[Healeys] Nav systems, reprise

Greg Wilkinson gregwilkinson at roadrunner.com
Thu Aug 27 12:27:35 MDT 2009


The key phrase there was "in the woods" as in hiking, not driving. Unless
you have a reeeeeeally long extension cord. ;~)

-----Original Message-----
??  If the GPS is plugged ito the 12V car system, why would the GPS battery
go dead?


---- ahy3000 at comcast.net wrote:

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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 at comcast.net


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