GPS: GPS maps of China

[Bryan]

In China, Unistrong Garmin GPS receivers can be purchased at Sanfo Outdoor.

The map works on a non-Unistrong GPS, the locations are accurate, but the fonts do not display correctly. I hope to resolve this problem in the future. I am also interested in the English / Pinyin version. This screen shot shows the same location as your last one. It also shows some topographic information that isn't showing on your eTrex for some reason.

[Kim]

I am also interested in the English / Pinyin version

That's a great map. My best investment in China so far!

[chinoook]

Garmin Germany inforemd me that neither devices bought in the US or in Europe can be changed to Chinese as the interface language. That means that we have to buy the device in China (or wherever in Asia) to be able to use the Chinese maps. My interest is decreasing ...


-chinoook

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Bryan

In China, Unistrong Garmin GPS receivers can be purchased at Sanfo Outdoor.

The map works on a non-Unistrong GPS, the locations are accurate, but the fonts do not display correctly. I hope to resolve this problem in the future. I am also interested in the English / Pinyin version. This screen shot shows the same location as your last one. It also shows some topographic information that isn't showing on your eTrex for some reason.

Did you buy the pinyin map for the Dakota ?

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by Kim

Did you buy the pinyin map for the Dakota ?

A friend in China has sent it to me (China City Navigator v7.5 NT), but I can't get it to work. He is sending me another that he said is more detailed. I'm waiting for that before making any decision.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Bryan

A friend in China has sent it to me (China City Navigator v7.5 NT), but I can't get it to work. He is sending me another that he said is more detailed. I'm waiting for that before making any decision.

I consider to buy that for the Dakota, but I doubt that it will be very useful for the hike in September.

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by Kim

I consider to buy that for the Dakota, but I doubt that it will be very useful for the hike in September.

Why do you doubt it ... and what do you think would be useful? A topo map? A terrain map like this one??

[chinoook]

This all are problems of people who buy devices that are only capable to use bitmaps of the maximum size of 3 MB / 1024x1024 pixel ...


-chinoook

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by chinoook

This all are problems of people who buy devices that are only capable to use bitmaps of the maximum size of 3 MB / 1024x1024 pixel ...


-chinoook

I must admit you're right!

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Bryan

Why do you doubt it ... and what do you think would be useful? A topo map? A terrain map like this one??

Because there is almost no information about the terrain at all and some of the smallest roads we have to follow close to the wall will not be on the map. It will probably only be useful in case we have to makes some larger detours - on the wall I consider it completely useless.