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I finally bit the bullet...
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:32:17 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:
wrote in message .. . On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:24:22 -0500, John H. wrote: On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:09:47 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: wrote in message m... On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:37:53 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: wrote in message news:5ak3e3h9m53m09cn85mvstj3lge4746e7d@4ax. com... On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:17:50 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: wrote in message news:04h3e39d5t5nr4s0p4bokt9oer8g6fkkid@4a x.com... On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:43:00 -0500, John H. wrote: On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:18:07 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message news:ls51e3lf801sp4ge7s4c534i76emgiv6g9 @4ax.com... I also forgot how to post apparently. Dumbass. Anyhoo.... I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE. Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn smart. I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile, but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented the correct route without prompting. What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine GPS - also spot on. The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail. I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and the directions were clear and precise. My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll have to look around for a different mounting system. Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get the base idea, everything falls into place quickly. The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display much better, but that's a personal preference thing. For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon. Not a bad price but I still am not convinced I need one, although I still drive over 2,000 miles every month. Although not perfect, Mapquest has not let me down 99.9% of the time. In those cases a cell phone call solves the problem For our Baltimore-NYC-Boston-Maine trip next year we will also use AAA TripTik services. So......what made you finally decide to buy one? If you're male, you should be able to read a map. However, they are handy for finding a street address in a town which doesn't have an insert on your average state map. Ever notice that when you are in a strange town trying to find some particular place, (especially at night) most of the streets do not have street signs, and buildings often don't have numbers? Quite frankly, no. Then you have never been anywhere! I can safely bet that I have more miles, including air, behind me than you do. Perhaps I just know how to travel. ;-) HIGHLY unlikely. Perhaps you just thought you went somewhere? Watching TV travel shows DOES NOT count. We are talking about driving on streets, anyway. I agree that you can probably find your way around a somewhat planned city such as NYC without a map or a GPS. If you had really done any real traveling, however, you would know that those situations are the exception. Here's a little navigation tip that may help you some day... When driving on a moonless cloudy night in the mountains of Vermont and you make your 4th turn onto yet another unmarked dirt road deep in the woods, you can tell which general direction you are headed by looking at any house you pass. They all have TV dish antennas, and they are all aimed roughly SOUTH. You're welcome Not a problem. BTW: I try not to travel on moonless nights on dirt roads deep in the woods. What exactly are you looking for when doing so? Why does the Dueling Banjo's song come to mind? ;-) 'Cause you're got a fear that perhaps there are some homosexual tendencies that you're finding it hard to control? You alone, of all the folks here, continuously intimate that others might be gay. You do this when there is absolutely nothing to support your silly comments. Strange. neat=gay? Who knew? John is always trying to defend homosexuals. Make your own conclusions. Jim, I'm not trying to 'defend' you, I'm trying to 'explain' you! |
I finally bit the bullet...
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:37:53 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:
wrote in message .. . On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:17:50 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: wrote in message ... On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:43:00 -0500, John H. wrote: On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:18:07 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message news:ls51e3lf801sp4ge7s4c534i76emgiv6g9@4ax. com... I also forgot how to post apparently. Dumbass. Anyhoo.... I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE. Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn smart. I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile, but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented the correct route without prompting. What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine GPS - also spot on. The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail. I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and the directions were clear and precise. My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll have to look around for a different mounting system. Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get the base idea, everything falls into place quickly. The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display much better, but that's a personal preference thing. For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon. Not a bad price but I still am not convinced I need one, although I still drive over 2,000 miles every month. Although not perfect, Mapquest has not let me down 99.9% of the time. In those cases a cell phone call solves the problem For our Baltimore-NYC-Boston-Maine trip next year we will also use AAA TripTik services. So......what made you finally decide to buy one? If you're male, you should be able to read a map. However, they are handy for finding a street address in a town which doesn't have an insert on your average state map. Ever notice that when you are in a strange town trying to find some particular place, (especially at night) most of the streets do not have street signs, and buildings often don't have numbers? Quite frankly, no. Then you have never been anywhere! I can safely bet that I have more miles, including air, behind me than you do. Perhaps I just know how to travel. ;-) A daughter who got lost on her way to Ocean City, after you taught her. (It doesn't take a detailed city map to find Ocean City!) What the hell do air miles have to do with street signs and unreadable addresses? BTW, would you believe that Salty was an airline pilot for Northwest? Maybe you should think before speaking. |
I finally bit the bullet...
