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Re: [Healeys] Nav systems, reprise

To: Editorgary@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Nav systems, reprise
From: ahy3000@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:45:05 +0000 (UTC)
Got to weigh in albeit several days late. I just returned from a business trip, 
driving from the Boston area to Montreal. I had my Garmin Nuvi keeping me 
company. Upon reaching Montreal it was invaluable in navigating the maze of on 
and off ramps - hard to put on the reading glasses (yes I'm a codger, but a 
high tech codger), hold up the paper map, STAY IN MY LANE, etc but a cinch to 
glance at the screen and see exactly which lane I was in relative to all the 
other lanes. Leaving Montreal, I hit Go Home and it did just that. Halfway 
home, I stopped for dinner and used the Points of Interest to bring up a list 
of resturants and their distances from me. Selecting one, got me right to the 
door. Same for gas stations or many other POI. 

One caution - whether you are using a handheld unit in the woods or a plugin 
model in your car, paper backup in the form of a good map (and compass in the 
woods) is essential. We've all read accounts of folks being rescued becasue the 
battery on their GPS died. 




Burt Weiner 
'63 BJ7 
HBJ7L/23582 
ahy3000@comcast.net 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Editorgary@aol.com 
To: healeys@autox.team.net 
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:20:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Nav systems, reprise 

In a message dated 8/24/09 5:42:58 PM, healeys-request@autox.team.net 
writes: 


> 
> my daughter bought me one for christmas and i had her take it back after a 
> few weeks. i found i had about as much use for it as i did a cell phone. 
> if i lived back east it might be of some value, but i have read maps all 
> my life and can get anywhere out west with a map. by the time i figured out 
> how to type in where i was going, i could have looked it up on a map, and 
> once i have been there, i never need the gps or the map again in almost all 
> cases. i guess i am rapidly approaching "codger" status. hjim 
> 

I guess you also don't go anywhere you've never been before, where you 
might want to find a gas station, ATM, Mom's cafe (or Starbucks), or want to 
answer that little kid inside you who wants to know "How long 'til we get 
there?" 
Maps are nice -- I use them all the time to plan trips, but when I need to 
know how long before I'm going to get to a turn-off I've never used before, 
and want to know whether the turn is before or after the intersection, or to 
the left or to the right (as in on-ramps), I rely on my Garmin Nuvi. 
Makes me feel more confident in venturing into unknown territory, too, 
since I know that I can always find my way out. 

Best 
Gary 
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