Monday, July 14, 2008
Leave the Navigating to "Angelina" and Google Earth
We lovingly refer to our Tom Tom One, 3rd Edition, as "Angelina", as the "Jane" voice sounds somewhat like the Lara Croft character in Tomb Raider. Since January, I have been using the Tom Tom for all my car navigation while on business and family car trips. I paid $150 for it and it has performed outstandingly. Although all in-car GPS units are somewhat quirky and are only as good as the map database installed, I've found, by comparing notes with colleagues, that Angelina finds my destinations noticeably better than much more expensive Garmin and Magellan units designed after the market leader Tom Tom came along.
Angelina will navigate the minivan portion of our trip. I have been utilizing the free map updating service and the free user community map correction service to keep the map database for the USA up to date. I also have relied heavily on the integration capability with Google Earth, which I first learned about while burrowing into the Tom Tom documentation.
Angelina will navigate the minivan portion of our trip. I have been utilizing the free map updating service and the free user community map correction service to keep the map database for the USA up to date. I also have relied heavily on the integration capability with Google Earth, which I first learned about while burrowing into the Tom Tom documentation.
Labels: Google Earth, Tom Tom, Tyre
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