ACSI Campsite Guide CD

I understand they have discontinued the CD which s a great shame. The App does not replace the CD. 

This is not a reply but a question I am afraid.

I notive that many campsite guides including the ACSI one do not show postcodes for the sites, but only latitude and longditude figures. How do you find a site using these with a normal satnav, which works by place name or postcode, or is there another way? Am I missing something?

Mike

Unlike UK postcodes those used in Europe generally cover a much larger geographic area so are not where near as useful compared to our own postcodes. Best thing to do is to download Archies POI's onto your device which are very reliable and save a lot of hassle. See here

David

Its a shame about the DVD but I suppose hardly unexpected as few devices, other than desktop computers, have the ability to take a DVD although the program could be copied onto a USB drive and loaded that way. I have just downloaded the App onto my Windows 10 desktop and it works pretty well, at least at first glance.

David

This is the first time we have bought the ACSI package, having always relied on other sources on past trips. I bought it mainly because of the good write up it has on CT. I have just been trying out the app with campsites for France loaded and I am impressed with how easy it is to navigate. Of course I never used the CD so have no comparison. One thing that it could do with is more photos / videos of the sites, as with the CC website,  did the CD have this? However, I suspect this might be a memory thing, as the app runs offline, and even with only France loaded uses almost 600 MB. Currently I am running it on my iPad and I have plenty of space, however if you are getting near your limit this could be a problem.

I'm sorry to see that the DVD has been discontinued, very glad that I bought one last year though. I tend to use this for looking for ALL sites not just the ACSI discount ones, will the  App run on my Samsung tablet? I don't have a smart phone (hardly ever use mobile phone) so not a big user of apps. 

Steve

With the DVD you had the choice of running it from the disc or transferring the contents to your computer and you could decide how much was loaded if memory was short. I should add that it only worked with Windows not Apple systems. There were videos and photos on the DVD but I think the signs were there that the DVD had a limited life as laterly many of the sites had very limited descriptions and no photos. I can only recall using the App on my phone once and that was when we arrived at a campsite which we weren't happy with and used it to find alternative sites nearby. 

David

On our sat nav if you continue through the options there is a longitude and latitude option there.  I find using this method more accurate than postcodes.  

You can always put the site name in Google and look at their own website.  I always do this anyway. I often look at the reviews on ukcampsites.co.uk.  for cross reference. 

I still travel worldwide without Apps or Sat Navs. Google tells me all I need to know.