[gps-talkusers] Re: thanks Mike it sounds
- From: "Richard Bartholomew" <richard_bartholomew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 23:26:53 +0100
John,
Just a slight word of caution...I bought an Earthmate and, basically, was
very disappointed with the results; so much so that I've gone back to using
my Magellan 310 exclusively!
The conditions in which I primarily use my GPS are urban and, to further
muddy the water, on buses. I found that the Earthmate took a relatively
long time to pick up a signal in the first place and frequently dropped it.
Once dropped, it seemed to have great difficulty in regaining it again. In
addition, its accuracy was worse. Whether this is to do with the GPS being
used in an area far from that in which it was developed and tested and,
hence, presumably picking up different satellites or to do with the fact
that EGNOS is not yet available, I certainly don't know.
As I said, very disappointing especially when considering its neatness and
the rechargeable batteries. Nevertheless, I've kept the Earthmate as I
intend to try it in other situations to see how it fares.
Therefore, if you do buy one, be careful about setting your expectations and
I hope you gain better results than I did.
Regards
Richard Bartholomew
E-Mail richard_bartholomew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:43 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] thanks Mike it sounds
Hi Thanks for the info Mike it really sounds very interesting. I must say
at this moment in time the braille note scores for me with gps as the
output is in braille. in the uk on the virgin trains one cannot pick up the
gps satelites as the metal in the train windows prevents this. maybe the
earthmate will work I wonder.
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