I thought when the 911#s were uploaded by the Township of South Algonquin last September 30 that the GPS problems would be solved. I thought the problem was because there was no # assigned to my location (even though I provided lat/long in my signature and here on the website).
Because most people are now using cellphones for GPS, and do not use coordinates at all, only civic addressing #s, and because different phones use different map sets, which do not actually agree with lat/long data, people are now winding up at the local dump instead of here! At least I know where they are now when I get the phone call! One vacationer saw the sign at my driveway, and then continued another km south from here because the GPS told her to continue. So...I can still do nothing to fix your GPS. I still suggest (as I do on the how to get here page) that travelers use a map. GPS is definitely not accurate outside of heavily populated areas.
My place is STILL where it was when I bought it in 1989. No one got lost on the way here then, following the simple instruction 2 km south of highway 60 on highway 523.
Ain't technology grand?
Because most people are now using cellphones for GPS, and do not use coordinates at all, only civic addressing #s, and because different phones use different map sets, which do not actually agree with lat/long data, people are now winding up at the local dump instead of here! At least I know where they are now when I get the phone call! One vacationer saw the sign at my driveway, and then continued another km south from here because the GPS told her to continue. So...I can still do nothing to fix your GPS. I still suggest (as I do on the how to get here page) that travelers use a map. GPS is definitely not accurate outside of heavily populated areas.
My place is STILL where it was when I bought it in 1989. No one got lost on the way here then, following the simple instruction 2 km south of highway 60 on highway 523.
Ain't technology grand?
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