[gps-talkusers] Traveling in New York City
- From: "Eric Brinkman" <eric.brinkman1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:28:42 -0400
Hi,
At the beginning of august, I will be spending a day with some friends in
New York City, and I would like to put my Sense Nav to good use. I took my
Voice Sense with me to NYC once before, but didn't find the GPS all that
useful. Since then, I have spent some time messing around with the maps at
home, and I think I am a little more prepared now. I have a few questions
though.
I haven't updated my maps at all since I received the VS with Sense Nav back
in january. Should I update them or download any of the user created POIS
from Sendero before I leave?
Should I ajust any of the settings for arrival distance and/or near
distance? I'm not sure what the difference between the two is, although I
know I should change them when I'm in a vehicle to account for the faster
speed.
This is sorta off topic, but I'm a little worried about crossing streets in
the city. Here at college in Poughkeepsie I'm ok with listening to trafic
cycles and crossing a busy road, but when I've gone to NYC alone I end up
always taking cabs because I'm afraid I'll get run over. Is there another
list that would be useful for discussing thisgs like this?
Lastly, I'm not sure where I should and shouldn't take the VS. For example,
I'm going to a Judas Priest/Black Sabbath concert later in august. I would
like to use the GPS to help get there, but I don't want something to happen
to it while I'm there. There'll be quite a bit of drinking before the show,
and I don't really want to take a lot of stuff with me. I wish I'd gotten a
phone with MobileSpeak instead of Talks, since the sendero GPS is coming for
that and it would be better for situations like this.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
Eric
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