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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Russian on August 03, 2008, 01:26:57 PM
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They are awesome! :) and cheap! a guy in Best Buys price matched Amazon's price! :devil
Garmin Navi 260.
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Garmin is hands-down the best GPS out there. I would have spent the extra $50 for the wide screen though...
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GPS in cars.
After being stuck behind someone using one the other day. I think are about 10 times more dangerous then using a cell phone while driving.
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GPS in cars.
After being stuck behind someone using one the other day. I think are about 10 times more dangerous then using a cell phone while driving.
Agreed. There is actually a screen at start-up that requires you to accept stating that you agree NOT to make adjustments while in motion.
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My sister in-law and her boyfriend took a wrong turn and ended up taking the backroads over the mountains between West Virginnia and Virginia. When I asked her how she made such and amateur mistake, she said she was messing around with the GPS and it told them to go that way. :rofl
Too bad for her, the GPS unit didn't come with a free dose of common sense. ;)
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I read a map prior and go. No GPS distractions needed. If you need a GPS for everyday driving, there's an underlying issue that should be addressed.
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I read a map prior and go. No GPS distractions needed. If you need a GPS for everyday driving, there's an underlying issue that should be addressed.
I have a few long trips ahead of me into an unknown territory. This little $200 device sure puts my mine at ease without needing to buy bunch of maps and ask directions at a gas stops.
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I have a few long trips ahead of me into an unknown territory. This little $200 device sure puts my mine at ease without needing to buy bunch of maps and ask directions at a gas stops.
Mapquest prior to the trip? My point being, their are enough distracted drivers on the road.
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I dont ever want a GPS for the vehicle for a driving aid. Its only purpose for me would be to map lat/lon coordinates for certain places/objects/etc.
Maps give directions not GPS devices.
Someone isnt smart enough to read a map, they have no business driving
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Mapquest prior to the trip? My point being, their are enough distracted drivers on the road.
And how am I distracted? I think it's more unsafe to use a map or mapquest printout than to do a quick look into a GPS screen or listen to verbal directions.
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Mapquest prior to the trip? My point being, their are enough distracted drivers on the road.
I travel all over the place to areas I've never been to do estimates.
I'll get general directions fom the customer.
Then I'll go on mapquest. If I have any question about an area I switch to the Aerial image and zoom in and make notations on the direction printout of any landmarks or sequence of streets to look for.
Never been lost. never had a problem.
Used the same method when I went to my mothers new house in Fla I'd never been to
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And how am I distracted? I think it's more unsafe to use a map or mapquest printout than to do a quick look into a GPS screen or listen to verbal directions.
You mare sensable enough to know not to screw with it en route.
You.
Based on what I see of the rest of the general public...
not so much
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You mare sensable enough to know not to screw with it en route.
You.
Based on what I see of the rest of the general public...
not so much
Oh, and this magical toybox has a data bank of restaurants, gas stations, hotels, banks, museums etc. :)
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I've started using a garmin for hunting, it's great for marking spots and then checking them out on google earth. it's also quite handy for back road navigation where turn offs and side roads are easily missed (especially back country stuff), or it's the middle of the night and things are difficult to see.
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I probably wouldnt use a GPS...have nothing against them though, they dont seem any more dangerous or distracting as radios.
i memorize road numbers and go. have a back roads mapbook in the glove compartment as backup, and for finding more interesting routes but...roads make sense to me, i have no problem navigating as long as i've looked at the map a couple times.
when i have to go by someone elses directions, instead of mapping it out in my head, is when i have trouble. nobody seems to use normal directions and road numbers to do it.
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I think the GPS is equally as dangerous as using maps or mapquest directions. They are only dangerous at different times.
The map and mapquest are dangerous when people try to read them while driving in strange places and the GPS when people try to program them while driving.
Bottom line both are very good at finding your way around as long as you use some common sense.
We use GPS in the ambulance all the time of course usually there are more than one of us in there at a time and the one not driving usually does the programming when we need it.
The nice thing about GPS though is the updates are alot faster than they are with maps. This is especially important in areas like the one I live in where housing developements are popping up on a regular basis which equates to new roads popping up constantly. Maps just don't get updated that fast but I have seen roads added to our GPS units that were only a few weeks to a couple months old, but I have seen maps that did not have roads that were a year old on them.
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And how am I distracted? I think it's more unsafe to use a map or mapquest printout than to do a quick look into a GPS screen or listen to verbal directions.
I have a photographic memory. I read it once and off I go. NO stops for directions, ever. My wife hates it too, because she's still waiting for that day I have to stop.
