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<blockquote data-quote="Neo" data-source="post: 575016" data-attributes="member: 36256"><p>I've read other posts saying they are so disappointed with the Google Maps...</p><p>The "current location" circle on the Touch is sized by the amount of error in the measurement. And there is a lot of error in the measurement, because it's not GPS. But that shouldn't matter. If you are in San Francisco, the circle will enclose a small part of San Francisco. Say your circle is a half-mile in diameter. That would be what? 10 city blocks? Big deal. Look at the nearest street sign and find your exact location. Then use the Drop Pin feature (IMO, a super-cool and redeeming feature) to pinpoint yourself. Then you can search for destinations and plan routes from your Drop Pin. So sweet. It won't work in the boonies (defining boonies as no cell phone coverage)!! This is a toy for the city folks.</p><p></p><p>BTW, Steve got it wrong. The angles to cell towers aren't measured, the distances are. So the location process isn't triangulation, it's trilateration. Little known fact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neo, post: 575016, member: 36256"] I've read other posts saying they are so disappointed with the Google Maps... The "current location" circle on the Touch is sized by the amount of error in the measurement. And there is a lot of error in the measurement, because it's not GPS. But that shouldn't matter. If you are in San Francisco, the circle will enclose a small part of San Francisco. Say your circle is a half-mile in diameter. That would be what? 10 city blocks? Big deal. Look at the nearest street sign and find your exact location. Then use the Drop Pin feature (IMO, a super-cool and redeeming feature) to pinpoint yourself. Then you can search for destinations and plan routes from your Drop Pin. So sweet. It won't work in the boonies (defining boonies as no cell phone coverage)!! This is a toy for the city folks. BTW, Steve got it wrong. The angles to cell towers aren't measured, the distances are. So the location process isn't triangulation, it's trilateration. Little known fact. [/QUOTE]
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