?? If the GPS is plugged ito the 12V car system, why would the GPS battery go
dead?
---- ahy3000@comcast.net wrote:
=============
Got to weigh in albeit several days late. I just returned from a business trip,
driving from the Boston area to Montreal. I had my Garmin Nuvi keeping me
company. Upon reaching Montreal it was invaluable in navigating the maze of on
and off ramps - hard to put on the reading glasses (yes I'm a codger, but a
high tech codger), hold up the paper map, STAY IN MY LANE, etc but a cinch to
glance at the screen and see exactly which lane I was in relative to all the
other lanes. Leaving Montreal, I hit Go Home and it did just that. Halfway
home, I stopped for dinner and used the Points of Interest to bring up a list
of resturants and their distances from me. Selecting one, got me right to the
door. Same for gas stations or many other POI.
One caution - whether you are using a handheld unit in the woods or a plugin
model in your car, paper backup in the form of a good map (and compass in the
woods) is essential. We've all read accounts of folks being rescued becasue the
battery on their GPS died.
Burt Weiner
'63 BJ7
HBJ7L/23582
ahy3000@comcast.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Editorgary@aol.com
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:20:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Nav systems, reprise
In a message dated 8/24/09 5:42:58 PM, healeys-request@autox.team.net
writes:
>
> my daughter bought me one for christmas and i had her take it back after a
> few weeks. i found i had about as much use for it as i did a cell phone.
> if i lived back east it might be of some value, but i have read maps all
> my life and can get anywhere out west with a map. by the time i figured out
> how to type in where i was going, i could have looked it up on a map, and
> once i have been there, i never need the gps or the map again in almost all
> cases. i guess i am rapidly approaching "codger" status. hjim
>
I guess you also don't go anywhere you've never been before, where you
might want to find a gas station, ATM, Mom's cafe (or Starbucks), or want to
answer that little kid inside you who wants to know "How long 'til we get
there?"
Maps are nice -- I use them all the time to plan trips, but when I need to
know how long before I'm going to get to a turn-off I've never used before,
and want to know whether the turn is before or after the intersection, or to
the left or to the right (as in on-ramps), I rely on my Garmin Nuvi.
Makes me feel more confident in venturing into unknown territory, too,
since I know that I can always find my way out.
Best
Gary
Healeys@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
You are subscribed as tomfelts@windstream.net
http://www.team.net/archive
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
Healeys@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
http://www.team.net/archive
|