A warning on using the GPS. I posted a long note a couple of months ago after, as an experiment, using my GPS for 90% or better of the navigation on a 4,000+ mile trip. Find it for details. But summed up there are three major points to remember: First, it can take you on a route you might not prefer so check your map ahead of time. And find the option setting that you can tell to avid toll roads (if you want to avoid toll roads). Second, it can tale you to places that ain't there. The POI (Points Of Interest) files may have a place that is torn down. And three, the POI files DON'T have everything or every option in them. If you are going to rely on the POI files in the GPS then do some online research and find the many additional POI files that you can load into your GPS and select by category. Like one file out there that has ALL the Forest Service campgrounds in the US. (Or at least a whole bunch more than comes with the GPS). Campgrounds are one big shortcoming I've found. Most listed are commercial campgrounds and mamy of the commercial campgrounds are not in the original POI files. But, when it comes to finding a specific address in a strange town the GPS is fantastic. |
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