I bought a Garmin 2370 to use in Europe. Until now, it has been very
satisfactory, but today it would not keep up in the city.

There is always some lag. I was in the south end of Firenze and decided to
use the GPS to get me back to our villa. Until then, it was just in "view
map" mode. It gave instructions and showed the map of an approaching
roundabout. When I got to it, I'd take the right exit, but it did not seem
to follow and would re-calculate to the same route. Got me back, but was
annoying in a town of fast traffic and fast turns.

Any GPS is helpful in giving the street names, but in much of Europe, the
street signs are on the corner buildings and difficult to see quickly.
Especially when it says, "turn left onto Enrico Fugialloto Fumichelli
Bertizzoni Peachy Cappuccino street"

On 26/09/2011 00:35, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> I bought a Garmin 2370 to use in Europe. Until now, it has been very
> satisfactory, but today it would not keep up in the city.
>
> There is always some lag. I was in the south end of Firenze and decided
> to use the GPS to get me back to our villa. Until then, it was just in
> "view map" mode. It gave instructions and showed the map of an
> approaching roundabout. When I got to it, I'd take the right exit, but
> it did not seem to follow and would re-calculate to the same route. Got
> me back, but was annoying in a town of fast traffic and fast turns.
>
> Any GPS is helpful in giving the street names, but in much of Europe,
> the street signs are on the corner buildings and difficult to see
> quickly. Especially when it says, "turn left onto Enrico Fugialloto
> Fumichelli Bertizzoni Peachy Cappuccino street"
In England road Numbers are more prominent than names, but Garmin seems
to ignore them.

--
Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire

Moonraker wrote on Sep 26, 2011:

> On 26/09/2011 00:35, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> I bought a Garmin 2370 to use in Europe. Until now, it has been very
>> satisfactory, but today it would not keep up in the city.
>>
>> There is always some lag. I was in the south end of Firenze and decided
>> to use the GPS to get me back to our villa. Until then, it was just in
>> "view map" mode. It gave instructions and showed the map of an
>> approaching roundabout. When I got to it, I'd take the right exit, but
>> it did not seem to follow and would re-calculate to the same route. Got
>> me back, but was annoying in a town of fast traffic and fast turns.
>>
>> Any GPS is helpful in giving the street names, but in much of Europe,
>> the street signs are on the corner buildings and difficult to see
>> quickly. Especially when it says, "turn left onto Enrico Fugialloto
>> Fumichelli Bertizzoni Peachy Cappuccino street"
> In England road Numbers are more prominent than names, but Garmin seems
> to ignore them.

That applies to most of Europe in urban areas, I've found. Street names are
only useful to pedestrians. Abroad the text-to-speech is virtually useless
anyway since the pronunciation is so garbled that it's mostly completely
unintelligible.

--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

"Ed Pawlowski" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:QY6dnQkQq44kJ-(E-Mail Removed):

> I bought a Garmin 2370 to use in Europe. Until now, it has been very
> satisfactory, but today it would not keep up in the city.
>
> There is always some lag. I was in the south end of Firenze and
> decided to use the GPS to get me back to our villa. Until then, it was
> just in "view map" mode. It gave instructions and showed the map of an
> approaching roundabout. When I got to it, I'd take the right exit,
> but it did not seem to follow and would re-calculate to the same
> route. Got me back, but was annoying in a town of fast traffic and
> fast turns.
>
> Any GPS is helpful in giving the street names, but in much of Europe,
> the street signs are on the corner buildings and difficult to see
> quickly. Especially when it says, "turn left onto Enrico Fugialloto
> Fumichelli Bertizzoni Peachy Cappuccino street"

Last year I used the 255W in Florence in pedestrian mode without too much
problem. We were there only shortly, and had a city map from somewhere
as well. We were sleepy because the nighttrain from Paris was a pain.
They were recovering from a strike, and there was little or no A/C and
hardly any food.

Around Tuscany, Pisa and Arezzo the 255W performed fine, especially with
the aid of our 10 year-old granddaughter ...

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

"Han" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

>
> Last year I used the 255W in Florence in pedestrian mode without too much
> problem. We were there only shortly, and had a city map from somewhere
> as well. We were sleepy because the nighttrain from Paris was a pain.
> They were recovering from a strike, and there was little or no A/C and
> hardly any food.
>
> Around Tuscany, Pisa and Arezzo the 255W performed fine, especially with
> the aid of our 10 year-old granddaughter ...
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid

I did not use it for navigation today, but had it on anyway. I drove SR65
over the Futa Pass. Runs between Bologna and Florence, over the mountains.
Incredible road with many hundred turns. The display would spin all over
the place on the tight turns and switchbacks.