I will buy a GPS unit. BUT, I will only use it to Track and log ORV routes in Michigan and on wheeling trips. That is it.
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I have a photographic memory.
Does that mean you only have to look at porn once?
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I've got a pornographic memory too!
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Does that mean you only have to look at porn once?
:rofl
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youngest left Saturday to work with my sister in DC for the next several months. We got him a garmin for the trip and his travels around VA. First time I experienced one. Nice piece of gear - handy tool - gave him piece of mind considering the farthest he'd travel previously was the panhandle for spring break :)
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I notice it seems the only people talking crap about GPS units are the OLD guys here who do not have one.
It's ok guys it's not a threat to your manhood.
I do agree with Karaya for short trips, you really should know the area you live in, but for long trips, and finding trail heads if you have never run it before, it is a WONDERFUL tool.
So are pilots who use GPS wimps too?
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So are pilots who use GPS wimps too?
I seems that way. Real "manly" pilots paint windows black and use only watch, map and compass.
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I have heard of ppl using gps ending up in unsavory neighborhoods.
Is there a way to designate these areas as 'no go'?
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I use a GPS only as a back up to using something like mapquest, Live.com (best online mapping utility I have found so far) or Google Earth (not the best but not worse than Mapquest for me). I also try to pick up maps for the areas that I am traveling in but sometimes you only get the big basic road map and I was something with a little more detail. Also my GPS only gets unpacked once I hit unfamiliar territory on my sales journey.
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I have heard of ppl using gps ending up in unsavory neighborhoods.
Is there a way to designate these areas as 'no go'?
Yes there is a menu where you can designate areas to avoid.
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I thought the way it displayed gas stations, rest areas and restaurants a great help.
His garmin was on sale for 189 at BB. It had a big screen but did not announce the street name - the unit that did that cost almost double.
The way it displays the street name made it easy enough to use without that feature.
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Yes there is a menu where you can designate areas to avoid.
Cool! So can you do it by state? Like, "Avoid Texas altogether" ? :D
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Yes there is a menu where you can designate areas to avoid.
Thanks :aok
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Yes there is a menu where you can designate areas to avoid.
Be careful. This feature is not available on all models.
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I notice it seems the only people talking crap about GPS units are the OLD guys here who do not have one.
It's ok guys it's not a threat to your manhood.
No worries. Us "old guys" know nothing is a threat to our manhood. We've long since learned how to do manly things
Its your manhood we are worried about.
We see the generation using the technology crutch and recognize the sissification of men in the younger generations taking place.
But thats ok. We this s nothing new. We are more sissified then those who went before us.
Men Real men who explored an entire contenent without maps or directions and managed to return without getting lost.
Before them. The entire oceans of the world. With nothing but the stars to guide them.
As we've become more technologically advanced. We've also become more sissified.
and it spills over into other aspects of our lives.
Now we have men using GPS's, shaving their bodies like women and even wearing makeup like women http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18062886/
It dismays us "older guys" because we see the younger guys growing up to be less "manly" and more womanly. ;)
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It's ok guys it's not a threat to your manhood.
no, just the :lol manly :lol skills of navigation and the spirit of adventure.
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No worries. Us "old guys" know nothing is a threat to our manhood. We've long since learned how to do manly things
Its your manhood we are worried about.
We see the generation using the technology crutch and recognize the sissification of men in the younger generations taking place.
But thats ok. We this s nothing new. We are more sissified then those who went before us.
Men Real men who explored an entire contenent without maps or directions and managed to return without getting lost.
Before them. The entire oceans of the world. With nothing but the stars to guide them.
As we've become more technologically advanced. We've also become more sissified.
and it spills over into other aspects of our lives.
Now we have men using GPS's, shaving their bodies like women and even wearing makeup like women http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18062886/
It dismays us "older guys" because we see the younger guys growing up to be less "manly" and more womanly. ;)
Aww Dred I struck a nerve, sorry about that.
And if implying I may be a sissy who saves his body makes you feel better about your aging manhood well so be it. I will just go about my business with my GPS, and get toejam done. You know for your manhood problem, they have several pills, talk to your DR. They will not of course fix your silly disdain for great technology.
:D
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Aww Dred I struck a nerve, sorry about that.
And if implying I may be a sissy who saves his body makes you feel better about your aging manhood well so be it. I will just go about my business with my GPS, and get poop done. You know for your manhood problem, they have several pills, talk to your DR. They will not of course fix your silly disdain for great technology.
:D
:rofl
I can't wait to meet you in November. Gonna be a "blast". :devil
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Aww Dred I struck a nerve, sorry about that.
