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GPS Reception in Dublin?????????

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  • 20-09-2005 4:13pm
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    beller b
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    Does any one here use GPS around Dublin?
    Has anyone else noticed poor reception lately?
    Now I know around city centre there are always a few areas where you get lost sattalite reception.but seems to be happening all over the place lately..sometimes taking up to 5 minudes to get reception again...
    Anyone else notice this...?


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    tallus
    Registered Users Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭tallus


    mine is fine, I rarely have trouble. you sure it's not your device? or your provider? I use vodafone myself and they seem ok


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    beller b
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    Vodafone is fine...I was talking about GPS not GPRS


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    tallus
    Registered Users Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭tallus


    oops my bad, I have a garmin c320 and never had a problem with it anywhere


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    TCP/IP
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    I have used GPS in dublin as well and it is very good are your maps old


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    beller b
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    No fairly new garmin unit / using Mapsource europe v6.....
    A bit weird tought maybe a satelitte fell out of the sky...LOL


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    paul moore
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    Lads the sats are ok,i use GPS every day setting out on site in on the Dublin Port Tunnel site & its ok, (surveying) i use Trimble gear for millimeter position (5mm-10mm)
    on average i pick up 6-8 sats a day,and drops to 4 around 4:30 for about 5 mins,i havent had a problem in the last 4 years !!!!


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    beller b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭beller b


    Now that you mention it it is around 4.30 I have probs...Why is that?


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    paul moore
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭paul moore


    We can't control this,however it does'nt stay like this for many days,with the gear i use you get sofware that includes an ALMANIC telling you how many sats there is going to be,there strength (PDOP) etc....it's the way they orbit the earth...it changes.I'll check the almanic for ya,


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    beller b
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    No big deal..Just curious...Thanks


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    johnjay
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    Lads

    How good are the Garmin maps for Dublin? have you used them outside of Dublin? I am thinking about getting one, but heard somewere that the Irish mapping is S**te!


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    beller b
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    Dublin is perfect to street level..Outside Dublin is fairly basic..


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    #13
    endplate
    Registered Users Posts: 991 ✭✭✭endplate


    I've got the Navman 4400 with SmartST2 software which is 2 years old. It's good in Dublin but outside the M50 it's rubbish.

    I'm thinking of giving this one a try

    http://www.shop.viamichelin.co.uk/shopexd.asp?catalogid=196


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