Re: Mapping - Another Choice

Paul Saunders <pvs1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rudi Winter wrote:
>> Paul Saunders <pvs1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> http://www.hillwalker.org.uk/isysoutdoors/
>> Import pre-existing electronic mapping??? That would be the solution
>> to all our problems, wouldn't it?
>
> indeed, but probably not the formats that Anquet and MM use. Maybe they
> just mean bitmaps? Which you can create for yourself with a bit of copying
> and pasting - time consuming and tedious though it is.

I asked them about it: it's about "jpeg and bitmaps". They're playing
down this particular (software-only) product (MapWise Standard) and
push their Hillwalker range instead, for which they do not regard Tracklogs
and Anquet as competitors.

I've requested a demo CD - will report when I've tried it.
--
Rudi Winter, Aberystwyth, Wales
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