[gps-talkusers] Re: thanks Mike it sounds
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 09:26:29 -0400
Richard,
While not having WAAS available does level the playing field between the
two, I'd say your experiences are not typical. Perhaps you should
return your EarthMate and try another?
Chip
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> Richard Bartholomew
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> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: thanks Mike it sounds
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> John,
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> Just a slight word of caution...I bought an Earthmate and,=20
> basically, was very disappointed with the results; so much so=20
> that I've gone back to using my Magellan 310 exclusively!
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> The conditions in which I primarily use my GPS are urban and,=20
> to further muddy the water, on buses. I found that the=20
> Earthmate took a relatively long time to pick up a signal in=20
> the first place and frequently dropped it.
> Once dropped, it seemed to have great difficulty in regaining=20
> it again. In addition, its accuracy was worse. Whether this=20
> is to do with the GPS being used in an area far from that in=20
> which it was developed and tested and, hence, presumably=20
> picking up different satellites or to do with the fact that=20
> EGNOS is not yet available, I certainly don't know.
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> As I said, very disappointing especially when considering its=20
> neatness and the rechargeable batteries. Nevertheless, I've=20
> kept the Earthmate as I intend to try it in other situations=20
> to see how it fares.
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> Therefore, if you do buy one, be careful about setting your=20
> expectations and I hope you gain better results than I did.
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> Regards
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> Richard Bartholomew
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> From: "John Gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:43 PM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] thanks Mike it sounds
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> Hi Thanks for the info Mike it really sounds very=20
> 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=20
> cannot pick up the
> gps satelites as the metal in the train windows prevents=20
> this. maybe the
> earthmate will work I wonder.
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