  2. Timmer, Dec 15, 2009
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    If it's the old US R&R v3.03, it's a good source for old roads. It's been out of publication for many years. I have it loaded on my 2610 along with City Navigator.
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  3. pckopp, Dec 16, 2009
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    PM sent.
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  4. Jeff@TheQuadShop, Dec 16, 2009
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    Yes, it's worth $50 if you like finding old roads and trails. I use mine all the time.
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  5. pckopp, Dec 16, 2009
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    Hi Jeff,

    Do you have some examples of that?

    Out here in the PNW, the most recent City Nav maps ( 2010.2 ) have really excellent coverage of forest roads and the back country. It is hard to find a significant difference in the two maps, at least in areas I am familiar with. Mostly I see some differences on the very ends of very minor roads.

    Visually, the big difference is that R & R shows water - a nice feature I wish CN had in more detail, and the road names tend to be more current in City Nav. Out here, R & R calls everything in the back country NFxx. City Nav is better with names, at least in my experience.

    I often load both in my gps when heading out, but in the last couple of years, I haven't found myself using R & R nearly as much. Of course, I loaned a friend my III+ the other day and we managed to get two counties loaded from R & R. :nod

    Thanks.
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  6. Jeff@TheQuadShop, Dec 16, 2009
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    Not sure about out West but here in the East R&R shows old roads and trails that just don't appear in CN.
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  7. KrAzyOSUcOwBoY, Dec 16, 2009
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    Be careful, I bought r&r off this forum a year or so ago. When it arrived I couldn't load it. After further investigation it was a Win 95 version. You can have it for free.
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  8. Jeff@TheQuadShop, Dec 16, 2009
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    That shouldn't matter, save it to your hard drive.
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  9. tbirdsp, Dec 16, 2009
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    Yeah, I've loaded R&R on 2 different Windows XP machines with no problem :dunno

    Oh, and MikeBiondo, I certainly wouldn't pay 50 bucks for it. Hopefully pckopp gave you more info:evil
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  10. Countdown, Dec 16, 2009
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    R&R is all I use in old 76C, I have all of CA,NV, Mex2Can route, and CDR route maps loaded. Only user made trails of last 10 years don't show.
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  11. Gezerbike, Dec 19, 2009
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    I've got it loaded in both my desktop runing Windows XP and in my laptop, which is running Vista. No issues with either of them. I have R & R in both my Nuvi and my 2610. Once off the slab, I can almost guarantee I'm looking at R & R. $ 50 is steep, but you don't run across it very often.
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