Great road. Ducati uses it for testing bikes.

"Ed Pawlowski" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed) :

>
> "Han" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
>>
>> Last year I used the 255W in Florence in pedestrian mode without too
>> much problem. We were there only shortly, and had a city map from
>> somewhere as well. We were sleepy because the nighttrain from Paris
>> was a pain. They were recovering from a strike, and there was little
>> or no A/C and hardly any food.
>>
>> Around Tuscany, Pisa and Arezzo the 255W performed fine, especially
>> with the aid of our 10 year-old granddaughter ...
>>
>> --
>> Best regards
>> Han
>> email address is invalid
>
> I did not use it for navigation today, but had it on anyway. I drove
> SR65 over the Futa Pass. Runs between Bologna and Florence, over the
> mountains. Incredible road with many hundred turns. The display would
> spin all over the place on the tight turns and switchbacks.
>
> Great road. Ducati uses it for testing bikes.

Sounds like fun. I love driving those mountain roads, but there
shouldn't be too much traffic, since I'm getting older now.


--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:19:45 +0200, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> "Han" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
>>
>> Last year I used the 255W in Florence in pedestrian mode without too much
>> problem. We were there only shortly, and had a city map from somewhere
>> as well. We were sleepy because the nighttrain from Paris was a pain.
>> They were recovering from a strike, and there was little or no A/C and
>> hardly any food.
>>
>> Around Tuscany, Pisa and Arezzo the 255W performed fine, especially with
>> the aid of our 10 year-old granddaughter ...
>>
>> --
>> Best regards
>> Han
>> email address is invalid
>
> I did not use it for navigation today, but had it on anyway. I drove SR65
> over the Futa Pass. Runs between Bologna and Florence, over the mountains.
> Incredible road with many hundred turns. The display would spin all over
> the place on the tight turns and switchbacks.
>
> Great road. Ducati uses it for testing bikes.
>

That sounds like an ideal situation for setting the GPS display to North
Up.

Unless you like vertigo, of course :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

"Gene E. Bloch" <not-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:19:45 +0200, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> "Han" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>>
>>>
>>> Last year I used the 255W in Florence in pedestrian mode without too
>>> much problem. We were there only shortly, and had a city map from
>>> somewhere as well. We were sleepy because the nighttrain from Paris
>>> was a pain. They were recovering from a strike, and there was little
>>> or no A/C and hardly any food.
>>>
>>> Around Tuscany, Pisa and Arezzo the 255W performed fine, especially
>>> with the aid of our 10 year-old granddaughter ...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards
>>> Han
>>> email address is invalid
>>
>> I did not use it for navigation today, but had it on anyway. I drove
>> SR65 over the Futa Pass. Runs between Bologna and Florence, over the
>> mountains. Incredible road with many hundred turns. The display
>> would spin all over the place on the tight turns and switchbacks.
>>
>> Great road. Ducati uses it for testing bikes.
>>
>
> That sounds like an ideal situation for setting the GPS display to
> North Up.
>
> Unless you like vertigo, of course :-)

To me that's the only way, except sometimes (rotaries/roundabouts with
lots of exits, crazy intersections en route, etc) the 3D thing is better
(I think).

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:35:22 +0200, "Ed Pawlowski" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I bought a Garmin 2370 to use in Europe. Until now, it has been very
>satisfactory, but today it would not keep up in the city.
>
>There is always some lag. I was in the south end of Firenze and decided to
>use the GPS to get me back to our villa. Until then, it was just in "view
>map" mode. It gave instructions and showed the map of an approaching
>roundabout. When I got to it, I'd take the right exit, but it did not seem
>to follow and would re-calculate to the same route. Got me back, but was
>annoying in a town of fast traffic and fast turns.
>
>Any GPS is helpful in giving the street names, but in much of Europe, the
>street signs are on the corner buildings and difficult to see quickly.
>Especially when it says, "turn left onto Enrico Fugialloto Fumichelli
>Bertizzoni Peachy Cappuccino street"

Hi Ed;

Poor man, a villa in Florence??? Been there, done that and my
daughter studied there in college. If you are willing, would yoiu be
willing to share your Villa location so I can share it with her? We,
of course, will be using google.maps to track it down.

Later - Bob

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
> Hi Ed;
>
> Poor man, a villa in Florence??? Been there, done that and my
> daughter studied there in college. If you are willing, would yoiu be
> willing to share your Villa location so I can share it with her? We,
> of course, will be using google.maps to track it down.
>
> Later - Bob

Went back to Florence again. This time, there was a lot of traffic so the
gps was more accurate. A couple of times it showed me being off the street.

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