7-11 2 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Anyone on here use a GPS system maybe in their car or on a mobile device? Any good? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I use GPS a lot for many diferent kinds of work. What exactly do you need to know? Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 just where things are and roads etc. Thinking of getting a little device for my small notebook. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I am using one with my notebook too. http://www.iodata.jp/prod/multimedia/gps/2003/sdgps/ If you plan to use it in your car, then definitely buy also an external antenna. The signal is really week when you operate it only with the build in antenna from inside your car. Link to post Share on other sites
mumbojumbo 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 What map software do you use tsondaboy? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 It depends again what work I am doing. If it is just for navigating I use ProAtlas . If I need accurate altitude reading also I use kasmir . GPS altitude reading is not very accurate +- 100 m error sometimes. The horizontal error is somewhat less than the altitude, so I use the GPS antenna to locate my position on the topo-map and find my altitude from the readings on the map. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I have a gps in my car and it's awesome for driving. Especially when you're in a small neighbourhood with winding roads and you have no f'in clue where you are Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 True, car-navi is a great invention. Especially, if you are in an area that you are not at all familiar with. The main setback though is that in the past I used to memorise my root. Now navi does it for me so my navigating skill is less accurate than it used to be. Link to post Share on other sites
fjef 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 My Navi works best when its off - the damn thing takes the longest routes to everywhere. A waste of 150,000 yen... Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 there's a new bridge next to my house and also some new roads that were built in the last year or so that don't show up in the navi. Toyota is asking 1man8000 yen for the yearly update so forget that! I just turn the thing on after I cross the bridge Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 You don’t even need to turn it off. Program the root to your destination, and at the parts of the root you are familiar with just ignore it. It can be really annoying though when you hear the lady every corner telling you to turn and make a huge circle. PS. Toyota build in navi sucks…. I also have one and I hate it. Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 My iPAQ has built-in GPS. Comes in handy quite a bit. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 yeah, i just ignore it and then it reroutes itself once I've crossed the bridge, or if I know a shortcut. It took me 6 months to finally look at the manual to figure out how to turn that voice off! the most annoying part was the greeting everytime I turned on the car. "Good morning, today is international bagel day" Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 The most annoying thing is not the navi itself, but having the lady next to you arguing about why you are not following what the navi says. Link to post Share on other sites
fjef 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by tsondaboy: The most annoying thing is not the navi itself, but having the lady next to you arguing about why you are not following what the navi says. I had that problem for a while - but now my wife is beginning to think its not always right. The other useless feature is the ETA - it is so far off, it would be better if they just left it off. The first time I set it to go to Hakuba on the highway, it said it would take 13 hours. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 What`s the ETA feature? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I see.... I have a simple empirical rule that I use to debug that feature. If the 目的地まで clock jumps towards down then I am going smooth. If it doesn’t decrease while I am driving, this means I am driving to slow.... Step on it!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Are they all in Japanese? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 How are their "best route" functions? Pretty reliable? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 When I tried to use that function it gave me this... Seems to be working pretty well to me. Link to post Share on other sites
jgraves 0 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I think its trying to send you to a kyabakura, bushy. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 well I was asking it for the best "route"... Link to post Share on other sites
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