CoPilot and Navigation questions
We are new to RVing and we are interested in using some sort of RV specific navigation system like CoPilot, Garmin GPS or other along with the traditional paper maps. We live on the east coast where...
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GPS is nothing more than another "tool" to use, it is not 100% accurate, not 100% infallible, it CAN AND WILL make "mistakes".
In other words imperfect..
Yeah, I know, there folks who have completely burned their old paper maps and relied solely on their GPS for 20 yrs and never "had a problem"..
The flip side and reality is one day their "luck" WILL run out as long as they rely 100% on their GPS and not use their heads and read and follow road signs..
We tried CoPilot a few years ago, while it did sort of work and had a few neat things, it simply was not accurate enough in rural areas to warrant having it take up space on a Tablet or phone..
We live in a rural area, and CoPilot was never able to "locate" our home properly, our home does not sit in a church parking lot 2 miles away, does not sit in a farmers field 4 miles away, does not sit in a small creek a couple miles away nor does it sit on a railroad track.. But yet, every time we turned on CoPilot it located use typically 2 miles to 4 miles away from a real location..
If that accuracy is what folks deem OK and acceptable, it is a sad, sad world we live in..
People seem to have no problem having a little phone or tablet tell them where to go.. Follow the glowing Internet machine and walk off the cliff..
In other words imperfect..
Yeah, I know, there folks who have completely burned their old paper maps and relied solely on their GPS for 20 yrs and never "had a problem"..
The flip side and reality is one day their "luck" WILL run out as long as they rely 100% on their GPS and not use their heads and read and follow road signs..
We tried CoPilot a few years ago, while it did sort of work and had a few neat things, it simply was not accurate enough in rural areas to warrant having it take up space on a Tablet or phone..
We live in a rural area, and CoPilot was never able to "locate" our home properly, our home does not sit in a church parking lot 2 miles away, does not sit in a farmers field 4 miles away, does not sit in a small creek a couple miles away nor does it sit on a railroad track.. But yet, every time we turned on CoPilot it located use typically 2 miles to 4 miles away from a real location..
If that accuracy is what folks deem OK and acceptable, it is a sad, sad world we live in..
People seem to have no problem having a little phone or tablet tell them where to go.. Follow the glowing Internet machine and walk off the cliff..
