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Subject: Re: Recalculating . . . Author: Jon [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:46:10 10/14/14 Tue In reply to: Wes 's message, "Recalculating . . ." on 13:25:35 10/14/14 Tue >Another column picked up from the paper. I've >touched it up to de-emphasize the local angle a >little, but other than that it's absolutely true. > >-- Wes > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >- > >Someone recently gave my wife a GPS system. Yah, some GPS units are pretty bad. A map made with Mapquest and looking on paper/computer before starting out will always get you there. There's a story around about any number of German drivers following the instructions to the letter and end up submerged in a river. The GPS map showed a bridge over the water where there was none - ever! GPS tries to connect the dots and sends incorrect instructions. The story (more likely a urban legend) says the driver sued the GPS maker for erroneous instructions resulting in a wet car. Most GPS units have a way to select the type of road or routing to provide. It sounds like your GPS settings are for any road, dirt lane or cowpath. Most smartphones have a way to provide driving/routing instructions. IIRC, it uses the cell network to gather the lat/long and link that info to a mapping program. The Google Maps version is pretty good. Using smartphone GPS is a way to drain the phone's battery and possibly run up your data charges. As much as I hate to admit it, I was impressed with Google Maps driving directions. Microsoft Streets & Maps is also pretty good but has problems locating a co-ordinate based address such as: N88W16447 Main St Menomonee Falls, WI 53051. where the north cross street 8800 and west 16447 from the Milwaukee 0N-0W location. Most of the north & west outer suburbs of Milwaukee use this system. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Recalculating . . . Author: John [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:52:28 10/14/14 Tue However using GPS when you are retired and on a vacation is great. We set ours for the shortest distance which keeps us off the interstates most of the time. You get to see the country that way and the real America. We traveled 5600 miles in September and saw country we had never seen before and probably would not have seen any other way because Samantha [our GPS voice] directed us there. This is a beautiful country but you have to get off the interstates to see it properly. Indiana to Wisconsin to South Dakota to Oregon to New Mexico to Indiana. A long drive but well worth it. >>Another column picked up from the paper. I've >>touched it up to de-emphasize the local angle a >>little, but other than that it's absolutely true. >> >>-- Wes >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>- >> >>Someone recently gave my wife a GPS system. > >Yah, some GPS units are pretty bad. A map made with >Mapquest and looking on paper/computer before starting >out will always get you there. > >There's a story around about any number of German >drivers following the instructions to the letter and >end up submerged in a river. The GPS map showed a >bridge over the water where there was none - ever! GPS >tries to connect the dots and sends incorrect >instructions. The story (more likely a urban legend) >says the driver sued the GPS maker for erroneous >instructions resulting in a wet car. > >Most GPS units have a way to select the type of road >or routing to provide. It sounds like your GPS >settings are for any road, dirt lane or cowpath. > >Most smartphones have a way to provide driving/routing >instructions. IIRC, it uses the cell network to gather >the lat/long and link that info to a mapping program. >The Google Maps version is pretty good. Using >smartphone GPS is a way to drain the phone's battery >and possibly run up your data charges. As much as I >hate to admit it, I was impressed with Google Maps >driving directions. Microsoft Streets & Maps is also >pretty good but has problems locating a co-ordinate >based address such as: >N88W16447 Main St >Menomonee Falls, WI 53051. >where the north cross street 8800 and west 16447 from >the Milwaukee 0N-0W location. Most of the north & west >outer suburbs of Milwaukee use this system.