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Originally Posted by mdp
Been there ; )
Have you checked my experience/contributions in the relevant thread?
Anyway, to be fair:
-- if the glance is quick (driving a car, arm distance) than you miss the extra dimension given by colour
-- if you keep it on constant wake (e.g. through GPS), the battery will drop pretty fast, in a few hours.
But in general and otherwise - yes, it's certainly a good idea!
By the way (not expressed in that thread, I believe): you can modify Mobac (Mobile Atlas Creator) to create PNG16 maps  In other terms, figure whole regions in very high detail in under 4 gigabytes... Because of course your interest is a good offline storage, that you may hook to GPS upon need. |
Thanks for the info. I do remember looking at that thread at the time, but had forgotten it.
Colour is not a huge concern for the maps that I have in mind. They are special Japanese trail maps solely intended for hiking.
Nor is GPS needed. Only need to download the maps once via wifi, and then they are on my device.
If I were able to save an image of that day's intended hike as a screensaver, I would hardly need to turn on the device at all unless I wanted to record some information on the map which could also prove handy.