May need a new atlas:

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Russian Rabbit, Feb 28, 2018.

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  2. Fuelinmyveins

    Fuelinmyveins Medium Load Member

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  3. BrandonCDLdriver

    BrandonCDLdriver Road Train Member

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    I can save you a step. Instead of keying coordinates into your GPS, when you place a pin and want to navigate to it, just put that as your destination, set current location as your departure point and click "get directions." When it pulls them up, click "send to my phone." The exact route and destination is sent to your phone as a quick open thing up at the top. click on it, hit navigate and you're gone. You dont really need it until getting close to your consignee or shipper anyway.

    Keying in numbers into a GPS is a recipe for error.
     
  4. brsims

    brsims Road Train Member

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    And?

    Last time I checked, I95 still goes north and south, I80 still goes east and west.

    Not much changes year to year. I'm STILL running a '14 atlas, or sometimes an '08, depending on which I grab.

    Never understood the extra cost for "lifetime maps" on a GPS device, either. Roads don't change that quickly! Your fancy GPS will be scrap on a smouldering pile of plastic before you got enough "updates" to be worth the extra money.
     
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  5. Olympian

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    I have been keying in the driver entranceways GPS coordinates into my GPS devices for years, and my GPS devices have been leading me directly into those driver entranceways without me ever having to search for any of them when driving for years. Indeed, it works perfectly every time.

    Furthermore, keying in the GPS coordinate's number is a lot faster than keying in an address into my GPS device.

    Finally, I don't use my phone to navigate with. I use my TND 730.
     
  6. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    My dezl570 with lifetime maps cost less than the map update for my old 465t. After a while, driving through cornfields gets old...465t didn't have any of I69 south of Indianapolis, didn't have the new stretches of US67 in Arkansas, the updated routing of I70 in St Louis, etc...you'd be amazed how much was missing within a few years. Granted, a lot doesn't change...but when it DOES, an updated map is never a bad thing!
     
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  7. WildTxn

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    Yea, and this lack of updates can get flat out right dangerous in some area's, especially at night.

    GPS is supposed to be a useful tool. If a mechanic reaches into his tool box and gets a wrench that doesn't work, or doesn't do what he bought it to do, what is he going to do with it? THROW IT AWAY! (or take it back where he got it and attempt to shove it somewhere) It's a waste of valuable time to even have it around. Same with an outdated GPS device. Much better off and a lot safer just using recently bought maps for local stuff, and the atlas for the rest, than to even mess with an outdated GPS.

    An outdated GPS is kind of like the old joke about a watch that doesn't keep correct time. Which is better; a watch that is fast or slow, or a watch that has stopped?

    At least the stopped watch tells the correct time twice a day. LOL Uh, unless it's military.
     
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  8. doninwooster

    doninwooster Light Load Member

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    Picked up a 2018 Rand McNally Deluxe Motor Carriers Atlas at a Loves today. $32.00 out the door, ...but...they have a $10.00 rebate! Woo..hoo..
     
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