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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     Alexander Schreiber  wrote:   
   > Liam O'Connor  wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 1 Mar 2014 00:27:17 +0100, Alexander Schreiber wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Examples: "take the exit   
   >>> to the left" about 50 m before said exit, while travelling at about   
   >>> 140 km/h - no way to do that safely. So you either miss your exit or   
   >>> risk an accident. Also, when the GPS gets confused and thinks you are   
   >>> on a parallel road "turn right" ...   
   >>   
   >> I can't disagree.   
   >> Seems to me the better gps apps would zoom in to show   
   >> the shape of the intersection for the time that you   
   >> are in the intersection (or just before it) and additionally   
   >> speak both the turn directions and the names and headings   
   >> of the roads.   
   >>   
   >> For example, instead of "take the slip road left in 50 m",   
   >> it should say "take the slip road in 50 m for highway 1 north"   
   >> (or something like that).   
      
   Oh, hell no. You *HAVE* to tell the driver left/right slight left/right   
   sharp left/right. Changing that to cardinal directions would be asinine.   
      
   And what do you do when you have to do something like turn norht to get   
   on highway 1 south?   
      
   > They do that - at least the Garmin unit I have. Doesn't help when   
   > the timing for that is off for whatever reason (map quality issues,   
   > GPS reception issues, ...). Or if the device is sufficiently confused   
   > (i.e. thinks you are somewhere you aren't).   
      
   There's that too.   
      
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