Nov 29, 2007
Some GPS devices can also be used for walking the complex streets of an unfamiliar city
In response to my recent post about GPS devices, enabling you to navigate the confusing highways of a new city, one reader wrote in to point out an extra feature of some -- not all -- GPS's.
Not only, he pointed out, is it "great on the road, but also wonderful for walking in cities. We brought it to NYC, changed the 'mode' from driving route to walking route, and had no trouble finding the sites we wanted to see easily and also fairly discreetly." Apparently, they simply whipped out the GPS on occasion to check their whereabouts and the direction of their walk.
In a number of chains offering discount opportunities, GPS devices are now selling for slightly under $200, and it was just such a low-cost device that I recently used so successfully in driving within the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, area.
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Not only, he pointed out, is it "great on the road, but also wonderful for walking in cities. We brought it to NYC, changed the 'mode' from driving route to walking route, and had no trouble finding the sites we wanted to see easily and also fairly discreetly." Apparently, they simply whipped out the GPS on occasion to check their whereabouts and the direction of their walk.
In a number of chains offering discount opportunities, GPS devices are now selling for slightly under $200, and it was just such a low-cost device that I recently used so successfully in driving within the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, area.
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