Don't know about 9.0, but in 8.0 you can deselect "show tab area panel" and "show control panel" in the "options" button on the top of the page to eliminate the display of those areas, increasing your map area.
Yep. Same option is available in 9.0. After initial setup one of the first things I did was hide the tabs (lower) and control panel. And unless I'm using the menus a lot I keep the top toolbar cleared of all controls as well. If I could get rid of the actual Windows frame I'd be a happy camper.
So far I think 99% of what I'll need to do in the truck can be accomplished with voice or touch commands. Those will cover zoom, pan and route commands. I still have not found a quick way to drop a waypoint, but with a right click (touch and hold) and a couple of clicks I can drop a notation and come back for editing later.
More involved editing of routes, roads etc will likely be handled while out of the vehicle.
Also, an update to my initial post and comments about the USGS quads I downloaded from Delorme; I used the rest of my download credit for the eastern portion of the Ouachita National Forest here in Arkansas. I am now seriously liking the topo quads on this thing.
The first quads I had tried were for a nearby WMA and didn't seem to be of high quality. It could be that since I was using them to add some missing route-able roads that I was just zoomed in ridiculously close and the raster image quality didn't hold up when compared to Delorme's clean scaling vector maps. Under normal use at less extreme zoom levels the scanned quads work just fine.
The quads for the NF are impressive. I'll definitely be using them.
Dave
