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To: David who wrote (2198)	2/18/1998 10:01:00 PM
From: Step1	Respond to of 3506

Thx for the product evaluation. I just got my first issue of GPS World two days ago. Thanks to someone on the thread (Who was it, Dave, Arun ?) I decided to get a subs for a year. Very professional and gives you a good idea of what the diverse applications for GPS already are (although most not main stream) or will be. In depth articles of various projects and how they were carried. Usually mentions the type of equipment used to carry the work. One main article had the details of the construction of the Sky Tower in NZ using TRMB SSI Site Surveyor 4000 series. More knowledgeable people on the thread may wish to comment. later sg

To: David who wrote (2198)	2/19/1998 12:04:00 AM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3506

Driving the competition . . . Part Two . . . Using the car navigation system was definitely an interesting experience. At first, I blindly followed every direction. However, there was one direction that I found to be trouble until it could be deciphered a few days later -- "Stay straight on current route." This direction came up whenever a highway was splitting without benefit of an exit ramp. The first few times I kept on the same route number, but that turned out not to be what the car nav unit wanted. It wanted me to stay left on the dividing highway. So I got to see how the unit did at highway speeds when it had sent me astray. Not as well. It does not recalculate on the fly without you giving it a direction to do so. In one instance, I had it recalculate while I was traveling down the wrong road at 65 miles an hour. The solution it arrived at was too late, since I had just passed that exit a couple of seconds before. So there was another recalculation, and this one sent me on local streets in the proper direction for a good ten miles before picking up a highway again. I wasn't lost, especially, but I wasn't entirely happy, either. So now we had a crisis of confidence. I no longer unquestionably obeyed the voice command if there were any doubts (was it the next right or this right it wanted a turn on? How does it really know where on the exit ramp I should drive?). This led to further problems, since I was better off just following orders. I'd have been very happy if every order was perfectly explained, but that only happened 90% of the time. More later . . . I'm being kicked off the computer.