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gittiharre said:You technophaeliacs are making me laugh, you don't need a thing on that route really, it is so well marked a half blind person could find the way.....I just lost my way once or twice, because I was thinking and failed to notice arrows turning off the track, but if you concentrate you can't loose your way, love Gitti
robertt said:I wouldn't be without a little cooker for cups of tea or heating cans of cassoulet etc. I like to use a mini Trangia because there's nothing to go wrong. Rob
that's not correct. You can easily buy a PAYG dongle in France - at least in the larger places. Called a 'clΓ© 3g'.newfydog said:I found the 3G wireless services such as those from Orange or Bouyges were were really only available for a subscription, and if you are only there for a month and don't have a French account it would be hard to use them.
falcon269 said:My digital camera takes detailed photos. I can zoom in and see topo detail. You might try your camera to see if you can use it to store maps.
falcon269 said:Keep in mind that the chip will weigh at least 1/4 of an ounce. I hope you don't have to leave your sleeping bag behind to compensate.
KiwiNomad06 said:I laughed when I saw which section you had photographed. Unless you have a need to go into the city of Decazeville, don't bother- take the high alternative route. (MMDD shows this alternative but I missed it.) It is a huge descent and a huge ascent into /out of Decazeville.
Margaret
Peter Robins said:that's not correct. You can easily buy a PAYG dongle in France - at least in the larger places. Called a 'clΓ© 3g'.newfydog said:I found the 3G wireless services such as those from Orange or Bouyges were were really only available for a subscription, and if you are only there for a month and don't have a French account it would be hard to use them.
http://www.orange.fr/bin/frame.cgi?u=ht ... D300000088
http://www.laboutique.bouyguestelecom.f ... 62_sg.html
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I didn't say it was cheapnewfydog said:What have you found for prices Peter? I went to both stores, with a native French speaker for backup linguistic skills, and found I could get the service for about 30 euro a month, but the upfront costs were another 80 Euro.
Peter Robins said:A quick web search reveals Bouyges and SFR both have shops in Le Puy, and I expect Orange has one too, and there may well be some independents too.
andy.d said:You can make your own:
http://pilgrimpace.wordpress.com/2010/0 ... hot-drink/
I've got a week's walking coming up and will be using this,
Andy
gittiharre said:I must say the idea of maps on ones camera is growing on me, a very clever idea......Gitti
robertt said:Bob,
Trangia cookers are light, especially the mini. ...They're all over ebay in different sizes and combos. The Ultralight would be great, but it's a bit much for one person. The Mini is hard to find for some reason, but worth looking for. If you have a few Trangias you can leave, add and interchange pieces.
Rob
BobM said:robertt said:Bob,
Rob, I Googled and found quite a few links, incl this one:
http://www.cmmonline.co.uk/items/defaul ... ef=Froogle
Is the Mini Trangia shown on the site the same as yours?
Regards
Bob M
evanlow said:..... the mobile phone (like the iPhone or the Android Phones) is becoming more like a computer..... the slightly smaller screen (compare with a netbook) to contend with.
that's actually a very good point. My topo map pages are also very download-intensive - not a problem if you're on a fixed-line connection with a large monthly download allowance, or using the wifi in a bar or hotel, but mobile networks are generally very limited in that respect.evanlow said:I've also discovered that many applications from both the iPhone or the Android are engineered to suck data from the internet, whist Nokia's current models tends to sip, if at all. Even with a prepaid sim, the data can get expensive.
BobM said:Suppose wifi is available at a location, how do you make the connection? Does the computer automatically detect the network and show an appropriate screen, or do you have to find it by looking for it in Windows Control Panel somewhere?
Once you have a wifi connection, is it secure? Could you safely do internet banking, or make credit card transactions, for example?
Kitsambler said:You can set your computer (or iPhone) to automatically detect available wifi networks. You can separately set whether to join an available network automatically or manually. When a network is available you will see an icon in the lower right corner (for Wintel machines).
Wifi security is nearly nil - you'll want your own machine password protected. A public, unprotected wifi network is rather like having the entire town connected to your in-house network; only individual passwords and firewalls provide protection. You should not access any personal financial or other sensitive information absent an additional layer of security such as VPN, as your account numbers and passwords can easily be sniffed.
A very good point. I believe Google Earth has that info. There are currently no offline option for Google Earth.BobM said:I had a look at the Ovi maps. They are quite good, a bit like the Google maps. But neither the Ovi nor Google maps have contours, although maybe there are ways to get contours if you know those systems well. I didn't explore in any detail.
The online IGN maps have contours that appear once you zoom in to the smaller scales. Contours are very useful.
that seems to me to be confusing 2 separate issues. When you're logged on to a network, using wifi or any other means, anyone else on the network (who knows how) can access your computer and/or monitor the data going in and out of your computer. Protecting your machine with a password and/or firewall will prevent the first, or at least make it more difficult. Encrypting the private data on your disk makes it more difficult still to access. Some security-minded people keep sensitive info on a separate encrypted usb stick.Kitsambler said:Wifi security is nearly nil - you'll want your own machine password protected. A public, unprotected wifi network is rather like having the entire town connected to your in-house network; only individual passwords and firewalls provide protection. You should not access any personal financial or other sensitive information absent an additional layer of security such as VPN, as your account numbers and passwords can easily be sniffed.
evanlow said:Peter,
With the A-GPS, you can also locate your current position in relation to the maps. I wonder if anyone has tested it on the actual camino route?
Peter Robins said:When you're logged on to a network, using wifi or any other means, anyone else on the network (who knows how) can access your computer and/or monitor the data going in and out of your computer. Protecting your machine with a password and/or firewall will prevent the first, or at least make it more difficult. Encrypting the private data on your disk makes it more difficult still to access.
Whether they can do anything with the second again depends on whether it's encrypted or not. Log in to any decent online bank will be using SSL (https:// in the url, not http://) which is encrypted - if your bank doesn't use this, i.e. your bank doesn't care about security, change bank. Most email services, like gmail, also provide https:// access. There's a well-known technique for intercepting this - see for example http://www.informationweek.com/news/sec ... =214501930 - but as long as you make sure you are always in https mode, i.e. the traffic between your browser and the bank is always being encrypted, there is next to no risk.
you need a firewall to block access to your computer; a password's ok, but a firewall is safer. That applies whether you're using wifi or not. At home, if you access the internet via a router, then the router includes a firewall which blocks access from the internet. If your connection to the router is via cable, then outsiders have no access, but if your connection is via wireless then outsiders can access your router, so the router needs to be secured with a password. If you're using a public wifi 'hotspot', their router will block access from the internet, but anyone else using the same hotspot/router will have access to your computer (and you to theirs), so you need an additional block on your computer to prevent that.BobM said:Anyway, can I assume that it is "quite safe" to use wifi provided one has decent anti-virus software, a firewall, and diligently uses only https sites?
BobM said:... Of course, one must remember to check the USB drive on returning home in case it has been infected
Bob M
evanlow said:I use a micro-sd card with a reader. After copying the programs, I write protect the micro-sd card. Together they are even smaller than a normal usb thumb drive. No pesky malware is going to infect my drive,
that's about securing corporate networks, which is a related but different issueBobM said:Here is a link to wireless security on Wikipedia that has a lot of very detailed information as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_security
BobM said:If only I could get a "thin MMD" guidebook :lol: , instead of the too-wide printed book that is too big to carry in a pocket :cry: I need my guidebook instantly to hand, so last year I had to stuff MMD in the waistband of my pants, ruining their look of exquisite chic :roll:
Regards
Bob M
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