[GeoStL] Re: GPS for car
- From: Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:27:29 -0600
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Jim,
One of the things that drives me crazy on the CO is that when I am doing
street navigation and I see a cache symbol I want to check out, I start
moving the arrow to point to it, and the thing goes nuts. First it
switched from the street view to the terrain view, and then reverts to
North up orientation rather than travel direction up. Consequently if
you are heading south and you move the arrow to point to something on
the right, by the time the screen redraws and rescales, it is on the
left side and you then have to figure out where the stupid thing is
because you don't have the street references any more, and you are
"facing" an entirely different direction. Am I the only one with this
problem? I just cannot think of ANY scenario where that action makes any
sense at all.
Jim Bensman wrote:
> -
> I can see where a car GPS would be nice, but if I had one I would never use
> it for Geocaching. My Colorado does a great job for Geocaching or
> automotive use. One huge advantage the CO/OR have over the 60csx for
> driving is the screen is twice as big. It is much easier to get the big
> picture with the big screen. I also like the way the CO's street navigation
> works much better than the 60CSXs. The CO/OR also have profiles so you can
> easily change the settings for what you are using it for. Having all the
> cache pages on the gps is really nice. It is also outstanding on getting
> you too the next cache. If you want to have street navigation to the next
> cache, you just select go to location and it will give you street navigation
> to the cache. When you are close you can switch to off road navigation with
> a click and turn (without looking at the GPS). Also for car driving the CO
> is MUCh easier to use than the 60CSX. The interface (particularly the rock
> n roller) makes it very easy to quickly get what you need with one hand. It
> is also easly to memorize how to do things with the GPS without looking at
> it.
>
> City Navigator used to have lots of problems, but the more recent versions
> are very good. The latest version has all the new I-64 and I-64-I-170
> interchange.
>
> Jim Bensman
> "Nature Bats Last"
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-
>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Libby Morehead
>> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:05 PM
>> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GPS for car
>>
>> -
>> I have a Garmin car GPS and a 60CSx with city maps loaded. I find more
>> and
>> more that I don't even plug in the car GPS even though it has served me
>> super well. I now depend solely on the CSx. It gets me through cities
>> and
>> down country roads of all descriptions. It took me over the whole state
>> to
>> do the county and DeLorme challenges. Got me to Woodstock and found
>> Moon
>> burgers, too. It can also find restaurants or businesses. I was once in
>> the
>> middle of foriegn territory, after dark with no sign of light in any
>> direction...and I was almost out of gas. I had no idea which way to go.
>> The
>> CSx got me to a service station just in time. Oh and the station's
>> outdoor
>> lights had gone out for some reason. But Brutus (my CSx) don't need no
>> stinkin' lights!
>>
>> So tell me why did I just buy an Oregon? Because I love toys and I am
>> weak.
>> It is going to have to get a groove on to make me think it is as good
>> as the
>> CSx.
>>
>> Libby
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kirk Yates" <kirk.yates@xxxxxxx>
>> To: "Jon Mertz" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 8:30 AM
>> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GPS for car
>>
>>
>> -
>> Reply: Friday, November 13, 2009, 8:17:28 AM
>>
>> I use a 60CSx, and there is a find by address.
>>
>> I wish it gave a little more notice on the turns, especially when
>> you're on the highway, but other than that, I've been happy with mine
>> (I don't drive on 40 very often anway).
>>
>> I've traveled all over the country with mine, and most of the time it
>> does a good job. Up in Maine in the North Woods, it routed me down
>> some roads it shouldn't have, but out in the middle of nowhere that's
>> to be expected.
>>
>> The beeping when routing drove my wife nuts, so I turned it off a long
>> time ago.
>>
>>
>>> Third complaint is that I
>>> can't pull up a destination by address (Please correct me if I'm
>>>
>> wrong
>>
>>> about this last one.)
>>>
>>
>>
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