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Old 02-27-2008, 01:54 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by reformed View Post
What type of GPS is it? if it is a portable one, they tend not to be all that accurate, if it is an in-dash GPS with the speed sense hooked up, then they are relatively accurate.
Why would a portable GPS automatically be less accurate? The math involved in GPS triangulation isn't all that complicated and in all likelihood, the GPS modules in in-dash variants (technically, mobile ) are similar if not exactly the same.

That being said... And answering the OP. I had three GPS's running in my car at one point. One was over cell, one was for navigation used for geocaching (didn't have road maps etc.) and the third was a Magellan 3xxx. Everything was dead to nuts equal and matched with the SG My speedometer, on the other hand, is 5mph slow at 70mph
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