Quote Originally Posted by troyboy162
just cache issues. sometimes it gets into a fit where it will not load "my places" or show any images. it needs a connection to the google servers to come out of the funk. twice ive set everything up the night before only to have this happen at the trail head. i dont have a smart phone to tether so its useless until i get home. its a bummer... at the time i originally posted the how-to it was really the cats ass as far as gps, but one failure and its all for nothing out on the trail.
Ah, good to know! Thanks for sharing the info as I was going to get my laptop setup for it!

I've been fairly pleased with both: http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELi...&section=10121

and: http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELi...&section=10742

And it works quite well with my setup: