NAV in CT & NY - recent loss of signal?

Often while driving in Connecticut & New York, many times, every day for the
past week, I notice the NAV losing sense of where I am on the map. This has
never happended before the past week. Are there know satellite issues or
could this indicate that this GPS needs factory service?

I've been through 2 car washes - I assume the antenae need not be removed?
Radio reception seems to have gotten more fuzzy at times but is not a
problem I guess on teh strong stations but there seem to be less strong
stations. I have 6800 mileson the car. MPG average is up now between 44 to
49.
Rocky

I tell you Joe, Once you try the GPS, you'll never go back to the lame
old map = )
My GPS is only <$200 and I get a map of all the 50 states plus Canada.
How much does one map cost? and how big will those maps be if you put
them all in your car. My GPS fits perfectly in my pocket.
Also, lets say you already wrote the info with your felt tip pen, and
when you get there, they have closed the ramp to a freeway because of
an accident or a construction. The GPS can recalculate and direct you
to another route.

>
> I've never understood the need for these toys. How hard is it to look at a
> map, and jot a few notes on a piece of paper, maybe using a felt tip pen so
> the writing's fat enough to read quickly while driving?

"EdV" <systmengr@m> wrote in message
news:1191852559.924694.138110@v3g2000hsg. ...
>I tell you Joe, Once you try the GPS, you'll never go back to the lame
> old map = )
> My GPS is only <$200 and I get a map of all the 50 states plus Canada.
> How much does one map cost? and how big will those maps be if you put
> them all in your car. My GPS fits perfectly in my pocket.
> Also, lets say you already wrote the info with your felt tip pen, and
> when you get there, they have closed the ramp to a freeway because of
> an accident or a construction. The GPS can recalculate and direct you
> to another route.
>
>>
>> I've never understood the need for these toys. How hard is it to look at
>> a
>> map, and jot a few notes on a piece of paper, maybe using a felt tip pen
>> so
>> the writing's fat enough to read quickly while driving?
>
>

Feh.

I have a handheld GPS for locating a particular fishing spot on a lake with
no useful navigation features. But, for a car, it's silly. Next, you'll have
a device that tells you 1/2 hour ahead of time that your bladder's half full
and it's time to find a rest area.

On Oct 8, 10:13 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...m> wrote:
>
> I have a handheld GPS for locating a particular fishing spot on a lake with
> no useful navigation features. But, for a car, it's silly. Next, you'll have
> a device that tells you 1/2 hour ahead of time that your bladder's half full
> and it's time to find a rest area.

I haven't tried that one yet, hmm that's a nice feature to play around
with. I don't go fishing, maybe just play with it on a large open
space like a park . I know my gps has a "pedestrian" setting and have
tried it once but going from my parking spot to a store and back,
parked on a side street and not a covered parking, I could have easily
memorized it but just wanted to try how it works.

I cant answer you about the bladder issue but that why you need an
empty bottle of Snapple in your car. Just make sure the Snapple label
doesn't say pineapple juice.

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:09:19 -0000, EdV <systmengr@m> wrote:

>I tell you Joe, Once you try the GPS, you'll never go back to the lame
>old map = )

Especially if you need to bail from the main road to avoid a large
traffic jam.

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:56:32 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>
>I haven't used my nav recently. Has anyone else noticed anything?

I flew with it several times this week, in the NY, CT, and RI area,
with no complaints.

Aviation GPS units use the same signals as your car, but have
additional software that monitors the quality of the solution, called
RAIM. If the GPS has a calculated position error out of limits,
including intentionally induced errors, the pilot receives a warning
alarm.

On Oct 11, 12:48 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...m> wrote:
>
> > --<< Bruce >>--
>
> It's art, really, this automated farm machine thing. We backyard vegetable
> farmers do it with a rake, and hours of observation to see the results.

Its science not art.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:36:01 GMT, Scott in Florida
<JustAskl@> wrote:

>I doubt you can get within + - 20 feet in any real world situation.

They turned off the Selective Availability (deliberate dithering on
the satellite signals for consumer grade GPS receivers) a while back
when they realized it didn't accomplish anything - 20 feet is plenty
close enough for a missile...

The consumer devices can get within a few feet, and the Military/
Surveyor grade units with higher resolution signal processing can be
accurate to within an inch or so.

With a nearby Differential GPS transmitter set up and zeroed in at a
survey benchmark, you can get accuracy to within a few millimeters or
1/8", more than close enough to mark fence lines and property corners.

--<< Bruce >>--