[gps-talkusers] Re: distances help pease
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:35:16 +0100
Yeah, I understood that, but there still seemed some difference with the GPS
systems of friends and my own.
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Carol
carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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---- Original Message ----
From: tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:16 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: distances help pease
> Hi CArol
> it has now been explained and I will try it out on my
> tuesday trip to London! I need to press R then A then E
> or R then A then D for distance as per route rather than
> as the crow flies!
>
>
> Tony
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Pearson <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:55
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: distances help pease
>
>
> Tony,
>
> That's interesting because I found there was quite a
> discrepancy in a route I did from Reading to Birmingham
> about a year ago, comparing it with other GPS systems. I
> don't do long routes often and decided either could have
> been correct so didn't discuss it at the time.
>
> Hmmm! I know different routes from A to B can vary
> considerably but I'm pretty sure the same route was taken
> on this occasion.
>
> --
> Carol
> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 7:25 AM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] distances help pease
>
> > Hi
> >
> >
> > My Pk always comes up with wrong distances from point A
> > to point B, for example, when I create a vehicle route
> > to Sheffield which is approximately 221 miles it tells
> > me It is 187 miles, is it calculating as the crow flies
> > or have I somewhere got settings wrong? The example
> > about is just one, but it is in both pedestrian,
> > vehicle and other so is at least constant! I find it
> > misleading as I walk a lot and will often look at
> > distance before I decide on modes of transport, but
> > when calculating how much time I have before a meeting
> > I need a more accurate distance to know how long it
> > would take me to walk a route, hope that makes sense! I
> > guess if there is no way to change the setting I will
> > just have to put up with it and take it as one of it's
> > quirks!
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Tony
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