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Old Oct 17, 2007 | 3:27 am
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Originally Posted by birdstrike
My GPS knows "Home" as the last place I held in the "Home" button for 10 seconds. Due to the vagaries of GPS, it is usually some address a few houses away, even if I'm parked in my driveway when I go through the exercise.
Quite possible. How many satellites are you getting? How old is the unit?

Originally Posted by CessnaJock
Vagaries? My iPAQ GPS accurately shows whether I'm in the family room or the garage. I think you got stuck with a bum unit.
Really? You get satellite reception trough the roof? And your garage and family room are in the map database? We are talking about automotive GPS here.
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