How's the timing accuracy? Does it display GPS time or does it have it's own clock?
-RL ------------------------------------------------------------ Robert Lutwak, Senior Scientist Symmetricom - Technology Realization Center 34 Tozer Rd. Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 232-1461 Voice [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Business) (978) 927-4099 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Personal) (339) 927-7896 Mobile ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Maynard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS unit for car navigation -OT ?? > xaos wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have, until now, resisted the urge to buy a GPS navigation system for >> my car. >> However, I now have to do some traveling and new and unknown addresses >> keep popping up. >> >> There are several different GPS units on the market and they all look OK >> (i guess). >> >> I just want to know which units do the members here consider to be the >> best for >> this sort of thing? >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> >> -George Hrysanthopoulos, N2FGX > > I really like my Garmin StreetPilot 7200. Its GPS receiver has WAAS > correction capability, it has a built-in database of street maps for the > entire USA, and its large display, perched atop the dashboard of my car, > is very readable to my aging eyes. In my car, my view of the > speedometer is obscured by the steering wheel, so I use the GPS receiver > as my primary speedometer display, too. > > I usually set it just to display a moving map. In that mode, it shows > the name of the next cross-street that I will encounter at the top of > the screen -- much easier to read with my aging eyes than the street > sign on the corner! It also shows my speed and the time of day. > > Occasionally I will set it to compute a route for me to follow, > particularly when driving to someplace unfamiliar. In that mode, it > doesn't display the time of day, but instead displays the estimated time > of arrival at the distination -- something that I'm not as interested in > knowing. At intersections where the calculated route changes from one > street or highway to another, it zooms in automatically as I approach > the intersection and zooms out automatically after making the turn. > > It didn't hurt that, as a Garmin employee, I got a nice employee discount! > > ---- > James Maynard, K7KK > Salem, Oregon, USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > time-nuts@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
