With the upgrade most roads are on it. Prior to 2004 I used the breadcrumb feature often when in rural areas of Josephine County.<<<<<<<<
Excellent, that is exactly what I was wondering. I have OnStar, but I want something I can see. I like the breadcrumbs feature you mentioned, that would be perfect.
It is surprising that Mr. Kim wouldn't have been testing out this or that system on his trip, given his job, but I'm sure he never thought of being anywhere much but on the 5 or the coast, with one hop in between.
As long as one has a clear path to the sky, is there any reason one would lose the signal in the area of the incident? Do these systems work in remote areas as long as there is no tree canopy? Thanks for the info, and I'll bet there will be a lot of these given as Christmas gifts this year.
Have been on more than a few of those logging routes in the area the Kims were in (Josepine County) and it worked great.
That has happened a few time, lost satellite signal because of trees, but that is rare. The only route I can recall in that area where I consistantly lose the signal is just north of Prospect before coming to Diamond Lake. Tall trees line both sides of a two lane highway for about 7 or 8 miles.
It's my guess that where the Kims were if the signal was lost it would be only temporary.