[gps-talkusers] Re: e: My Latest Experience with GPS
- From: "Ken Perry" <kperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:45:02 -0700
I have seen a few posts about the holux m-1000 and that it would cause
better boot up speeds. I am currently not using the Sendero GPS product and
am interested in how long it takes for most people to get connected with the
satellite.
Ken
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] e: My Latest Experience with GPS
Hi Joleen,
what receiver are you using?
if you're not currently using the holux m-1000, I'm sure this would improve
things greatly regarding sattellite tracking, accuracy and boot-up time if
you were to acquire one.
On the other hand, if you are using the m-1000, I don't know what to suggest
other than to say it sounds like a mapping problem.
Don't give up, though.
All the bestst, Richard.
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Joleen <cjferg@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:08:36 -0700
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] My Latest Experience with GPS
>Hi All,
>Let me share my latest experience with GPS.
>Yesterday I was traveling to a camp site where my driver had forgotten
>to bring his map.
>With a sense that I could be of real help, I took out my GPS and
>created a route from Yakima to Camp Ghormley. I was able to give
>directions. At one point, we turned onto a gravel road. It turned out
>to be a very poor road with wash-out areas. After traveling several
>miles on this "path" my BN announced that we had arrived! Where were
>we? No where! The camp was not anywhere around there.
>With my hopes dashed, we turned around and made our way back to the
>road more traveled. Eventually we found the right turn and I put a
>user POI at the camp entrance.
>My bad luck again. The actual camp entrance was 3.48 miles from the
>GPS location. After this and previous experiences, I now am shy of
>using my GPS to do any navigation for others.
>Still eager to make GPS work for me, I took time to fire it up as I was
>shown from the cabin to the main lodge. Confident that I had learned
>well how to create a manual route, I set out. I put in a series of way
>points along the trail. All seemed well.
>However, after dinner and when it was dark, I found someone else who
>was also staying in my cabin. She was not sure of the direction.
>Again, I suggested that my GPS could help us in the dark. I started it
>up and had to pair the receiver due to a spontaneous BN crash and reset
>earlier in the afternoon.
>Eventually I was successful in getting the BN and receiver to see each
>other. Then there was a long wait for a fix. My friend remained
>patient. Eventually there was success. Now, all I had to do was to
>reverse the route. All I could get from it was that I could not
>recalculate the route. It was only after I gave up and followed her
>guesses that we made our way to the cabin.
>There, I worked with it until I realized that I had probably exited the
>main lodge at a door different from the one I had set as a way point.
>Both doors would have been on the same side of the building, but I
>suspect that they were more than 30 feet apart.
>One more try. When I was ready to come home, all I needed was to get
>my luggage from the cabin. My driver had not been to the cabin and
>there seemed to be no one to ask. Again, I tried my GPS. This time, I
>knew it could help because I had a user POI.
>It must have taken ten minutes to acquire a fix. Meanwhile, We got
>into the car and he drove around trying to spot the cabin.
>As we pulled up to it, my GPS announced that we had arrived. It was
>too late to be of any benefit this time. He had seen the sign far
>earlier than the GPS.
>I am afraid my GPS is becoming a source of great humor. No one will
>trust it. I am afraid that in my circumstances, I have little
>confidence that it can be relied upon for much of anything.
>I am grateful that Tele Atlas is looking at the major discrepancies in
>my home town. However, the wilderness areas of Washington state also
>seem to be questionable as my trips to two different camp sites in very
>different parts of the state have both yielded errors of 3.5 miles.
>Trying to be enthusiastic about my GPS.
>Joleen
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