[Healeys] GPS Info for Dummies

[Tom Felts]

Maybe you were not in Pittsburgh anyway:)  There is no I99 in this area that I know of:):)

BTW, a good GPS will recognize there are more than one street with the same name and giive you the entire listing so you can choose the one that fits----

To each his/her own, but a contest between paper maps and GPS uints??  No contest.

I think some folks don't how to properly use them and give up and go back to paper, thinking it is easier.

Regards
tom 
---- Carr&Edwards <scvc70 at epix.net> wrote: 

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Either that or they didn't have the software updated.  On a (carpool) trip 
to Pittsburgh last fall, the driver's GPS wasn't aware that I-99 existed and 
showed us as driving through an empty "unknown zone" (or some such wording) 
after we got on the interstate!

Then we discovered that when there is more than one street with the same 
name in an area, they are listed in zip code order--we didn't realize this 
until we found ourselves in a section of Pittsburgh that we really didn't 
want to be in.... (She'd assumed that the first listing would be closer to 
the city center.)

Me, I still like paper maps!

Sarah Carr
BN1 in PA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Felts" <tomfelts at windstream.net>
To: "Len and/or Marge Hartnett" <thehartnetts at earthlink.net>; "Healey 
MailList" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] GPS Info for Dummies


> Well---what can I say?  I just used mine tonight.  It took me to the very 
> door of the place I wanted to go and there were no AAA charts or written 
> instructions to follow or fool with whikle trying to drive.  My guess is 
> the drivers you talked about didn't plug in the correct info.
>
> To me, anyway, it is a real blessing to have.
>
> tom
> ---- Len and/or Marge Hartnett <thehartnetts at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> =============
> I have only had three experiences with GPS units.  One was in my son's 
> car.
> It only concerned about a 10 mile drive up the Interstate and we already
> knew where the destination was and could have done it without the GPS.  It
> did, however, give the correctinstructions.  The other two involved GPS
> units in other peoples' cars (Healeys) during Healey events.  Being 
> advised
> to "follow me.  I have GPS", their units could not get us to the desired
> destinations.
>
> So far, a AAA map or Microsoft's Streets and Trips have served me well.
>
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
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