Taken a few hours ago on the way to meet comrades at the Japan Times.
First time there so am relying on the trusty car navigation. A lady
voice tells me directions. I'm pretty sure that they would make a load
of money if they made a car navi with a moe moe kyun voice.
Do you use car navigation systems in your neck of the woods? We
couldn't possibly get round Tokyo and the surrounding cities without
it.
Full review of our navi here >
www.dannychoo.com/post/en/804/
先ほどMTGに向かうところで撮った写真。カーナビがないと厳しいですわ。ロンドンでは全く使わなかったけど。うちのカーナビのレビューはここ >
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Mirai Bustaaaaaaa!!!
Hmmm , How about a Noroi WakaMoto Version? Madness!^^;
Family IT guy ...yes, NEET.
LOL! This thing is awesome.
CEO MIrai Inc
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BB Code links work in comments?!
Mirai Bustaaaaaaa!!!
So far this is the only BB Code i know of 0.0;|||
If you get a PSP GPS you can get a tsundere Kugyu navi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpiO8oqHGL0
Student
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dramacd/
I saw a video of a car navi that used Kugimiya and Wakamoto for the voices. It was pretty funny, and I think it's an actual product.
Student
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dramacd/
Oops, should've read the comments first.
The 3D view is nice. Geek eye candy :P
pervert
getting lost is fun too sometimes
Student or something like that
http://otakumimi.blogspot.com
Yeah sure! XP
pervert
getting lost can help you find things that you wouldnt normally find such as a girl alone in a forest touching herself
Mad scientist
You speak of experience?
2nd year Civil Engineering Student
http://soonkiong.blogspot.com
can't possibly get around Kuala Lumpur without my GPS phone as well... though it's nowhere near the epic size of Tokyo... ^^;;
Student
http://tsubasa126.wordpress.com/
Just purchased a portabel GPS a few days ago. It works quite well. So far, I haven't encountered any problem with it. I really want the in-dash Navigation system but they're waay out of my budget. (T_T)
Scientist, unemployed.
http://fmphoenixhawk.livejournal.com
Mapquest. I can't afford a GPS unit, and despite a nice phone, I have no data plan, so no GPS through that.
Programmer
They should make it green monocrome so it looks like the gps from ghost in the shell.
Part-Time Blogger of Moderately Useless Jibberish
http://www.k-jessop.co.uk
We don't have the 3D map here. But the roads and directions are pretty much the same.
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
http://funkyblueame.tumblr.com/
No no Danny, we would be so busy listening to the voice and would forget about the destination. I'm getting excited just thinking about it. I see TomTom here now has a Homer Simpson... ^^; I use the nav. system mostly when I'm in Japan...
Mad scientist
I think there is a limit to how many times "D'oh" is funny when you go "darn, that's a one way street... going the wrong way". TomTom should improve their maps rather than their voice. It's possibly the worst one to get around here. Way too many imaginary roads to be really useful. (imaginary as in "bikes only" or similar)
Full-time geek/Part-time student/Part-time musician
http://randomgeekness.livejournal.com/
O_O It's even in 3D cool! but I'd rather have a Moé Moé Kyun voiced one ^^.
navy am
i have one but it gets lost some time mostly on account of old maps it has onit
Programmer, DJ, 仮面浪人ｗ
http://findingtheblue.blogspot.com
When I first heard about doing supermarket shopping online, all I could think of was a 3D display of the supermarket like on that Navigation System and a DOOM style display.
Mad scientist
Most people do and it's causing problems. There is a place not far from my home where the "clever" GPS routing software tells people to turn left because the 20-25% reduced distance is a good thing. It completely forgets that you can drive 40-50 km/h while you can go around 100 if you stick to the main roads. So much for getting there faster and slow driving is even bad for fuel economy. The engine idles too much. The best efficiency is around 90 km/h at a stable speed.
Well that's their problem. The real problem is that they want to make left turns during rush hour and it blocks traffic. While one car is waiting for oncoming traffic to disappear, all other cars has to wait for that car to move and cars queue up. Several accidents have happened because cars queued up and one car didn't notice. This place wasn't a problem before people got GPS.
Personally I don't have a GPS. I have no use for such a thing. I have a good map and I just look at where I'm going if it's the first time going there. I can figure out how to get there later based on memory if needed. The only time I can recall having an issue was at some roadworks. The road was closed and they had some signs with temporal rerouting and you had to select a route based on which destination you wanted. The bozos had messed up the signs and I ended up in an unfamiliar place, which I shouldn't have seen. I ended up stopping at a gas station to ash where I was ^^;
I'm not sure GPS would have helped a whole lot there. It would likely have told me to use the closed road. And for the record once I knew where I was it only took a quick look at the map to figure out a new route to my destination.
I know one guy, who gets lost everywhere so he bought a GPS. He is really happy about it because he will always end up at his destination. However it often finds strange routes and he really wondered when it told him to leave the road and drive across a field. He did drive on what could be a dirt road, but it was basically just two lines without grass (one for each wheel). He did end up on the roads again eventually and reached his destination. He calls his GPS Hyacinth because it's a woman who tells him how to drive :D
(anybody who have seen Keeping Up Appearances will know what this means)
College Student
http://www.projectsaber.com
I look up beforehand where I'm going on Google Maps, and then I print out directions. Old school style!
???Confused???
I have one for my job...works alright, but I wish it had nice details like the one in the picture...could get around a lot better...
Student
My household hasn't got around to getting ourselves a navigator yet so we're still using the trusty Melway's (giant book with the map of Melbourne).
Network Admin & Programmer
http://sorvai.blogspot.com
While visiting Kobe to see my brother in law in March, he rented a mini van one day to take everyone around to a few places. The rental had a full nav unit, not quite that nice, but much better than the units in the States.
It was linked to cameras around the car that showed up on the screen when parking.
Student and full-time otaku
My dad has one in his car and after 3 years he would just get lost without one ^^
JR. College Student
http://npc.talkingincircles.net/
Nope, I navigate with google maps text instructions and intuition. The former can either be a good or bad thing depending on where I am...
step to step drivers collaudator
I use ALWAYS the car navi system because i lost myself everywhere.I have a map system on my iphone too for when i go around by foot.............^_^
Unfortunately no moe voice on my gps......
Screenwriter Wannabe
lol i don't go anywhere, so i don't really need one!
Student
http://www.fabricerequin.com
getting lost is fun too sometimes