Lost with GPS
03-05-2007 | 03:52 AM
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From: The (S)Low Country
Originally Posted by dlq04,Mar 4 2007, 11:01 PM
Lesson learned. GPS worked so good on my first two trips out of town I thought I could toss out the paper maps. . .
The unit does give one a false sense of security, doesn't it? 
03-05-2007 | 04:52 AM
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Then there's when the map itself is way wrong. In Gettysburg, my map told me that the hotel was on the West side of town, not the east side. The roads were all accurate, but the hote location was miles off. We had to call Sam on his cell phone to figure out how to find the hotel.
Always have printed maps, just in case. Plus that makes it easier to plan local outings once you're there.
JonasM
Always have printed maps, just in case. Plus that makes it easier to plan local outings once you're there.
JonasM
03-05-2007 | 05:19 AM
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From: The (S)Low Country
Originally Posted by JonasM,Mar 5 2007, 07:52 AM
Then there's when the map itself is way wrong. In Gettysburg, my map told me that the hotel was on the West side of town, not the east side.
Mine took me to the hotel, but the hotel's entrance roadway was not where the gps said it was. I could see the hotel up on the hillside, but had to make a U turn to get back to the access road.
03-05-2007 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by valentine,Mar 5 2007, 07:19 AM
Mine took me to the hotel, but the hotel's entrance roadway was not where the gps said it was. I could see the hotel up on the hillside, but had to make a U turn to get back to the access road. If those if us who didn't have the Garmin on had to make a U-turn to get up to the hotel from the highway, it is not surprising that a little digital GPS gnome would have a hard time, too.
03-05-2007 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dlq04,Mar 4 2007, 10:01 PM
Ulrich, I kept wondering as it had me driving in circles the day before where these system collect the information from. My wife and I were shaking our heads the day before when we are looking out the car window at Kohl's store a half a block away and the system is telling us the closest one is 23.4 miles away. Hummm..
03-05-2007 | 12:19 PM
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I just submitted my "complaint" to NavTeq and Garmin using the links at the other website. Not that I have high hopes of anything happening, but you never know... Maybe the next map update in a year or two... 
03-05-2007 | 04:43 PM
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From: Frederick, MD
I was looking at a friend's Tom Tom One the other day and was quite impressed with its basic functions. I was leaning towards getting one before a major trip but this post is a reminder that technology has its limitations. The whole point of having a GPS system is so that you don't have to carry a map but it seems you still have to have a back up plan. Technology! It is maddening.