[gps-talkusers] Re: e: Re: Possible Bug

Hi Alex,
I disagree, GPS is helpful in day to day situations.
.
When I purchased GPS in 2002, I bought it to assist me in riding the
bus to and from work. a place and a bus line I had traveled to and
from for 10 years and knew like the back of my hand.
Chris
On Sat, 10 May 2008 22:38:07 -0400, Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Depends on your travel; if you go places a lot alone and they are 
>new areas then it would probably be helpful.  If you are normally 
>in your home town, campus, or whatever then it will not be as 
>useful a tool as if you travel a lot.  It is a decision only you 
>can make, though, and keep in mind that upgrades cost about as 
>much as keysoft upgrades and, as with ks, you cannot skip 
>updates; just as you cannot go from ks7.0 to 7.5 without 
>installing 7.2 first, you cannot go from gps version 3.5 to 4.2 
>without installing 4 first.
>
>Have a great day,
>Alex
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: drew <drewinhisroom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date sent: Wed, 05 May 2010 20:59:57 -0700
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] e: Re: Possible Bug
>
>>Hi skott i am not a new user of the braille note.  I am
>>wondering if i would need the gps do you think I need It
>>Skott? Drew
>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Date sent: Sat, 10 May 2008 18:53:15 -0700
>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Possible Bug
>
>>>Also don't forget, as I think Charles mentioned some time
>>ago, GPS has less resolution than the readings in your car.
>>Everything GPS is broken in to one second blocks where the
>>dials are hard wired so the dials will show micro speed
>>changes more accurately.  GPS is more accurarte when you're
>>dealing with a constant rate of direction and speed.
>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>  From: PghJohn11@xxxxxxx
>>>  To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>  Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 5:17 PM
>>>  Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Possible Bug
>
>
>>>  Is Richard a bug?
>
>>>  In a message dated 5/10/2008 6:08:58 P.M.  Eastern
>>Daylight Time, rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>>    Hey Richard, haven't seen you since our Mexico Cruise.
>
>>>    Regarding this speed difference, our GPS systems should
>>be much more
>>>    reliable than any car speedometer.  The speedometer
>>could be off for many
>>>    reasons such as transmission and rear end gear ratio or
>>tire size and
>>>    pressure.
>
>>>    Rich Irwin
>>>    rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>    -----Original Message-----
>>>    From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>    [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>Richard Bartholomew
>>>    Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:28 PM
>>>    To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>    Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Possible Bug
>
>>>    I, too, have noticed the difference in reported speeds
>>between a speedometer
>
>>>    and the GPS - all versions of the GPS since, 2, I think
>>and across
>>>    receivers.  However, I have put this down to the fact
>>that I've been told
>>>    that car speedos are intentionally set slightly higher
>>than actual speed in
>>>    an effort to curb speeding!
>
>>>    Possibly not true, I suppose, but I like the sound of
>>it!
>
>>>    Regards
>
>>>    Richard Bartholomew
>>>    E-Mail:  richard_bartholomew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>>    ----- Original Message -----
>>>    From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx
>>>    To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>    Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 2:05 AM
>>>    Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Possible Bug
>
>
>>>> Actually, I have found this too as of v4 with a blue
>>logger.  In lower
>>>> versions with the same receiver and bn it reported fine,
>>but now,
>>>> especially while walking (as opposed to moving in a
>>vehicle) it seems much
>
>>>> faster than it used to; my normal walking speed was around
>>2 mph or so and
>
>>>> now it is normally around 3-3.8 even though I walk the
>>same.  This happens
>
>>>> with all types of coverage and, as I said, with v4 (sorry
>>Sendero, but my
>>>> money goes to keysoft first--v4 is good enough for me).
>
>>>> Have a great day,
>>>> Alex
>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Date sent: Thu, 8 May 2008 17:32:17 -0700
>>>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Possible Bug
>
>>>>>Jeff,
>
>>>>>So, you are running the latest,Sendero GPS 4.22 and are
>>noticing
>>>> that it
>>>>>seems to report the speed information 2-2.5 MPH below the
>>actual
>>>> speed? I
>>>>>would seem about obtaining a Holux M-1000, the latest and
>>>> greatest supported
>>>>>receiver   and see if this issue is still occuring.  The
>>only
>>>> thing that i
>>>>>can think of is the timing of iether the key press of for
>>the GPS
>>>> to capture
>>>>>your speed is about a second off.
>
>>>>>Most of the time, I have found the speed reported from a
>>>> speedometer and the
>>>>>Sendero GPS are insync.
>
>>>>>Kevin
>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>Jeff
>>>> Molzow
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:13 PM
>>>>>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Possible Bug
>
>>>>>Hello All:
>
>>>>>This is not a major bug, but thought I'd put it out there.
>>I
>>>> thought for a
>>>>>while that it was either my receiver or VoiceNote, but I'm
>>>> getting
>>>>>consistent speed differences when driving at highway speed
>>>> between the
>>>>>Sendero and 2 other tested GPS's and almost ANY speedometer.
>>In
>>>> all cases,
>>>>>I'm almost exactly 2 to 2.5 mph slower then their measured
>>>> speeds.  If they
>>>>>are traveling 70 mph, the Sendero will show 68 mph.  I don't
>>>> remember this
>>>>>error being present in earlier releases.  In the grand
>>scheme of
>>>> things, not
>>>>>a huge difference and at walking speed, probably error is
>>>> non-existent,
>>>>>however I wanted to see if others are finding similar
>>results.
>
>>>>>For the record, I've tried this on a GPSlim236, the blue
>>logger,
>>>> and the
>>>>>old Magellan (I think).  The one with the serial cable and 2
>>>> double A
>>>>>batteries.  I've also just gotten the motherboard replaced
>>in my
>>>> VoiceNote QT
>>>>>so I don't think it's the bluetooth stack.  I compared my
>>speed
>>>> reading
>>>>>between both a Garmin and Magellan car mounted GPS and have
>>found
>>>> similar
>>>>>test differences between myself and those, and just about
>>every
>>>> speedometer
>>>>>I've tested against.
>
>>>>>Just Curious
>>>>>Jeff
>
>
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Chris Grabowski
- Customer Support and Product testing
Sendero Group
"The GPS company." Also, distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor 
Stream, Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate

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