"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message
news:cGc%e.306$Q53.140@tornado.texas.rr.com...
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> GPS units can be interesting and sometimes quite frustrating. At one
> point this summer the unit took me into a guy's yard. It appears that
> years ago there was a dirt road thru there that still appears on the
> digital maps. The maps are also pretty much 5-6 years old. It looks as
> though it takes quite a while to update the things. Then again my Garmin
> had a good bit more detail than the system built into the friends new
> Mercedes.
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> They do well when you don't know what you are doing but can be frustrating
> when you do.
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> The one nice feature is when you have the routing function turned off and
> they give you the street numbers and cross streets as you go along. With
> the usual rotten signage that helps a lot. Now when they only get
> european coverage for trips at a reasonable price I will be happy.
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I have the opposite problem, the mapset for US coverage on
my European bought unit costs a fair %ge of the cost of
a complete new GPS unit
Keith
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