GPS Certainly Not a Perfect Science
I'm new to this particular area in Albuquerque. My Garmin GPS generally does a good job, but when I tried to locate a nearby Starbucks, it couldn't find any at all. It didn't seem to recognize the nam...
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mr. ed wrote:
I'm new to this particular area in Albuquerque. My Garmin GPS generally does a good job, but when I tried to locate a nearby Starbucks, it couldn't find any at all. It didn't seem to recognize the name "Starbucks". Next, I used my smart phone and it found several in the area, the closest being less than 1/2 mile away (using Google).
A little later, I tried finding a Verizon store and the Garmin couldn't find any. The smart phone located several. Now, I still like my Garmin since it's been pretty reliable on long trips and generally reliable in locating places nearby. Kinda strange it couldn't locate two major businesses close by!
Google Maps or WAZE solves those problems and it's free and updated almost daily. Garmin and similar stand-alone GPS units simply cannot compete.
