Re: [A/S] Re: GPS Devices

[Dick Kenan <as5368@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>LOL!  John, we're with you...we're *map* people (as in paper maps).  I've
>seen too many instances of GPS directions being wrong.  Our little area of
>Quartzsite, for example, is incorrectly shown on every GPS map I've ever
>seen.

         The first time I used my Earthmate GPS with my laptop was on the 
way from Atlanta to Top O'Georgia Airstream Park.  On the way up, with Jane 
driving, I was startled to see the little trail of dots on the map moving 
steadily across a field, parallel to the roadway but well off it.  I expect 
that may have been caused by loss of a satellite, or an error in the 
electronic map.
         I, therefore, tend to use paper maps.  I do use MS S&T a lot, and 
occasionally I use my DeLorme product.  But, I have used my GPS only the 
one time. I'm a map person, too.
         But, be aware that paper maps also contain errors.  I have often 
been irritated by the difference between the ground and the maps, 
especially in cities and at interchanges.  Most are good, but you never know.

- Dick
(5368)