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Sat Navs
datalas:
I have to admit that I find the GPS most useful as a rolling map, Most turnoffs (particularly for shows etc) are badly signposted or the signs are hidden behind trees and other such annoyance. Having a map that shows you to within a few feet where the turnoff is has saved me no end of "oh bother" turning round moments.
Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: datalas on March 07, 2008, 22:57:40 ---I have to admit that I find the GPS most useful as a rolling map, Most turnoffs (particularly for shows etc) are badly signposted or the signs are hidden behind trees and other such annoyance. Having a map that shows you to within a few feet where the turnoff is has saved me no end of "oh bother" turning round moments.
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That's exactly how mine will work - Memory-Map providing a moving map display centred on my current location.
landybabe:
--- Quote from: Tommo on March 07, 2008, 21:12:20 ---I know this thread is about slagging it off but take a second to think about how fantastic it is really. wherever you are GPS can locate you and tell you where you need to be going. sat nav makes picking up stuff won on ebay a doddle. Maps are great for the kitchen table but useless when you are bombing down an A road wondering which road you turn off on. Ok so it makes errors but i dont see a road map telling me how wide a road is.
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Actually this thread wasn't about slagging off sat navs at all. I'd be lost without mine now (no pun intended! :rolleyes:) I think they're a great piece of equipment when they're in the right hands and that was the point of the thread...........It's the muppets out there that can't or wont use them properly that gives them a bad reputation :evil: These people should learn how to use them and stop blaming them for the mistakes they make themselves. How many times do we hear drivers say "My sat nav sent me down here" when they've got lost or stuck on unsuitable roads....So the sat nav was driving as well was it??? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Paper maps are still great for checking what sat navs tell you too though....With different line styles and colours to show you whether a road is Major or Minor or simply a Single track and not forgetting that road signs are still out there too :? why are drivers still getting in such a mess :huh:
For some people it must be
Sat nav switched on = Common sense switched off :-.
datalas:
--- Quote from: landybabe on March 10, 2008, 10:19:13 ---For some people it must be
Sat nav switched on = Common sense switched off :-.
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You are of course assuming that these folk have a functioning common sense unit to turn off :(
landybabe:
Aaahh :doh:
My mistake :lol: :lol:
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