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BLAdventurer · 08-22-2013, 09:56 AM

I just lived a nightmare. My new GPS took me to a KOA that wasn't there. Using the WhereTo - RV Parks directory for Leander, TX KOA. Warning, check the addresses before assuming they are correct.

Dr4Film · 08-22-2013, 10:11 AM

GPS devices can also put you on roads where you do not belong or would never travel even on a bicycle.

They are not the Road Bible by no means. I always use other methods in conjunction with any of my two Garmin GPS devices.

You just learned a valuable lesson. Never trust your GPS device 100%.

Dr4Film ----- Richard

Skip426 · 08-22-2013, 10:26 AM

All it takes is one wrong number , when the Lats/long's are in-putted into the data base and you're on the dark side of the moon.
Designed and built by man, and subject to human error, every step of the way, a useful tool; yes ; an absolute replacement for a map; no. JMHO.

James Macfet · 08-22-2013, 10:41 AM

Does the Garmin warn about low clearances? I believe RM does, but Garmin is unknown in my research.

Grimesy · 08-22-2013, 10:49 AM

Because of my Garmin I got to see downtown Manhattan up close and personal in a forty footer towing my pickup. I now check with my map first.

Don G.

njs42 · 08-22-2013, 11:47 AM

My GPS is only as good as my road atlas and most effective if I already know where I am going. I left the road atlas at home when I first used a GPS never again.

Dr4Film · 08-22-2013, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Macfet

Does the Garmin warn about low clearances? I believe RM does, but Garmin is unknown in my research.

The RM unit has a longs ways to go before it can even closely be compared to the most recent Garmin RV760- LMT GPS unit.

I guess some Googling is in order to research what Garmin has to offer.

Dr4Film ----- Richard