[Rant] Ford
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So I have a Ford which I really like. It has a built-in GPS and I just had an email form them urging me to update the maps. Ok, sounds like a good idea. They want $149+tax!!! What the elephant!!! I pad you a mighty sum for this car and now you want to charge me $150 for the privilege of updating one of the integral safety features of the vehicle??? I shall be sending them a snotty letter this evening: I am outraged that they charge for this. :mad::mad::mad:
Had a simple experience with my Mazda. Luckily its a company car so work pays the updates but what a pain. One update required me to go backs and forward between the car and the computer about four times. If I was at home this wouldn't have been to bad but at work its a different story!
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So I have a Ford which I really like. It has a built-in GPS and I just had an email form them urging me to update the maps. Ok, sounds like a good idea. They want $149+tax!!! What the elephant!!! I pad you a mighty sum for this car and now you want to charge me $150 for the privilege of updating one of the integral safety features of the vehicle??? I shall be sending them a snotty letter this evening: I am outraged that they charge for this. :mad::mad::mad:
I use my GPS on my nokia phone, always have it with me, is offline, always up to date, no charge (well except the cost of the phone) and is pretty damn good (better than most other GPS units I'v had the pleasure of using)
Tom
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So I have a Ford which I really like. It has a built-in GPS and I just had an email form them urging me to update the maps. Ok, sounds like a good idea. They want $149+tax!!! What the elephant!!! I pad you a mighty sum for this car and now you want to charge me $150 for the privilege of updating one of the integral safety features of the vehicle??? I shall be sending them a snotty letter this evening: I am outraged that they charge for this. :mad::mad::mad:
One of my friends built his own using a Raspberry Pi and a few modules. It uses Open Street Map for map data, and can display weather (Open Weather Map), traffic (various free services), and all sorts of other things. It even has a built in web browser and a rather powerful and long lasting battery pack for on-the-go use.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I found the same ridiculous when I had a TomTom GPS. They wanted me to pay for updates. What?! I bought the hardware already. Not a'gonna pay a penny more. I'm serious.
On Amazon the models with lifetime maps are only a few dollars more expensive than the ones that charge you 90% of the original purchase price every year for new maps. Only the mass existence of race to the bottom buying sunshines keeps the latter on the market. :doh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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So I have a Ford which I really like. It has a built-in GPS and I just had an email form them urging me to update the maps. Ok, sounds like a good idea. They want $149+tax!!! What the elephant!!! I pad you a mighty sum for this car and now you want to charge me $150 for the privilege of updating one of the integral safety features of the vehicle??? I shall be sending them a snotty letter this evening: I am outraged that they charge for this. :mad::mad::mad:
In dash nav systems can't be looked at without taking your eyes off the road. They're the opposite of a safety feature.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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One of my friends built his own using a Raspberry Pi and a few modules. It uses Open Street Map for map data, and can display weather (Open Weather Map), traffic (various free services), and all sorts of other things. It even has a built in web browser and a rather powerful and long lasting battery pack for on-the-go use.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
It uses Open Street Map for map data
Never heard of it. So I just opened up the website to see. It thinks I'm in Westphalia. Not encouraging... :laugh:
We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.
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In dash nav systems can't be looked at without taking your eyes off the road. They're the opposite of a safety feature.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
You don't look, you listen. My gps talks to me.
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You don't look, you listen. My gps talks to me.
A map sitting in my peripheral vision, in line with the hood of my car, is much more useful 99% of the time that the chatterbox function. 99.99% of the time it's also less annoying.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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A map sitting in my peripheral vision, in line with the hood of my car, is much more useful 99% of the time that the chatterbox function. 99.99% of the time it's also less annoying.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
I think BMW now have a HUD which displays a few things including GPS. That could be useful.
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
It uses Open Street Map for map data
Never heard of it. So I just opened up the website to see. It thinks I'm in Westphalia. Not encouraging... :laugh:
We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.
Just for the map data/imagery. Position data and whatnot are from other sources. And OSM simply starts out above Great Britain, no matter where you are on Earth. It doesn't do automatic location-based lookups (AFAIK).
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???