MrBitsy said:Brimstone said:MrBitsy said:Peter Twydell wrote:
> In message <[email hidden]>, MrBitsy
> <[email hidden]> writes
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>> All of this is completely beide the point. When you have an
>> address, a SatNav will guide you to it.
> Not always. The maps & software can take a long time to catch up.
>
> The road we now live in once had another name. It was cut in two by
> a DC bypass in about 1990 and the longer part on the other side of
> the DC kept the old name. Our bit (5 houses, cul de sac) has a new
> name and its own postcode.
>
> We moved here in December 2005 and at least three delivery drivers
> couldn't find our "new " road on their satnavs. There have also been
> a couple of drivers knocking at the door looking for the other bit
> of the road. The postcode still isn't recognised by some websites.
So what - better than navigating by an out of date paper map.
If they're both out of date there's no difference is there?Yes there is. The SatNav will always get you to where you want to go,
regardless what new roads are there or old ones closed. All you do is go
down the different road and you will be re-routed by the software.A paper map will see people reading it on the move, missing turns, stopping
to read the map and faffing about for 30 minutes when they are in the right
area.
The week before I got my sat nav I remember driving round and round Koln
at about 0300 looking for a factory, all addresses we get for Germany
are postcodes and there are hardly any people around to ask at that
time. Since then every journey it has taken me exactly to the door
(except once and I suspect I was given the wrong info). The thing I
found that boosted my productivity was the accurate ETA it gave so
people would be waiting ready to unload, much better than a vague, I'll
be there in an our or so, that you get from paper maps.
Went to Exeter last night, gave an ETA 1832 updated en route to 1826,
called the customer from 10 mins away and she was waiting at the door,
precise arrival 1826, as predicted.