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I hate those GPSs that tell you turn right in 600 yards or some other arbitrary distance, but don’t identify the road; as if you can sense 600 yards; and often there are two exits right next to each other. A buddy of mine had purchased 2 GPSs like that and gave one to me. About 2 days later he calls me up and asks, “What do you think of the GPS I got you?” I didn’t want to hurt his feelings, so I said something like, it seems to work okay. He says, “I think it SUCKS!” I said, “Well now that you mention it, it’s kind of frustrating.” He took them both back and got new ones.
I had 2 GPS devices in 2005; one for hiking and one for driving. BOTH (different brands) gave one’s current position about 250 ft WNW of actual location. The GPSs themselves are accurate to within as little as 6 feet, but for some reason the maps are not precisely aligned. I’d be driving east and the driving GPS told me I had arrived, when I could see my destination a few hundred feet ahead. While hiking, I never found some of the places I was searching for. I’d set a waypoint at my car, and so I always found my way back (when I was 10 feet from my car , it said I was ten feet from the waypoint), but one time the GPS showed that place was on the other side of a freeway than it actually was. Despite map updates, and my sending complaints, the error persisted for years. The next two smart phones (also different OSs) with map apps and GPS also had the same problem (this in 2010, still). Now, of two newer cell phones, one maps app is about 50 ft off consistently, whereas the other is pretty close.
The Reader Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Personalized highway signs, that could be a thing!
J Short almost 5 years ago
I hate those GPSs that tell you turn right in 600 yards or some other arbitrary distance, but don’t identify the road; as if you can sense 600 yards; and often there are two exits right next to each other. A buddy of mine had purchased 2 GPSs like that and gave one to me. About 2 days later he calls me up and asks, “What do you think of the GPS I got you?” I didn’t want to hurt his feelings, so I said something like, it seems to work okay. He says, “I think it SUCKS!” I said, “Well now that you mention it, it’s kind of frustrating.” He took them both back and got new ones.
drycurt almost 5 years ago
I had 2 GPS devices in 2005; one for hiking and one for driving. BOTH (different brands) gave one’s current position about 250 ft WNW of actual location. The GPSs themselves are accurate to within as little as 6 feet, but for some reason the maps are not precisely aligned. I’d be driving east and the driving GPS told me I had arrived, when I could see my destination a few hundred feet ahead. While hiking, I never found some of the places I was searching for. I’d set a waypoint at my car, and so I always found my way back (when I was 10 feet from my car , it said I was ten feet from the waypoint), but one time the GPS showed that place was on the other side of a freeway than it actually was. Despite map updates, and my sending complaints, the error persisted for years. The next two smart phones (also different OSs) with map apps and GPS also had the same problem (this in 2010, still). Now, of two newer cell phones, one maps app is about 50 ft off consistently, whereas the other is pretty close.
Saucy1121 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Next sign will be: Oops, you missed it. Make U-turn at next exit in 100 miles.
cknoblo Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I find it easier, if not safer, to look at the map before the trip, and leave the driving directions off.
rAtkinson almost 5 years ago
This doesn’t help if I need to pee.