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Subject:Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks
From:Jason
Date:Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:01:13 -0400

Don't even get me started on POI on the GPS I used in Germany.... Half of
the campground address' are where the owner lives.  NOT the actual
campground.   We spent a night parked in an Autobahn rest area and gave up
one night after going to 3 bad addresses!

Jason

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Well, I guess I got a good one.  Just plugged the coordinates into my
> Garmin 7200 (that uses the same maps as all the Garmin vehicle GPS units as
> far as I know) and up popped Sand Springs Road right next to the
> destination.  Aside from the hassle I had with Garmin over map files when I
> first got the 7200  it has proven to be pretty good even on back roads and
> FS roads.  And the data has not been updated for about four years now.
> BTW, the POI data can really suck, it's taken me to at least two RV parks
> that wern't there anymore and two within a block of one that was well
> hidden and I never found.  Maybe I  have to spring for the upgrade.
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