On Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:38:53 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 21:06:07 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >I was headed to Winco today but wound up at Walmart instead. My stupid GPS
> > >rerouted me through the parking lot at the Everett Mall and tried to make me
> > >get onto the freeway which is what I was trying to avoid.
> >
> > Did you set it to avoid highways? Most have a setting for things like
> > that.
> >
> > I try to look at a map to see where I'm going as the navigation often
> > picks a route that I'd rather not take. It is a computer and uses
> > only programmed data to make the route, not human things like nice
> > scenery or heavy traffic.
>
> I know my area well, no need to use a gps. If it's a street that I
> don't know, a quick glance at a map will suffice. Sounds strange that
> Julie was using a GPS to go to a somewhat local Winco. She's lived
> there long enough to find her way to local stores without help.

I need my GPS every time I leave the City to find a place with an
address not located on a main street/highway. The last two times I
used it was to find places with addresses in rather large business
parks.

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