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:09:47 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:
wrote in message .. . On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:37:53 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: wrote in message ... On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:17:50 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: wrote in message om... On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:43:00 -0500, John H. wrote: On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:18:07 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message news:ls51e3lf801sp4ge7s4c534i76emgiv6g9@4a x.com... I also forgot how to post apparently. Dumbass. Anyhoo.... I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE. Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn smart. I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile, but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented the correct route without prompting. What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine GPS - also spot on. The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail. I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and the directions were clear and precise. My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll have to look around for a different mounting system. Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get the base idea, everything falls into place quickly. The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display much better, but that's a personal preference thing. For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon. Not a bad price but I still am not convinced I need one, although I still drive over 2,000 miles every month. Although not perfect, Mapquest has not let me down 99.9% of the time. In those cases a cell phone call solves the problem For our Baltimore-NYC-Boston-Maine trip next year we will also use AAA TripTik services. So......what made you finally decide to buy one? If you're male, you should be able to read a map. However, they are handy for finding a street address in a town which doesn't have an insert on your average state map. Ever notice that when you are in a strange town trying to find some particular place, (especially at night) most of the streets do not have street signs, and buildings often don't have numbers? Quite frankly, no. Then you have never been anywhere! I can safely bet that I have more miles, including air, behind me than you do. Perhaps I just know how to travel. ;-) HIGHLY unlikely. Perhaps you just thought you went somewhere? Watching TV travel shows DOES NOT count. We are talking about driving on streets, anyway. I agree that you can probably find your way around a somewhat planned city such as NYC without a map or a GPS. If you had really done any real traveling, however, you would know that those situations are the exception. Here's a little navigation tip that may help you some day... When driving on a moonless cloudy night in the mountains of Vermont and you make your 4th turn onto yet another unmarked dirt road deep in the woods, you can tell which general direction you are headed by looking at any house you pass. They all have TV dish antennas, and they are all aimed roughly SOUTH. You're welcome Not a problem. BTW: I try not to travel on moonless nights on dirt roads deep in the woods. What exactly are you looking for when doing so? Why does the Dueling Banjo's song come to mind? ;-) 'Cause you're got a fear that perhaps there are some homosexual tendencies that you're finding it hard to control? You alone, of all the folks here, continuously intimate that others might be gay. You do this when there is absolutely nothing to support your silly comments. Strange. |
I finally bit the bullet...
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: .... I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE. Have a TomTom 910, rather happy with it too. Most useful in places you have not been before. Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn smart. I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile, but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented the correct route without prompting. In dense cities like over here it will recalculate often after 100 metres. Without complaints! I find the spoken directions to be very much to the point, no chatter. It taught me some new ways in a city I have lived for quite a few years. I even use it to remind me if I have to drive a route that differs slightly from my trodden tracks ("my autopilot") :-) Also: If a road is blocked, you want to avoid a certain point, or travel through a given point - this is all readily done with a few clicks simple enough even when driving (eg find alternative road block 100m). I also like the way it remembers previous addresses eg when entering the city with the keyboard (touch screen) it will present the last few used cities directly to select, if you have selected a city it will present the last few streets in this city etc. What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my position. That's because of the receiver, probably SIRFIII - they are good. The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail. I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and the directions were clear and precise. Trouble comes (relatively) only if you are covered by electrical wires overhead (tramway lines over here) or concrete with steel in it (buildings, tunnels, also frequent over here). It will track all the same using the magnetic compass, and previous speed info. What can happen though is that it will indicate you are driving in the water when you are still on the street follwing the waterway (off by 20 m) - but this is the limit of GPS unless you use differential GPS (eg satellite based), which you usually only get for navigating on sea. This will improve accuracy up to say 3-6 metres. .... Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get the base idea, everything falls into place quickly. It is not the Euro thing, but rather that it is not Windows based, but Symbian (a different operating system, lean, geared towards touch screens, cleaner user interface like Mac etc) Enjoy Marc -- Switzerland/Europe http://www.heusser.com remove CHEERS and from MERCIAL to get valid e-mail |
I finally bit the bullet...
JimH wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... I also forgot how to post apparently. Dumbass. Anyhoo.... I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE. Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn smart. I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile, but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented the correct route without prompting. What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine GPS - also spot on. The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail. I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and the directions were clear and precise. My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll have to look around for a different mounting system. Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get the base idea, everything falls into place quickly. The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display much better, but that's a personal preference thing. For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon. OK, OK, I am now a believer. A customer showed me his Garmin this morning............all I can say is WOW, I GOTTA GET ONE. So the question becomes...........Tom-Tom or Garmin? Which is preferred by those having one of these units? Whichever one YOU find easiest to use and SEE... |
I finally bit the bullet...
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I finally bit the bullet...
On Sep 7, 4:18 pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
Not a bad price but I still am not convinced I need one, although I still drive over 2,000 miles every month. Although not perfect, Mapquest has not let me down 99.9% of the time. In those cases a cell phone call solves the problem For our Baltimore-NYC-Boston-Maine trip next year we will also use AAA TripTik services. I'm with you....GPS is fantastically useful and (to me) essential on the water, but I am not sold on them as being necessary at all in a car or truck, where street signs, maps, and directions that you can print off mapquest before you leave, can get you pretty much where you want to go. (Not that I don't appreciate the luxury and convenience of the nav systems in cars that talk to you and tell you where to turn, etc; but for a known cheapskate like me - like I said I just don't feel a need so far.) richforman |
I finally bit the bullet...
JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "JimH" ask wrote in message ... OK, OK, I am now a believer. A customer showed me his Garmin this morning............all I can say is WOW, I GOTTA GET ONE. So the question becomes...........Tom-Tom or Garmin? Which is preferred by those having one of these units? My opinion: For the car: Tom-Tom For the boat: Garmin Tom-Tom is a user friendly, simple to operate auto GPS that requires very little operator interaction to use. (Good when traveling at highway speeds and need to pay attention to the road). Eisboch Which Tom-Tom unit did you purchase? I can assure you he purchased the most expensive one. ;) When you have Richards money, you buy the most expensive one. |
I finally bit the bullet...
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