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Navigating Russia

I use a Garmin unit. My software is good to the Russian border. In July I will ride from the Larvia border to Moscow (pretty easy) but once in Moscow, not so easy. Then I ride from Moscow to St Petersburg, again, pretty easy, but once in the city?? How can I navigate once in Russia? I'm presuming by map only???
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Try this posting, just below yours

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...t-garmin-25275

Maybe these are the maps you need


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Map of Asia

Check out the free map at GPS TrackMaker which says it works for Garmin, works for my Magellan unit ok. There is a thread from me here http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...erywhere-25843 giving some details.

Hope it works ok for you

Forgot to say, city detail is not so good, but you can superimpose Google Earth to build up a route to load into your GPS
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I use a Garmin unit. My software is good to the Russian border. In July I will ride from the Larvia border to Moscow (pretty easy) but once in Moscow, not so easy. Then I ride from Moscow to St Petersburg, again, pretty easy, but once in the city?? How can I navigate once in Russia? I'm presuming by map only???
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RUSLANIA: Everything about Russia


I ordered some papermaps from that shop, it was OK. Shop is located in Helsinki.

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I dont use GPS being an old fart - I like me maps still cant read them very well mind. But in Russian as well as other cities if i get into difficulties. I just stop and ask - Its great fun as I cant speak the language, usually newsagent - kiosks sell city maps and Russian people are really helpful its a really nice way to arrive rather than detaching to a computer. When I am really stuck I pay a taxi to guide me and follow him to my destination - always worked so far.
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