rural maps: How accurate are the maps in rural areas?
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My experience is that the maps are very accurate in rural areas. Right down to the dirt roads. There are some problems you should be aware of though. Many times the road names are not the ones used locally. The road sign may say Snake Creek Rd while the GPS says County Road 317. That can make things a llittle confusing. Find make not work well for rural addresses (largely due to the problem above, but there seems to be a little more to it than that.)
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Pablo, I have used mine in Colombia, Argentina and Chile. The accuracy is as good as anywhere else in the world. The map detail deppends on the map itself. In Colombia you can get a map from www.micropartes.com it has good detail but also some errors. In Argentina and Chile the maps are very accurate but I don't know the sources of those maps.
711334
It's off my .25 of a mile usually. My husband uses MapMyRun while we run to compare the distance and his seems to be a tad more accurate. None the less its close enough
1140566
I live in Houston which is totally flat. The altitude readings are not accurate enough to reflect the 10 ft changes up and down as I run. However, I used my 305 on runs in the CA mountains and the altitude readings were surprisingly accurate. Using the latitude and longitude location data I compared the altitude to topographical maps and they were spot on.
865645
I don't know, but regardless, it is far inferior to Google maps. Streets and trips is a complete waste of money.
1666221
I beleive it is...I use it here in NJ...I bought one for my father and he goes back and forth from here to florida and he's been using it...I highly doubt he's uploaded any maps to it at all...he's not exactly savvy like that...
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I would assume so, but I would have my doubts about their accuracy due to my experience loading local maps and the GPS not showing places that had obviously been there for more than a year.
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What's up Frank! Hope you're doing well. I think you might have to update the maps. I am not a specialist, but I recently recieved a message on my GPS startup screen to update the map (have yet to do so). Last year when this issue happened, the map update helped fix address issue, temporarily. Gramin offers free up-to-date maps on their website. Overall it is a good GPS for finding LOCAL locations. I have found that once you'd been to the area with the GPS on, it records the satellite points for faster access in the future. Make sure you flip open the antennae (square flap) to connect. Accuracy is like 7.65900/10 and has internal issues like the one Frank talked about. The GPS itself (internal software) is 5/10. It's okay and has bugs when you are typing in the address. It only accepts a specific format for addresses (something like zip code, city, house #, street name). I would recommend it only if you are looking for something cheap and are somewhat are familiar with the compass rose and major landmarks in the city.
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I hear they work well but I haven't purchased them. I only use the land maps, Sygic.
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I use the maps and navigation on my iPhone 5c a lot. I have not noticed that the distance is off. No problems for me.
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Do not know what your Nuvi2559 maps are like, but the City Navigator took me throughout Germany in big cities like Frankfurt to doorstep of addresses in Munich as well as small rural towns. It also worked super throughout Austria including finding small B&Bs in rural towns down small roads. Gave me speed limits and lane info which was very useful at Autobahn exchanges and turnoffs.
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I can't speak to this map, but I have the cheaper one (I think you're talking about the one with the white background?) and that one does have country outlines, as well as outlines for individual US states & Canadian provinces. We use coins for larger areas and sturdy toothpicks for smaller/more precise areas.
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I have used Garmin GPS units of several types, in the car and hand held, in the USA. I haven't taken them out of the states, but they are very dependable and never given me any reason to doubt their accuracy. You can buy them with maps for any country. Just make sure you get it loaded with the map you need and you will have a great GPS.
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The box says it has a worldwide shaded relief map, but doesn't state the scale of the map. However it is likely 1:100,000, which will get you from town to town but not within a small town very well.
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I just tried the http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/dtvmaps/ link for the online map in my area. My line of sight is marginal and the distance is about 65 miles. The online map gives me the highest signal strengths on 16 channels. I know the reception of the 4 major broadcast channels at my location to be marginal with one basically no reception. So don't put a lot into trusting the online map.
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Not sure but email the seller. They were very helpful. The map works great out of the box.
1639122
You are correct, the estimated advertised distance is determined with a methodology using ideal conditions. In the rural area where I live, we reliably see an effective range of one mile. My experience within a city or town shows the range drops considerably, often to a block.