Stop and ask directions

[All_Heart]

Does anyone use a GPS navigation system to help get you to games on time? Can anyone recommend a decent unit with real-time traffic? Don't want to show up to the game to late

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by All_Heart

Does anyone use a GPS navigation system to help get you to games on time? Can anyone recommend a decent unit with real-time traffic? Don't want to show up to the game too late

I'm bored tonight.

[Ignats75]

www.ohsaa.org gives me the school address

www.mapquest.com gives me directions.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

www.ohsaa.org gives me the school address

www.mapquest.com gives me directions.

It's not hard for an association website to be setup to link directly to maps. In fact, mine has links to 4 different ones to fit any specific user's preferences: Mapquest, Yahoo, Google, and Infospace. I've often used Google's maps to switch to satellite/arial view to see what is not on the map....parking, gym location on the property.

Looks like I may need to add maps.live.com. It has taken Google's idea and increased the detail and added the ability to switch to 5 different angles on the arial view. With it, you can see a LOT!

[ranjo]

Gave my wife a Garmin 330 for Christmas and she has let me use it a few times. It works great, but many times I know a quicker or more convenient route. The best thing about it is if you miss a turn or go the wrong way, it will recalulate and get you back on track. I've been doing the same schools for 8-9 years now so I pretty much know where they are.

[jkjenning]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It's not hard for an association website to be setup to link directly to maps.

All of our schools are listed with links: www.accd.edu/taso
- click on Find A School and you get a Yahoo map

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

In fact, mine has links to 4 different ones to fit any specific user's preferences: Mapquest, Yahoo, Google, and Infospace. I've often used Google's maps to switch to satellite/arial view to see what is not on the map....parking, gym location on the property.

Looks like I may need to add maps.live.com. It has taken Google's idea and increased the detail and added the ability to switch to 5 different angles on the arial view. With it, you can see a LOT!

I've been burned too many times by Mapquest sending me someplace completely wrong, but maps.google.com has been much better - I'll have to check out maps.live.com!

[steve33]

For my team, we bought a USB GPS chip and installed it to my laptop used for team stats to get to our various locations. And it's used with a map software built in, but also could be used with the Google Earth software. I'll reply later with what it's called exactly

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by All_Heart

Does anyone use a GPS navigation system to help get you to games on time? Can anyone recommend a decent unit with real-time traffic? Don't want to show up to the game to late

How 'bout just planning ahead?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

How 'bout just planning ahead?

Yup. And failing that, I get myself close and then stop at a gas station or fast food joint and ask them how to get to the middle school. I know where all the high schools are.
Seriously, since starting here this year, I've found mapquest to be a Godsend. I don't need GPS, but a good mapquest printout is like sliced bread.

[mplagrow]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Seriously, since starting here this year, I've found mapquest to be a Godsend. I don't need GPS, but a good mapquest printout is like sliced bread.

It can be. . .but I've had a couple of issues with mapquest. Sometimes it will forego the quickest route to give you a route based on major highways. A couple of times, it's been dead wrong. Once I was going to a movie with my wife and I used mapquest to locate the theater (in the Denver area). I followed the directions exactly, and it put me in a little residential neighborhood in a cul-de-sac nowhere near the theater. I was ready to knock on somebody's door and ask if Highlander: Endgame was playing in their basement.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by mplagrow

It can be. . .but I've had a couple of issues with mapquest. Sometimes it will forego the quickest route to give you a route based on major highways. A couple of times, it's been dead wrong. Once I was going to a movie with my wife and I used mapquest to locate the theater (in the Denver area). I followed the directions exactly, and it put me in a little residential neighborhood in a cul-de-sac nowhere near the theater. I was ready to knock on somebody's door and ask if Highlander: Endgame was playing in their basement.

I've had problems with Mapquest, too. One time it sent me through a residential street that diddn't go clear through! When I finally got to that school, I also discovered that had that residential street gone through, I would have been routed through a back entrance to the school grounds which is generally locked.

Another time, Mapquest had the spelling of a school wrong, and couldn't find it for me. I always use Google Maps, and don't bother with printed directions. Just print out the map, and use my well-developed old-lady intuition and reasoning.

[BillyMac]

In Connecticut, our high school sports governing body, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAC) has directions to its member schools on their web site.

[All_Heart]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

I always use Google Maps, and don't bother with printed directions. Just print out the map, and use my well-developed old-lady intuition and reasoning.

So do you print the directions or don't ya?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

One time it sent me through a residential street that diddn't go clear through! When I finally got to that school, I also discovered that had that residential street gone through, I would have been routed through a back entrance to the school grounds which is generally locked.

Another time, Mapquest had the spelling of a school wrong, and couldn't find it for me.

Juulie, let me guess. Since you were unfamiliar with the terrain, you were over here on the west side.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

And failing that, I get myself close and then stop at a gas station or fast food joint and ask them how to get to the middle school.

ASK FOR DIRECTIONS??!!??

I bet you don't use duct tape, either.