Re: Garmin City Select 6.0 to 7.0 not a free update

z1307z@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Hospitals/emergency centers should be the #1 priority. What sort of an
> excuse is it to say that "you shouldn't be relying on a GPS in an
> emergency"?

A pretty good one.

People have survived for quite a long time without GPS navigation.
The GPS is there to make your trip easier, not to replace your brain
or to eliminate trip planning. The POI database is not a substitute
for the yellow pages or local knowledge. It is what it is: a limited
database of POIs that you can look up by name. It's not comprehensive
nor is it intended to be.

People are getting all worked up over what POIs are included and which
ones aren't. If you're in this category, you're using your GPS
incorrectly.

If you know you need a campground in a certain area, look it up before
you go. That's trip planning. If the campground isn't in your database,
make a waypoint using its address. Again, that's trip planning.

Need a restaurant? Ask a local for a recommendation and then look it up
in your GPS, or look it up by address if there's no POI. Trying to find
a random place to eat by looking at a POI database is not a substitute.
Unless I'm looking at franchises, I have yet to come up with a scheme
for determining how good or bad a restaurant is based on its name.

I repeat: the GPS does not replace proper planning.


Cheers,
-+JLS

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