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RedGTiVR6 · 04-28-2006, 07:50 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by elemeno0pee

I have this same setup too, as of yesterday.

I agree that the receiver is great and locks on to many satellites with ease. I too, used to have the old Delorme as well. It was horrible. iGuidance however has been pretty weird. I searched through the restaurants and found a place that I love to go to, and didn't expect it to be in there. So I set it up to give me directions there, and I followed them. When I got there it had me taking a pointless U-Turn at the end, which is okay I guess... but when I pulled into the shopping center, the maps didn't even know the center existed. Immediately it told me to "Please find the nearest road." Didn't make much sense to me. How can it know that this place exists, but not even really know where it is? Just seems like lazy programming to me.

I would like to try other software and see which produces the best and most efficient directions, but with each piece of software having a ridiculous price tag, that's nearly impossible. I love the idea of GPS, and despite iGuidance being (in my opinion) about 80% perfect, I still absolutely love it, heh. I guess I'm just a sucker for neat technology.

My husband get's all bent outta shape when iGuidance tells us to go the long way around to get to some place. I find it really hard to explain to him, but it make sense to me. I can't imaging how much programming it must take to do something like this. They can't possibly code for every instance. But they get it pretty darn close. There are just some things you have to accept with a $100 piece of software (which, in all reality, isn't that much money for a piece of software that does so much).

04-28-2006, 07:50 AM	#4
RedGTiVR6 _ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Little Elm, Texas Posts: 13,393	Quote: Originally Posted by elemeno0pee I have this same setup too, as of yesterday. I agree that the receiver is great and locks on to many satellites with ease. I too, used to have the old Delorme as well. It was horrible. iGuidance however has been pretty weird. I searched through the restaurants and found a place that I love to go to, and didn't expect it to be in there. So I set it up to give me directions there, and I followed them. When I got there it had me taking a pointless U-Turn at the end, which is okay I guess... but when I pulled into the shopping center, the maps didn't even know the center existed. Immediately it told me to "Please find the nearest road." Didn't make much sense to me. How can it know that this place exists, but not even really know where it is? Just seems like lazy programming to me. I would like to try other software and see which produces the best and most efficient directions, but with each piece of software having a ridiculous price tag, that's nearly impossible. I love the idea of GPS, and despite iGuidance being (in my opinion) about 80% perfect, I still absolutely love it, heh. I guess I'm just a sucker for neat technology. My husband get's all bent outta shape when iGuidance tells us to go the long way around to get to some place. I find it really hard to explain to him, but it make sense to me. I can't imaging how much programming it must take to do something like this. They can't possibly code for every instance. But they get it pretty darn close. There are just some things you have to accept with a $100 piece of software (which, in all reality, isn't that much money for a piece of software that does so much). __________________ Jan Bennett FS: VW MKIV Bezel for 8" Lilliput - 95% Finished PLEASE do NOT PM/Email/IM me asking me to spoon feed you. Please post on the forums! Chances are, someone else has or will have the same questions.