This command is my survival here in Scottsdale because there is a huge
walking path which goes for miles literally and the turning points are
extremely indistinguishable.
This is why Mike's gps is so superior in every way to all the others.
Mary Ellen Earls
Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Kern" <kernsac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:20 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] sing GPS with outdated maps
Hi, all. We're visiting my sister-in-law in Washington. She lives in a new development in the city which isn't on the current GPS maps. I labeled her house as a point of interest last night, even though the streets in the area weren't recognized. Today my husband and I were out and about, and when we were trying to get back to my sister-in-law's house, I decided to try making a route. It didn't seem to be of any use, but what did prove useful was marking my sister-in-law's house as a destination, then checking the destination to see if we were getting closer. My husband had to call his sister to get directions to get us into the right area, but she had to hang up before we actually got there. So I kept checking the destination when we were almost there. My husband couldn't tell exactly where to turn, but by using the destination command to check how far we were from it, I could tell him when he'd apparently passed it, and eventually got him to turn on the right street
by telli
ng him we were getting closer to the destination. So even with its outdated maps, there are a lot of ways to use GPS.
Peggy
