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GPS LOS in Texas yeaterday
n/sa | Patriot777

Posted on 02/06/2016 10:36:06 AM PST by Patriot777

While traveling in the Dallas / Ft Worth area of Texas yesterday afternoon, we experienced a complete LOS on GPS. We had traveled to Irving to get a new bulb for our projection TV, and right afterward had the LOS that lasted well after 9 PM yesterday evening. We eventually were able to find 635 W and then find 80 and I20 E, which placed us back home around 12:30 AM.

Needless to say, I was glad I never leave home without my oxygen concentrator--even on good days, but I still ended up getting sick in a gas station restroom and basically ready to tell my spouse to take me to a hospital (I prefer Baylor)--but gee willikers, ANY hospital nearby would be good.

It really, really scared me, my spouse was throwing fits about being lost (not helping my situation at all), but whenever you're lost, get directions from someone. As for me, I'm saying home next time so I will not get into physical and emotional distress; too hard on me, and I don't want to be in a bloody wreck, mates!


TOPICS: Astronomy; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: dfw; gps; los; texas
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1 posted on 02/06/2016 10:36:06 AM PST by Patriot777
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To: Patriot777

Thomas Guide rocks.

(Do they still print them)


2 posted on 02/06/2016 10:37:27 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Patriot777

You weren’t lost. You were in North central Texas.


3 posted on 02/06/2016 10:41:48 AM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: DesertRhino

We use the Maps app on our phone.


4 posted on 02/06/2016 10:46:35 AM PST by rstrahan
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To: BenLurkin
Thomas Guide rocks.

Best Map book around!

Did you know that Thomas guide puts an error on every page they print (sat next to a guy on a plane once who worked for them). They do this to prove copyright infringement.

One example: That river that flows through downtown LA, the San Antonio river...

5 posted on 02/06/2016 10:46:52 AM PST by Michael.SF. (That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together,' Cindy Sheehan")
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To: Michael.SF.

“Yeah, I did.”


6 posted on 02/06/2016 10:47:47 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Michael.SF.

Did you know that Thomas guide puts an error on every page they print (sat next to a guy on a plane once who worked for them). They do this to prove copyright infringement.

One example: That river that flows through downtown LA, the San Antonio river... “”


I love info like this. :-)

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7 posted on 02/06/2016 10:49:50 AM PST by Mears
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To: Patriot777

Tuck a DeLorme Gazetteer in the seat-back pocket and you’ll never be lost.


8 posted on 02/06/2016 10:55:29 AM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: Michael.SF.

So in other words every map they make is knowingly incorrect?


9 posted on 02/06/2016 11:02:30 AM PST by reed13k (w)
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To: Patriot777

Next time order one off amazon or print out your route from MapQuest.
I have GPS in my car, but have hardly ever used it. Don’t want to get reliant on it.
Glad you did get home safe and sound, even if distraught.


10 posted on 02/06/2016 11:05:15 AM PST by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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To: Michael.SF.

I believe all the map makers do that. I found some such errors on other brands.


11 posted on 02/06/2016 11:08:37 AM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Patriot777
Seems like a good time to remind folks...keep a supply of paper maps handy along with a compass.

It could save your life one day. GPS ain't forever.

12 posted on 02/06/2016 11:09:46 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Why do we give our hearts to the past? And why must we grow up so fast?)
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To: Patriot777

Everyone laughs at me because I always carry detailed, orienteer maps and a compass with me.


13 posted on 02/06/2016 11:16:23 AM PST by Himyar (Sessions: the only real man in D.C.)
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To: Patriot777

I suspect you might have been at Fry’s. We live at 635 just south of there less than 1/2 mile.


14 posted on 02/06/2016 11:26:26 AM PST by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: Patriot777

What brand of receiver? There is only one satellite currently down in the constellation.


15 posted on 02/06/2016 11:26:37 AM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Patriot777
If you think Ft. Worth is bad, you'd better never ever go to San Antonio. It's a given even with GPS that you'll get lost there.

The biggest problem with Ft. Worth is that you don't get any advanced notice that your exit is coming up.

16 posted on 02/06/2016 11:26:47 AM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Michael.SF.

Publishers of atlases and gazettes have been doing this for a long time. They insert one fictitious town in the middle of nowhere. The image of people arriving at a town that doesn’t exist is kind of funny, but they have to do it. A lot of work goes into those publications.


17 posted on 02/06/2016 11:30:25 AM PST by firebrand
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To: sockmonkey
I was going to say something about that: reliance on new technology. We can no longer fix our own cars. As the main character's son points out in White Noise, if you went to another planet you would not be able to explain to anyone how anything works.
18 posted on 02/06/2016 11:33:48 AM PST by firebrand
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To: Patriot777

I suspect you might have been at Fry’s. We live at 635 just south of there less than 1/2 mile.


19 posted on 02/06/2016 11:35:19 AM PST by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: Patriot777

GPS isn’t entirely science; it’s part magic. There’s a particularly evil witch, named Zelda, in the hills of East Tennessee who works for the GPS manufacturers. She kidnaps innocent young women,strips them of their souls, trains the souls of the lost women to give GPS instructions, and imprisons one in each GPS unit. The units periodically fail because the slaves occasionally rebel. That’s what happened to you.


20 posted on 02/06/2016 2:35:39 PM PST by libstripper
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