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i have been using scout gps on my android phone for about a year now, it uses openstreetmap datra/maps all downloaded by the app itself. I really impressed with the app have been threw many different options for satnaving and best i found on a very low budget. I think it costs Â1.99/Â2.99 for the maps so very litttle outlay on such important peace of kit saved me many hours of getting lost in devon(when visiting sister) can even take latitude n longtitude coords (like in the case for where my sister lives is not plotted on the maps yet being a new housing estate). I usually put a lot of planning into going to a new place anyway. so not using the satnav as 100% guide to where i am going. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telenav.app.android.scout_us&hl=en On 30 March 2015 at 14:20, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30/03/15 13:07, Brad Rogers wrote: >> >> On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:51:35 +0100 >> Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello Julian, >> >>> Equally likely to be a postcode issue. My SatNav directed me to the >> >> It does happen, but not always because somebody gives the wrong code: >> There are organisations (can't find any right now, of course) that tell >> potential customers NOT to use the 'correct' postcode, because it will >> take them to the wrong place, but to use "this one" instead. And that's >> in urbanised areas. In rural areas, post codes are even less useful for >> routing, because they can cover areas measured in square miles. > > Hi Brad, > > That's true; for the university campus I used the postcode off their website > assuming that would be correct. When I eventually got there I was told 'No > use this one instead'. Not a lot of use since I was already there, and not > intending to return. Having said that it does prove your point :) Going to > the Vale [of Glamorgan] Hotel once I was directed a couple of miles away up > increasingly narrow lanes until we turned around and came back to find it. > > Julian > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq