Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
>> Google is offering new mapping software for cell phones without gps using >> triangulation via the cell towers. Has anyone tried this? How was it if >> so? I have read that the map makers (now owned by GPS companies) are trying to restrict how their maps are used with cell phones. I think th

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-23 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
It works great. Within three meters a lot of the time. - Original Message - From: "mike" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X] Google is offering new mapping software for cell phones without gps using triangu

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-22 Thread Ralph
> I recently say an car integrated GPS that had a display that looked to be > about 8 x 10 inches in size. This looks much more useful than the tiny > screens I've seen on the add-on models. While not denying the appeal of those large, built-in screens, I've found that by putting the GPS windshiel

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-21 Thread Jeff Wright
> I make it a point to ask cab drivers about their GPS systems on trips > in Northern Virginia. I get uniformly good reports. However, on a recent > trip when we got within about 100 yards of my destination the GPS > ordered a sharp right turn that would have taken us far afield. The driver did > n

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-21 Thread Tom Piwowar
>It's breathtaking how god awful this GPS system is. I'm glad I bought the >car used and wasn't stupid enough to spend the $2,000 the Nav option cost >new. I make it a point to ask cab drivers about their GPS systems on trips in Northern Virginia. I get uniformly good reports. However, on a rece

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-21 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I have been told that most of the nav systems in cars, pale in >comparison with the ones you can buy off the shelf. I recently say an car integrated GPS that had a display that looked to be about 8 x 10 inches in size. This looks much more useful than the tiny screens I've seen on the add-on m

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-20 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, mike wrote: Google is offering new mapping software for cell phones without gps using triangulation via the cell towers. Has anyone tried this? How was it if so? I'm using that on my work-issued Blackberry. It's ok. It's better where the cell towers are closer together. T

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-20 Thread mike
Google is offering new mapping software for cell phones without gps using triangulation via the cell towers. Has anyone tried this? How was it if so? Mike * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, pri

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-20 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have been told that most of the nav systems in cars, pale in comparison with the ones you can buy off the shelf. A lot of this depends on who they are buying their nav systems from. I know some needs maps loaded from a DVD to make them work. Stewart At 04:29 PM 1/20/2009, you wrote: This

Re: [CGUYS] GPS [was: Windows & Active X]

2009-01-20 Thread Jeff Wright
> >Right now if I punch in the street address for my church it sends me > >1.5 miles down the road. Reason for this is that 6 years ago they > >redid all the street addresses for E911. Before they were a > >mess. If I put in the old street address it finds it dead on. Just > >this past summer I