On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:55 AM, MrMike6by9 <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I got my new car, I gave my old Garmin to a friend who drives in and > around DC often but lives in Annapolis. We both get a good laugh when the > unit tells us to turn onto "Q Saint NW" instead of Q ST(reet) NW or when it > gives a route name such as "I Four Hundred and Ninety-Five" instead of > I-495. I used it to find my old work address once (Bldg E4455) that > translated to "Four Thousand, Four Hundred and Fifty-Five". As to accuracy, > all the maps consulted to date (GPS, Google, Yahoo, et al.) say my friend > lives one block away from the street where he's resided for over 6 years. > It > would want me to turn around as I drove up to the house but would say > "arriving at destination" as I parked. On the other hand, the postal > service > never fails to deliver the bills to his mail slot. When I used my Garmin to > visit another friend in Harrisburg, the unit told me I was 500 feet from > his > house even when parked at his front door. Once again, even Google maps > pinpointed the wrong house for that address. > > GIGO rules! YMMV > You can fix address assignments on google maps by moving a pointer. Search for an address. Zoom in an select edit from the balloon pointing to the address. You can now move the push pin to point where you want it to be. This is easier to do using satellite view.. My address used to be located in the middle of my neighbors front lawn and now it lands on my house. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
