OT sort of. Don't trust the GPS!
09-03-2007, 02:47 PM
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Re: OT sort of. Don't trust the GPS!
Very picky, and totally correct :-)
I'm amazed anyone would go down a greenlane in a van !
Dave
Lon wrote:
> To be really picky, GPS just lists a location. The mapmaker is the one
> responsible for correctly classifying roads as to their make-up etc.
> Some offer both topo and map view, others map and satellite. The loose
> nut behind the wheel is presumed to be paying attention to weather,
> discrepancies between the map and the reality, etc.
>
> Dave Milne proclaimed:
>> GPS lists everything that is a "road". Some roads here in the UK are
>> ancient
>> right of ways, meaning that they have possibly existed since Roman times,
>> and have never been paved. Without a map, you are hard pressed even
>> knowing
>> that they are a road, and when they are wet (which is pretty often), they
>> are a mudbath.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "SnoMan" <admin@snoman.com> wrote in message
>> news:mr6ld31mn83cken536vfrdci3gjpmond9l@4ax.com...
>>
>>> On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 08:18:40 GMT, "Dave Milne"
>>> <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Managed to stick a 4x4 Bedford 4 tonner - impressive.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> "Peter Stolz" <pstolz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:4bjCi.4645$JD.1001@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net ...
>>>>
>>>>> Don't trust the gps lest you've got wheelin' buddies!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/82...t-sat-nav.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>
>>> Looks like operator error to me. The GPS nav unit has no weather data
>>> on road conditions and this is where the driver is supposed to use
>>> better judgement.
>>> -----------------
>>> TheSnoMan.com
>>
>>
>>
I'm amazed anyone would go down a greenlane in a van !
Dave
Lon wrote:
> To be really picky, GPS just lists a location. The mapmaker is the one
> responsible for correctly classifying roads as to their make-up etc.
> Some offer both topo and map view, others map and satellite. The loose
> nut behind the wheel is presumed to be paying attention to weather,
> discrepancies between the map and the reality, etc.
>
> Dave Milne proclaimed:
>> GPS lists everything that is a "road". Some roads here in the UK are
>> ancient
>> right of ways, meaning that they have possibly existed since Roman times,
>> and have never been paved. Without a map, you are hard pressed even
>> knowing
>> that they are a road, and when they are wet (which is pretty often), they
>> are a mudbath.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "SnoMan" <admin@snoman.com> wrote in message
>> news:mr6ld31mn83cken536vfrdci3gjpmond9l@4ax.com...
>>
>>> On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 08:18:40 GMT, "Dave Milne"
>>> <jeep@_removethisbit_milne.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Managed to stick a 4x4 Bedford 4 tonner - impressive.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> "Peter Stolz" <pstolz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:4bjCi.4645$JD.1001@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net ...
>>>>
>>>>> Don't trust the gps lest you've got wheelin' buddies!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/82...t-sat-nav.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>
>>> Looks like operator error to me. The GPS nav unit has no weather data
>>> on road conditions and this is where the driver is supposed to use
>>> better judgement.
>>> -----------------
>>> TheSnoMan.com
>>
>>
>>
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