Maybe they need it in metric!!
You cannot fix stupid.
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W took my brothers 26 foot RV out to western Indiana, the AC was on the top. Red Roof Inn is his idea of roughing it. I was paranoid about every gas station overhang we got near. Also, so many roads ere closed because the old bridges must have had clearance for a man riding a horse (without a hat).
You can fix stupid. Darwin does it everyday. He just do it enough.
Did it touch? Aahh, must be my imagination...
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At one time you could get a Garmin GPS made for truck drivers. You entered your weight and height, then it would avoid bridges you couldn’t go over or under.
I thought it was a good idea. The new navigation apps don’t seem to have that option.
I thought it was a good idea. The new navigation apps don’t seem to have that option.
xTopGun
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yup.... then someone came up with V-2.0, the new and improved version
Smash, Bang, Clang
On my truck garmin my default is 13'6", my alternate mode is programmed for a 14' height (having run a couple of them), but some...operators...forget to program for out-of-their-ordinary settings. It wll route me around low clearances, ferrys, tolls, et.c. giigle maps is only good for pretty satellite views, and relatively current traffic conditions, and sometimes i will run both.yup.... then someone came up with V-2.0, the new and improved version
The latest truck garmin shows overheads of the site you are arriving at.
Adit; giiglemaps wil sometimes pixelate the bridge clearance and other critical navigational signs, including streetcorner signs, building identification, streetnumber, no entry, and one-way postings! This is-i say this is criminal! Criminal, i say! Also stupid, and highly likely legally actionable. Hafta do a rough sat nav recce and have plan for b and c when you get there. plus, i have seen map dates in excess of 10 yro. Streets that no longer exist, et.c.
Used to be an outfit, Thomas Guide, that put out map books that were updated yearly.
It was pretty labor intensive keeping them current but they did a great job. GPS didn't kill it. What killed it was when the integrated map and navigation software to GPS units.
The problem is those maps aren't updated with any frequency. And even if updates are made no one installs the updates.
The GPS in my truck updates fairly often, which is good. The problem is once a mistake is in the software it almost never goes away.
With the Thomas Guide if you found an error you could call the toll free number and report it. They'd investigate and update the next release accordingly.
It was pretty labor intensive keeping them current but they did a great job. GPS didn't kill it. What killed it was when the integrated map and navigation software to GPS units.
The problem is those maps aren't updated with any frequency. And even if updates are made no one installs the updates.
The GPS in my truck updates fairly often, which is good. The problem is once a mistake is in the software it almost never goes away.
With the Thomas Guide if you found an error you could call the toll free number and report it. They'd investigate and update the next release accordingly.
I stopped carrying thomas when i got my first blackberry, and remember using goushe` in l.a.
