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Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I'm off to Holland for a quick dash from Hoek van Holland to Amsterdam in a few weeks. I've been a few times before but I always get lost in a couple of towns when I miss a bike sign using the excellent numbering system that they use (Knooppunten). I decided to download some paper street maps of the places in which I usually go astray, and discovered MapQuest. Here's a link to Katwijk, a place I'm going before branching off into unknown territory....
http://www.mapquest.com/nl/katwijk
Don't be put off by the faintly motorist-oriented slant. Just zoom in and prowl around. At the highest magnification you can see house numbers and they mark all the cycle paths clearly. I have not yet worked out the Print facilities but I have found this works really well instead....
Get a Print Screen image...Alt Prt Scr
Open Paint, and Copy the screenshot into it
Highlight the bit of the map that you want....
Hit Control P
That's it. I know a lot of people will say "Why not get a Garmin?" but where's the fun in that? It's no challenge if you can't get lost.
http://www.mapquest.com/nl/katwijk
Don't be put off by the faintly motorist-oriented slant. Just zoom in and prowl around. At the highest magnification you can see house numbers and they mark all the cycle paths clearly. I have not yet worked out the Print facilities but I have found this works really well instead....
Get a Print Screen image...Alt Prt Scr
Open Paint, and Copy the screenshot into it
Highlight the bit of the map that you want....
Hit Control P
That's it. I know a lot of people will say "Why not get a Garmin?" but where's the fun in that? It's no challenge if you can't get lost.
