delorme earthmate is showing me drive off the road??

rvo0531 · 08-26-2004, 04:16 AM

anyone else have that problem? the arrow isn't following the lines of the road instead it shows me driving besides it like way besides it. anyone having this problem or know how to fix it? and another thing is that i always lose all signal when it rains.

john1701 · 08-26-2004, 05:00 AM

zoom out from the map once, thats what i did. I think viewing at max zoom in on the map is the problem. Just zoom out abit the arrow path matches the roads.

rvo0531 · 08-26-2004, 05:06 AM

sigh* im selling it and getting the microsoft maps2005 and gps receiver....

Enforcer · 08-26-2004, 05:31 AM

I don't know, these guys who have off road vehicles, who then complain that the GPS they have installed shows them as driving off road

hijinks21 · 08-26-2004, 06:04 AM

if you are using street atlas.. then that is your issue.. i have the earthmate and the only times it did that was with street atlas..that software is awful

rvo0531 · 08-26-2004, 06:14 AM

so the software is awful, but have you noticed that when you use the gps on rainy days you can't get a signal worth ****...

falconey · 08-26-2004, 07:03 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by rvo0531

so the software is awful, but have you noticed that when you use the gps on rainy days you can't get a signal worth ****...

I get a very clear signal regardless of the weather.

rvo0531 · 08-26-2004, 07:27 AM

You Lie

I bought myt delorme from their website. flew to california to buy a car and used the gps to drive back. I lost signal in nevada,colorado,nebraska, ohio, and illinois, all during a rain. IN DIFFERENT STATES! On normal days it catches every signal, but on rainy days (i'm not talking about drizzles, i'm talkin about RAIN) can't get a signal, and i live in chicago mind you

DaRacerz · 08-26-2004, 07:47 AM

I also have an Earthmate and get a clear signal clear or raining (pouring) up in NY. But I most say there are certain days (even on clear days) for no apparant reason the receiver really struggles to get any kind of lock. Heard that could be due to radio interference which the earthmate seems to be sensative to.

Hcomplyr · 08-26-2004, 09:21 AM

you probably didn't factor in that many car manufacturers put glass with coatings on them that block clear signals from GPS, WiFi, and XM

move the GPS reciever to another location or get an external antenna if you get crappy reception

rvo0531 · 08-26-2004, 09:42 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Hcomplyr

you probably didn't factor in that many car manufacturers put glass with coatings on them that block clear signals from GPS, WiFi, and XM

move the GPS reciever to another location or get an external antenna if you get crappy reception

that's true, but it works perfectly fine on none rainy days.

DaViper · 08-26-2004, 10:06 AM

I'm not sure why everybody hates street atlas.....It sucked for me at first cuz I screwed around with the settings, but I called delorme and they had me reset the settings to factory defaults and it's been great since (also I copied the data from the cd to my computer so I dont need the cd anymore, like they recommend). Ever since the software has been flawless, and I'll be purchasing street atlas 2005 soon!

-DaViper

falconey · 08-26-2004, 10:19 AM

Well I haven't done anything to the settings outside of zooming in. As mentioned before this allows you to see flaws in their maps. It'll show your position off the road which I think is crap. Also I have an example of how they are wayyyy off on their maps. I work for a pretty large retail organization. One of the biggest. We have a Corporate office here in Atlanta and this is where I work and it's on a pretty major road. When I put in my home address and my work address for a route(only a fifteen minute ride) not only does it not recognize some of the streets I try to redirect it through, but it also does not give the right location for my work address. It shows the road as some road that doesn't even exist three or so miles west of the actual road and it shows that my office is like 5 miles from where it actually is. To me that sux and has nothing to do with settings. I mean dag how do they not even have zip codes right?

oekundar · 08-26-2004, 10:30 AM

falconey,

so you don't recommend this software I gather..?

nl4jy · 08-26-2004, 10:31 AM

don't forget it doesn't have instant reroute when you missed a turn.