From: Jeff Strickland on

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
news:pan.2009.09.07.05.00.35.644428(a)e86.GTS...
> On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:58:25 -0400, Scott in Florida wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 09:07:22 -0700, "Jeff Strickland"
>> <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>You don't have a GPS, do you?
>>>
>>>When I plug in a destination for my GPS to take me to, it already puts up
>>>the lane markers for the interstate interchanges and the exit ramp. As I
>>>approach the interchange, the GPS puts up a lane marker telling me that I
>>>need to be to the left or the right, and how many lanes are available to
>>>get
>>>to the highway leading to where I am going.
>>>
>>>No cameras on the front of the car or anything like that. The only thing
>>>missing is the head-up display to project the GPS screen onto the
>>>windshield.
>>
>> Just mount your GPS in front of you and you have a great display, as
>> good as 'heads up' would be.
>
>
> That works in the Scion, because the damn windshield is so far away!
>
> I did it one time when I took my Mom's Camry out for it's monthly
> 'excercise', but it's too obtrusive. In the Mazda and the Supra, there is
> a little niche in the left side of the dash it snuggles into comfortably,
> still within easy sight, but not fully straight on. But in this location,
> if I tilt it downwards there is hardly any glare on it at all, and is
> almost within reach of the steering wheel.
>
>
>

I put mine at the top of the windshield, above the rear view mirror. Calif.
and Mass. apparently have laws about suction cups stuck to the windshield.
My GPS came with a disc that I can stick to the dashboard, then the suction
cup will stick to it. I'm taking my chances for now with the windshield.







From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:44:13 -0700, Jeff Strickland wrote:

>> I did it one time when I took my Mom's Camry out for it's monthly
>> 'excercise', but it's too obtrusive. In the Mazda and the Supra, there is
>> a little niche in the left side of the dash it snuggles into comfortably,
>> still within easy sight, but not fully straight on. But in this location,
>> if I tilt it downwards there is hardly any glare on it at all, and is
>> almost within reach of the steering wheel.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I put mine at the top of the windshield, above the rear view mirror. Calif.
> and Mass.

I'm hit...

GPS...
Radar detector...
XM receiver...



From: Mark on
Maybe the GPS understands that you are a jackass and in occasional
need of alfalfa.

On Sep 6, 9:39 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstr...(a)frontiernet.net>
wrote:
>
> Thousands of years, hopefully. Rode with a friend and her GPS a couple of
> weeks ago and the stupid thing kept saying "turn right", which would've put
> us in a field of alfalfa. The actual right turn was 2 miles away.

From: matrixxx09 on
On Sep 6, 12:07 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> You don't have a GPS, do you?

No, but I've driven with one a number of times in other's cars.

What you describe below (ie what GPS does NOW) isn't remotely close to
what I described.

>
> When I plug in a destination for my GPS to take me to, it already puts up
> the lane markers for the interstate interchanges and the exit ramp. As I
> approach the interchange, the GPS puts up a lane marker telling me that I
> need to be to the left or the right, and how many lanes are available to get
> to the highway leading to where I am going.
>
> No cameras on the front of the car or anything like that. The only thing
> missing is the head-up display to project the GPS screen onto the
> windshield.
>
> "matrixxx09" <matrixx...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:e250efd6-d26d-428e-a723-caf02e4279fe(a)w36g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > GPS navigation in the car, all in a HUD...
>
> > Cameras on front of car feed back to sat system, which recognizes
> > signs, the road itself, essentially the whole 'scene'.  (The scenes
> > are constantly updated in the database by the end users themselves).
>
> > The instructions are then projected onto the windshield in the form of
> > actual arrows appearing on the road itself (at least from the driver's
> > viewpoint, like the 1st down line in football), the relevant road
> > signs are 'highlighted', and so forth.

From: Jeff Strickland on

"matrixxx09" <matrixxx09(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:00586fa6-22fc-482a-b334-708c75c5dce1(a)j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 6, 12:07 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> You don't have a GPS, do you?

No, but I've driven with one a number of times in other's cars.

What you describe below (ie what GPS does NOW) isn't remotely close to
what I described.


<JS>
You described cameras on the car that I assume would feed into the GPS to
give you greater depth of detail.

GPS already has the detail, there are models that can tell you where the
speed cameras are located, they tell you the lane assignements for freeway
interchanges and exits. What more do you want to know that you can't figure
out by looking out the windows?

Points of interest -- stores, attractions, restaurants, gas stations, banks.
And these are just the run-of-the-mill POIs, if you get a model that takes
feeds from the AutoClub (AAA), then you get even more.

And they now have a way to know traffic conditions so they can tell you to
get off the freeway to go around the congestion. All of them highlight the
suggested route, and in the case of a freeway interchange there are models
that tell you the lane assignment. I don't have the Traffic Go Around thingy
($80) that my unit will accept, but I have all of the other stuff. My unit
was $100 at Costco. You get more features and capabilities as you go up the
pricing scale. You can get a wide-screen display, Bluetooth, built-in
traffic monitoring, speed zone warnings, and more. Everything you asked
about is already here. So, the question, "How long to wait?" is answered
with, how long does it take you to get to the store? I suppose there's a
corollary question, how much are you willing to spend?

The only thing the current crop of GPS systems do not have that you
expressed an interest in is the Heads Up Display.

They are working on HUDs now. I recall that Corvettes and a couple of
Cadillac models had an HUD a few years ago, but I'm not sure how well they
were accepted. HUD is not new, it is only costly and demands precise angles
that are difficult to obtain in an automobile because of the space
contraints. I worked on the F-111A fleet, built in the sixty's, and they had
HUDs for all sorts of systems that updated way faster than any automotive
system would require, so it isn't a question of technology. The technology
has existed for closing in on 50 years.


</JS>





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