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Yes we do use a sat nav. We use it most to find the aires in france using the GPS Co-Ordance. We are never without the latest maps to plot most of the route. We also use the sat nav a lot on the motorbike as it is a waterproof garmin unit. Very good in cities like London.
I use our sat nav as a guide only - never quite trust it, especially in the van. I always have the map on my lap just to check! I do love it when we go a different way and the sat nav gets in a tizzy until it picks us up again
Spykal, Mike is quite correct. The intention was to find out what information is necessary in the Camp Site Database for people to be able to use it.
The poll has shown that a significant minority do require the postal address in order to find sites.
Gerald's suggested questions would provide more information and perhaps he would consider putting a poll together using his questions.
For those who don't remember Gerald's suggestions, they were:
* do you use satnav and enter coordinates to select your destination
* do you use satnav but use other information to select the destination
* do you not use satnav at all
I think as the information provided by this poll is of limited use, although it has served the purpose I had in mind, it is time to ask the mods to close it, please, Alan.
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Americans. "let's do a system of navigation which our weapons can use in 3 dimensions, we will be able to put a missile through a window and collateral damage will be minimal".
Ok how much will it cost?, " It will be a couple or three billion, we will have to put a ring of satellites in orbit designed by some of the most intelligent scientists in the world and made by some of the most technologically skilled people in the most advance factory's that manufacture this kinds of equipment".
Will it work worldwide?. "Yes".
How are you going to put them in orbit?. "The space shuttle".
Unfortunately one blew up on launch and every body and everything is lost.
Years later.
Hi Americans how is your Global Positioning System working. "Fine why?", would you consider the bloke in the street using it as the airlines and shipping would find it very useful, and just think of all the transport being able to find where they are and get directions to anywhere in the world, just think how much fuel will be saved through out the world by helping folk who are always getting lost and wandering all over the place.
Americans "Ok then but we will only make the accuracy to about a couple of meters instead of a couple of centimeters".
Will it be easy to use for the bloke in the street?.
Americans. "Absolutely they will only have to tap on a screen and enter a few numbers, nobody will have to learn navigation as in the past, and the small receiver set will even be able to fit in their pocket if they want, and will be able to tell them as near as exactly as is possible on a global scale where they are 24 hours a day 365 days a year."
Thats cool!..
Americans. "If they have an accident or need to report a situation to the emergency authority's they will be able to give their exact position so the emergency authority's can home in to the position they are given from an impartial machine that isn't being traumatized by the situation the humans have found themselves in , all with the minimum of fuss in the shortest time, that will save thousands of lives worldwide".
That sounds good how much will it cost to the bloke in the street.
Americans. "Hell buddy! it will cost them nothing".
Wow thats very generous!.
And you want to use a map! .
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If I'm anywhere rural, I have to be careful, otherwise I'm trying to drive my three tonner down goat tracks and over mountains so 'er indoors performs the detailed nagivation whilst tomtom does the basic navigation.
I only answered yes because I think yesterday for the very first time I used a combination of Google maps and Tom Tom to decide exactly where I was.
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I've voted no because I don't use Sat Nav and coordinates, and no because I don't use Sat Nav in the motorhome, much preferring to work from a rough itinerary prepared earlier using a map (A41 to so and so, then B33867 to somewhere else etc) which I can prop up on the dashboard (there's a good old fashioned word for you).
But, I have to confess I will use Sat Nav in the car, but only when trying to find somewhere in an unfamiliar city centre.
As others have already said, Sat Navs are far from infallible, or at least my early TomTom certainly is, and can direct you down routes which are often implausible and sometime impassable.
By the way, I can't believe how long this thread has become in response to what to all intents and purposes is a 'yes/no' question!
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I do love it when we go a different way and the sat nav gets in a tizzy 
until it picks us up again
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