Lat Long
I notice the big Goodsam book has lat & long coordinates for each RV park. In checking those with GPS systems that accept lat / long input that about 25% are incorrect. Where do these come from and wh...
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GPS not accurate. How is this news?
Come down my street and Garmin will say "now arriving at destination on left". I live on the right. :S
Go to my brother-in-laws...last thing Garmin says" You are now 5/10ths of a mile from your location". It knows where I am going, but can't provide directions there? Gets me a 1/2 mile away, knows I am a 1/2 mile away....just gives up????????????
A 25% error rate seems a bit high. My experience has been that GPS gets me there 95% of the time....gets me close 3%.....has no idea where I am going 2% of the time :h
Then again, I tend to imput addresses not coordinances. If you can't give me an address, I probably do not want to visit you.
Come down my street and Garmin will say "now arriving at destination on left". I live on the right. :S
Go to my brother-in-laws...last thing Garmin says" You are now 5/10ths of a mile from your location". It knows where I am going, but can't provide directions there? Gets me a 1/2 mile away, knows I am a 1/2 mile away....just gives up????????????
A 25% error rate seems a bit high. My experience has been that GPS gets me there 95% of the time....gets me close 3%.....has no idea where I am going 2% of the time :h
Then again, I tend to imput addresses not coordinances. If you can't give me an address, I probably do not want to visit you.
