I got mildly lost a couple of weeks ago, a phone call to my sister (lives in the area) provided no real help (rush hour and construction). I use the term mildly lost in, I knew where I was approximately but not precisely how to get where I wanted to go. I was also looking to get a car but was reluctant to spend $1,000-1,500 for an integrated GPS in the car since a top of the line portable GPS is ~$1,000.
Last weekend I went shopping for a GPS and tried one out in Circuit City. I was in southern Maryland (Waldorf) and picked out an address in Annapolis. It generated a route that took US 301 to US 3 to MD 450 to the final destination. This is at least 6 miles longer than taking US 301 to US 50, which is a little longer than US 301 to MD 214 (MD 450 is a two lane road, US 50 is 4 lanes and goes across the Bay Bridge). The other GPS receivers didn't seem to get a signal, there didn't seem to be a lot of sales help there, so I left. Yesterday I went to a Best Buy, repeated the experiment and the units there couldn't find the satellites. Of course not, they're in a big steel building! So is there any advice out there about what to get and what to avoid? I go on trips typically once or twice a year where this would be useful, so I don't see this as being big on features, but it shouldn't be stupid either. -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly I used to have a handle on life, then it broke. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
