Thomas Bros Grid References

[spgray65]

Thomas Brothers no longer produce the map software that I came to rely upon. Not only that, the software I have doesn't load natively on Windows 7 and running it under Windows 7 "XP Mode" is incredibly slow.

Does anyone know if there is a map software application that shows the Thomas Brothers Map Grid references (i.e. 711-G2)? I'm coming up empty everywhere I look.

Thanks!

 

[gregb]

I found an add on or fix on google to run my thomas guide maps in vista, so perhaps there is one for windows 7. Thomas guide is great, too bad they are gone. I have six of the books in my car trunk, even though the iphone GPS usually suffices or trumps tg.

 

[spgray65]

Thanks Greg, I'll try the Vista patch. I may end up using an old laptop that has WinXP on it and boot it up a couple times a day to print out my TG maps.

I love how RealQuest shows my TG grid coordinates and I've gotten so accustomed to using them. If I have a weird street I never seen before, I look at the RealQuest Map Reference and usually I can immediately find the street on my TG map. The TG maps also showed cities in different colors, so I can easily see where the border runs. Can't see that in Google Maps.

I keep the hard copy books in my trunk in case I need them, but I liked the software version that I could print out, mark up, and save with my work file.

Cheers.

 

[gregb]

Thanks Greg, I'll try the Vista patch. I may end up using an old laptop that has WinXP on it and boot it up a couple times a day to print out my TG maps.

I love how RealQuest shows my TG grid coordinates and I've gotten so accustomed to using them. If I have a weird street I never seen before, I look at the RealQuest Map Reference and usually I can immediately find the street on my TG map. The TG maps also showed cities in different colors, so I can easily see where the border runs. Can't see that in Google Maps.

I keep the hard copy books in my trunk in case I need them, but I liked the software version that I could print out, mark up, and save with my work file.

Cheers.

Will let you know if I can get TG to run on the new iMac.

 

[spgray65]

Will let you know if I can get TG to run on the new iMac.

That's an idea I should try too!

I have a MacBook Pro that I use for photos and iTunes, etc.

I have a copy of Parallels that I haven't installed yet but it might be my solution. Run WinXP through Parallels on my Mac. I don't want to pay for a XP license though, don't they give that away these days for free? :icon_lol:

 

[gregb]

Wonder if the TG cd can be copied to the hard drive and run that way. My priority concern is to see how ACI runs in the 64 bit iMac under parallels. Need to keep the windows machine going during the switch.

 

[spgray65]

Wonder if the TG cd can be copied to the hard drive and run that way. My priority concern is to see how ACI runs in the 64 bit iMac under parallels. Need to keep the windows machine going during the switch.

I tried that before, created an image of the TG cdrom and mounted it on my Win7 machine as a "E" drive. No go, it wasn't fooled and wouldn't start up. Kept insisting that I insert the physical CD into the D drive.

 

[spgray65]

Wonder if the TG cd can be copied to the hard drive and run that way. My priority concern is to see how ACI runs in the 64 bit iMac under parallels. Need to keep the windows machine going during the switch.

Might work on the Mac though. Give it a go.

 

[gregb]

TG says they do not support hard drive installation...well, the question is can it be instralled without support, since TG is no more.
http://www.mapbooks4u.com/page/150909/