Date:         Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:13:57 -0400
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks
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>> Don't even get me started on POI...<<

   Ayup- map & POI info is only as good as the map provider furnishes to
the unit's manufacturer.

  For example if you pump my address into a Garmin, which uses Navteq maps,
you'll be directed almost a tenth of a mile beyond the house.  Worse,
she'll send you to a graveyard if you're looking for  Frank Condelli.  He
keeps trying to tell me me that he ain't dead yet.

    Last week, running a Garmin & Magellan simultaneously using a Georgia
state campground's, street address the Mag came up short whilst the Garmin
was spot on.  And in case you were wondering,, I wasn't using voice in both
units- no one wants to hear two women arguing all of the time. <G>

   BTW, Topo maps available for downloading to Garmin's devices here:
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/ and I'm fond of http://www.poi-factory.com/ for
POI downloads, discussion and help

Happy motoring,
Geo/ATL