Robert Lutwak wrote: > How's the timing accuracy? > > Does it display GPS time or does it have it's own clock? > > > -RL > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Robert Lutwak, Senior Scientist > Symmetricom - Technology Realization Center > 34 Tozer Rd. > Beverly, MA 01915 > (978) 232-1461 Voice [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Business) > (978) 927-4099 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Personal) > (339) 927-7896 Mobile > The Garmin StreetPilot 7200 is not a timing receiver. It displays local time of day in hours and minutes, and seems to update the minute at the correct time, to within a tenth of a second or so. But that's just by comparing with my radio-controlled wristwatch (WWVB receiver). > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Maynard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:12 PM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS unit for car navigation -OT ?? > > > >>xaos wrote: >> >>>Hello everyone, >>> >>>I have, until now, resisted the urge to buy a GPS navigation system for >>>my car. >>>However, I now have to do some traveling and new and unknown addresses >>>keep popping up. >>> >>>There are several different GPS units on the market and they all look OK >>>(i guess). >>> >>>I just want to know which units do the members here consider to be the >>>best for >>>this sort of thing? >>> >>>Many thanks in advance, >>> >>>-George Hrysanthopoulos, N2FGX >> >>I really like my Garmin StreetPilot 7200. Its GPS receiver has WAAS >>correction capability, it has a built-in database of street maps for the >>entire USA, and its large display, perched atop the dashboard of my car, >>is very readable to my aging eyes. In my car, my view of the >>speedometer is obscured by the steering wheel, so I use the GPS receiver >>as my primary speedometer display, too. >> >>I usually set it just to display a moving map. In that mode, it shows >>the name of the next cross-street that I will encounter at the top of >>the screen -- much easier to read with my aging eyes than the street >>sign on the corner! It also shows my speed and the time of day. >> >>Occasionally I will set it to compute a route for me to follow, >>particularly when driving to someplace unfamiliar. In that mode, it >>doesn't display the time of day, but instead displays the estimated time >>of arrival at the distination -- something that I'm not as interested in >>knowing. At intersections where the calculated route changes from one >>street or highway to another, it zooms in automatically as I approach >>the intersection and zooms out automatically after making the turn. >> >>It didn't hurt that, as a Garmin employee, I got a nice employee discount! >> >>---- >>James Maynard, K7KK >>Salem, Oregon, USA >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>time-nuts mailing list >>[email protected] >>https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > . >
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