On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 21:37 +0200, Piaw Na(蓝俊彪) wrote: > > Once you learn how to adjust to the quirks attendant to GPS navigation, > > you'll find the Garmin to be a really worthwhile addition to your bike. > > And note that for long distance touring, the Garmin units are not a > substitute for paper maps. In fact, to make full use of my navigation > settings and the dynamic routing described in my article, you will > need a decent paper map (like the well-known Michelin 1:200000 maps). > The Garmin excels in high road density areas where even the best maps > at a reasonable scale won't give you every tiny country road that > would be desirable riding. Furthermore, the Garmin is a good > confirmation of your navigation at tricky intersections (there were 2 > cases where if I'd paid more attention to my Garmin I wouldn't have > gotten lost). >
How's the Garmin when it comes to "imaginary roads"? Is it fooled very often? I'm talking about roads you'll find on google maps that aren't there in real life, like this one: http://tinyurl.com/3te2fa The only clue you have that this road isn't really there is the odd color when you zoom the map out beyond 5 ticks. I got really excited when I discovered this road, as I'm always looking for novel ways to route bicycle rides. I called up the county highway dept. to ask if the road was paved or gravel. The woman I talked to said, "Road? Ain't no road there - just a pig track." Satellite imagery confirms that, as do the "road ends in 100 yards" signs at either end. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
