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Maps of St. Thomas & St. John #73350
10/31/2015 08:29 PM
10/31/2015 08:29 PM
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Stillwater, Minnesota
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I think with 2 months to go before arriving in St.T again, I may have time to better research better maps of the islands.

I have a big fold out map of the islands, the usualy 2-3 versions handed out at airport or shops, but these maps are primarily for getting to main places.

Is there a source for improved maps of the islands? Many a time last January I'd be following the map on hand only to wind up on a dead end or going the wrong way in a narrow residential area. The best was being on the opposite side of the island following a road on the map, but the road/street name kept changing with no intersections. Finally came out on a main road, so we figured out where to go next, but the map didn't indicate the road would connect to the road we wound up on.

I think I've asked this question before, and the standard response is along the line of - there aren't better maps, one just has to learn the local roads and allow plenty of time for being lost.

Yes, I'm used to the usual, one has to get lost to find some of the places - but after one finds the place it will only take 2 tries to find it again, instead of 3 or 4.

Thanks for any assistance.

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Re: Maps of St. Thomas & St. John [Re: BobA] #73351
10/31/2015 08:32 PM
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Re: Maps of St. Thomas & St. John [Re: sail2wind] #73352
10/31/2015 09:04 PM
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Thanks. It does show the way to get to some of the points on the island which I imagine are private property anyway. But I'll have time for exploring. The map doesn't appear to be very high resolution/high detail, so I will have to experiment with how large I can make it.

Thanks.

Re: Maps of St. Thomas & St. John [Re: BobA] #73353
11/01/2015 06:06 AM
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My wife uses Waze on her iPhone when she is in the states. She tested it here and it actually works pretty well.

Re: Maps of St. Thomas & St. John [Re: CaptainJay] #73354
11/14/2015 10:44 PM
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Thanks, I'm in process of downloading Waze now.


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