Human technical achievements could not but affect the orientation in space. Today it is difficult to imagine a traveler or logistician who does not use a navigator. The functionality of the navigator directly depends on its equipment with maps.
Garmin app
Garmin is renowned for its mapping services. You can download Garmin. BaseCamp software completely free (suitable for Windows and MacOS), which will provide you with thousands of maps of roads, tourist bases and hotels. Install the program on your computer, launch Garmin. BaseCamp. Connect your navigator to your computer, on BaseCamp select "Add device", "Synchronization". You can expand the range of countries by selecting the "Add Country" item on the "BaseCamp: Add-ons" tab.
A number of free sample maps can be downloaded from Garmin's server directly. The official website has a "Maps" section. Go to the Free tab and download high-detailed maps of foreign countries from Garmin.
Navitel
Navitel. Navigator is one of the most popular cartographic programs in Russia. Navitel maps are supported by most existing Russian navigators. There is also support for popular mobile operating systems: Android, iOS and Blackberry. You can download free Navitel maps on the manufacturer's official website.
Yandex. Maps and Google. Maps
The advantage of the search engines' cartographic services is their extensibility and the possibility of custom editing. Search engines are regularly updated by volunteers who post new stores, markets and car services on Google and Yandex maps.
There are several ways to use Yandex. Maps and Google. Maps. First, an application for mobile platforms. There are a number of navigators running on the Android operating system (Garmin, GlobusGPS), installing the application would allow you to connect to the "richest" cartographic services on the planet. Secondly, it is possible to save a set of maps for the navigator in raster format. Both Yandex. Maps and Google. Maps have a convenient tool for saving maps in.
Image maps
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