[access-uk] Re: GPS Again!
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:03:59 +0100
Steve,
Would you be able to do one of your really good articles on this, with
some live demo also? I sure hope so.
If I go the Wayfinder route, what receiver should I consider getting?
Where do you get the actual software? Is that all I need? Is there any
way of trialing this software before you buy?
I'm getting more keen by the minute so please help me to get there!
<SMILE>
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Nutt
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:33 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: GPS Again!
Hi Damon,
OK, let's try to take your questions one at a time.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Damon
Sent: 25 June 2005 11:22
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: GPS Again!
the whole GPS thing completely confuses me now.
Doesn't take much <Smile>.
OK, when you start out, you first connect to your GPS system, via
Bluetooth, and the unit then automatically goes online, you don't even
know it if you set it up right, and downloads your current position, and
the route you have just created. You can either create the route,
before or after you connect to the receiver, but you are not online
until you hit the calculate route button. Once you hit that, it plots a
route from your GPS position, to your destination, by downloading
approx. 5KB of data. It then plots your route.
If you go 80 metres or more off-track, your Wayfinder, will go back
online, and re-plot your route from yo9ur current GPS position. This is
what makes it better than Trekker and such, because Trekker does not
automatically re-plot your route, you have to ask it to do it.
As for bus stops and the like, if you have a good GPS signal, and this
is not guaranteed in a built-up area like London, then you will be
warned of your approaching bus stop, first two miles, then one mile,
then 500 yards, or feet, depending on your settings, then 200 of that
unit, then 100, then finally, you will be told you are at the
destination.
Yes, it works very well in cars, I have often navigated my dad around in
unfamiliar areas using it.
Hope this helps.
All the best
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