GPS: Awesome! ... ?

I have a GPS unit that I use in my car and I have to ask people (who also use GPS when they drive or try to find a place): What county are you going to?

Such is the frustration with MY own GPS unit, which I happen to have reviewed for a magazine last year.

When I need to find an address (and I mean an EXACT address) all I have to do is use my trusted Streets & Trips 2005 or the utterly impressive maps.google.com.

Why, then, when I am attempting to drive somewhere, do I need to know what county I'm going to?

Let's think about that.

I'm willing to bet a crisp $20 bill that if 1,000 people from all over the continental US were polled they wouldn't know 2 counties that neighbored their own.

GPS software manufacturers: Get with the program. If I'm trying to get to the JW Marriot in Vegas tomorrow, I shouldn't have to fight with my GPS unit because I didn't enter the correct county. We're in a day and age when I should just be able to input "JW Marriot" and "Las Vegas" as opposed to zip codes, exact addresses, and counties.