And if implying I may be a sissy who saves his body makes you feel better about your aging manhood well so be it. I will just go about my business with my GPS, and get poop done. You know for your manhood problem, they have several pills, talk to your DR. They will not of course fix your silly disdain for great technology.
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LMAO no nerves struck here
just pointing out the obvious. What you need technology for. I can do just as well without.
I have no problem with my aging either. At 47 (ok I'll be 47 next month)
Im in FAR better shape then most 47 year olds I know.
I know kids half my age that have a hard time keeping up with me
And my manhood still works just fine (so long as you have that. what else is there?)
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Changed from the word I wanted to use (another word for a birds beak) to Manhood.
Sorry I WONT let it be changed to "Dohnut" LMAO
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All talk of manhood aside, I've used GPS and I can see both sides of this issue. The ultimate GPS unit would be a laptop with a broadband wireless connection running Google Earth synced up to a GPS dongle. I don't know how hard it would be to do but I'm pretty sure all pieces are available...
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. What you need technology for. I can do just as well without.
Stay away from a computer then. ;) And use a horse for transportation... :devil
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The 3 features I like to use a GPS for.
Accurate trip recording, ETA and handsfree for the phone.
When I'm driving it's rarely off the virtual dashboard and the voice is OFF.
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Aww Dred I struck a nerve, sorry about that.
And if implying I may be a sissy who saves his body makes you feel better about your aging manhood well so be it. I will just go about my business with my GPS, and get poop done. You know for your manhood problem, they have several pills, talk to your DR. They will not of course fix your silly disdain for great technology.
:D
but here's the really really big question. when you've gotten soooo accustomed to your gps telling you everything, whatcha gonna do when it doesn't work? you gonna stay in your house because you can't find your way to work anymore?
technology is good if it's used to supplement things, but not to replace basic map reading skills.
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All talk of manhood aside, I've used GPS and I can see both sides of this issue. The ultimate GPS unit would be a laptop with a broadband wireless connection running Google Earth synced up to a GPS dongle. I don't know how hard it would be to do but I'm pretty sure all pieces are available...
DELORME
great system. the maps that they use on the laptop, are the same as in their road atlases.
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There is no GPS service here in Alaska :lol
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There is no GPS service here in Alaska :lol
you serious?
there's 24 gps sattalites in orbit. there should be.
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I got a cheapo magellan that works great. I'm with Russian on this one.
One of the things I like best about it is that it gives verbal instructions including
street names. I don't find it distracting at all..if I do somehow miss a turn, it
recalculates on the fly.
Admittedly I don't use it much up here in NJ, but when I defect to Charlotte
in november, it's going to be worth it's weight in gold. Another thing I like about
it is that I never have to carry another map again...less clutter in the car is good
for me...I'm a slob :aok
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There is no GPS service here in Alaska :lol
I used to work for Princess Cruises , the TV, phone services onboard were down many times cruising through Alaska inside passage, Yakutat bay and at the dock in Skagway ,those high mountain range next to the ship are blocking the satellite signal. But same goes for GPS, satellite radio and qualcom , i'm losing signal many times on flat land under bridges, gas station roof,behind high buildings.
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I've recently acquired one, mainly for my wife moving to a large city (220k) for a girl from a town of less than 500. It's been invaluable to her and has made the move A LOT easier. I just used it this weekend to go to the EAA and up to Green Bay (both cities I'm fairly unfamiliar with). Worked great on finding my favorite pizza place I haven't been to in years.
It beats printing out Google maps any day. They do have their drawbacks, and I still carry a paper map as a backup.
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Admittedly I don't use it much up here in NJ, but when I defect to Charlotte
in november, it's going to be worth it's weight in gold.
you just screwed yourself. now "they" know you're gong to try to escape, and will be waiting for you.
there is no escape from new jersey!!mmmmuuuuuahaahahahaha :D
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Great technology. Particularly good while traveling, or in urban areas or at night going to new locations. Good if you try to find your own detour to a traffic problem.
Not fool proof, but +1
Charon
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Trip navigators are a quantum improvement in driving. Rather than a permanent one mounted in the car, we use two portables: a Garmin Nuvi and a Verizon cell phone. Both are superb. Never travel without one or the other.
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I got a gps in my boats. I still prefer the old fashioned navigation with a map, a compass and sextant. The gps is handy in fog and such but i dont trust the gps only. A few times i have seen that the map in the gps is more accurate and updated when it comes to how deep it is in sertain places so i make notes on my paper maps to update them with sertain details.
Got a gps in the car too but I have only needed it one time to find a place so if it had not been a gift i would not have gotten one.
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ignorance is bliss... they say