GPS is Great (Page 2): I Love the GPS systems. I had one of the first Garmin consumer GPS units which you had to load the maps. It could only navigate small sections of the US until...

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

jerryc41 wrote:

Not only is the GPS great for traveling, but it's ... (show quote)

I Love the GPS systems. I had one of the first Garmin consumer GPS units which you had to load the maps. It could only navigate small sections of the US until you deleted the East Coast maps and loaded the area you wanted to travel. In the early years, they were flawed and the signal was blurred. Now you have many stand-alone makes/models for many applications and built-ins. Now, you can update your standalone unit on a computer and we also have iPhone Maps, Google Maps, Waze Maps which are apps. In recent years I have learned never to argue with my GPS. I recently used my iPhone to guide me to my local supermarket where I have been shopping for 10+ years. It navigated a different route for me that was quicker and shorter. When I returned home I used Google Maps and confirmed the Garmin route was both shorter/faster. This "Older Puppy" sure learned a new "Trick". Now that makes me . . .
Smile,
JimmyT Sends

Edit: I also use my GPS to mark/locate future photo opportunities.

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

DirtFarmer wrote:

My wife is addicted to GPS. She uses it for 95% of her trips. She didn't get a drivers license until age 39 so in her youth she missed out on the art of finding your way by landmarks. She's map-challenged (and I don't know how we ever really managed using folded maps to get around while driving).

You used maps because they were the available guide then. GPS is one of the more desirable of modern electronic developments. While I never had a problem with map reading, I now use Garmin unfailingly in unfamiliar settings.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

cahale wrote:

You used maps because they were the available guide then. GPS is one of the more desirable of modern electronic developments. While I never had a problem with map reading, I now use Garmin unfailingly in unfamiliar settings.

olddutch Loc: Beloit, Wisconsin

jerryc41 wrote:

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Jerry, I am glad that your GPS worked out for you.. When Instrument Flying we are taught to believe what our Instruments are telling us.. When in a overcast vertigo sets in real easy.. Although the GPS tells us stuff that is hard to believe at times.. All that driving on new roads and not one Picture to share with us???

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I always use mine. I like the "miles to destination" display and the easy-to-read speed indicator which warns me if I exceed the posted speed limit.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

HamB wrote:

We recently moved to a new state (VA).
If it weren't for GPS I would be driving around Nebraska looking for our house.

I used a GPS in Hawaii, and it worked fine there.

Canonuser Loc: UK and South Africa

GPS speed shown is more accurate than the Speedo in most cars.

Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

stu352 wrote:

The trip home from a local race track usually take... (show quote)

I think that's more a function of the maps being used on your particular GPS. I have had an Auto GPS send me around a "mile square of roads" when there was a perfectly good road connecting the start of the square. Something in the map said that part of the road was accessible.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

jerryc41 wrote:

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You could always go back to one of these from the past. 😌

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george19

A year ago New Year’s Day, I’m driving to the gym and decide to take the GPS directions through the north end of my neighborhood (yeah…I never do that, but it was so weird I played along) instead of to the west.

I get on the highway at the northern exit, and when I get to the usual exit I see the road is closed. There’d been a shooting at 2:30 and police were investigating, so…backroads.

MtManMD Loc: Beaverton, Oregon

I tend to cover all bases. I usually look at physical maps before travel, as well as Google maps. My navigation system in the truck is run off of the AT&T cellular network. My iPhone navigation is on the T-Mobile cellular network. All of these have failed me at times. I was on a trip with my sister last fall, and she had Verizon cellular service on her phone. We still had difficulty getting to places in the mountains of TN, NC and VA. Sometimes no signal on any, or they wouldn't agree on the route. When I returned home, I pulled out my old Garmin GPS and put it in the truck, adding satellite nav to the mix. I take pride getting lost and away from cell signal sometimes, but at least I can get back now.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Sometimes mine takes me 3 or 4 block from my destination. Sometimes I refuse to go the way she says. She must get irritated easy, because one day she took me to the wrong place and after I finally found my way and got where I was supposed to go, I went inside and when I came back out, I was sure I heard her say "Step away from the car!!!"

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

jerryc41 wrote:

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For years I have several General Motors (GM) and one Honda with GPS. If I had kept the Honda, or taken it on a trip, I would have bought a Garmin for it. The GM vehicles seemed harsh to the driver when they deviated from the presented route and often gave TOTALLY RIDICULOUS routes.

I recently traded one of our GM vehicles for a Ford. So far, pleased with GPS. Also, when I deviate from its route it quickly, AND QUIETLY, presents a new path.

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

DirtFarmer wrote:

My wife is addicted to GPS. She uses it for 95% of her trips. She didn't get a drivers license until age 39 so in her youth she missed out on the art of finding your way by landmarks. She's map-challenged (and I don't know how we ever really managed using folded maps to get around while driving).

My wife is map challenged, too. Used gps a lot. Before GPS, when we were traveling & I asked her how far it was from one point to the next, she would tell me “about 2 or 3 inches”.

Tote1940 Loc: Dallas

Love GPS usually Google maps, even shows traffic.
Only one time had problems:
In the mountains around Madrid, Spain ( Sierra) looking for an small town on winding country lanes. All of a sudden road dead ends in a farm. An old goat herder approached us, smiling, and said “ using GPS?” He then showed us correct route. Apparently there was a glitch in maps and he had redirected several tourists before.