How to fix wrong navigation
jimbohh
that I have used numerous times, which is both the fastest and the
shortest distance
It gave me a route that was WAY out of the way - which I took anyhow -
just to see if I might be wrong
It was by far longer and farther
I used "shortest time" for route preference and "Traffic" as the only
avoidance
The only thing that I can say that may have "fooled" it is that MY
route is largely over two lane roads (one in each direction)
I can't find any other setting which might help me
Can you help ??
TIA
JIMBO
ps56k
"jimbohh" <ilpad...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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No - there is no feedback like with Tom Tom -
I also have wondered a couple of times how going "out of the way"
might actually be "faster". I think it just looks at the known/posted speed
limits
and adds up the time per segment travelled.
As a comparison - you might try Google Maps or Mapquest,
and see what it shows for your point A to point B...
You can then modify the map by dragging segments to different corners
to mimic "your" route or even the "Garmin" route,
and compare the estimated times...
Ed Pawlowski
That is w hy I still use my paper maps at times. GPS is a great tool, but
sometimes the computer logic just does not work as well as it should.
who where
Turn off ALL avoidances and try again. Avoiding "traffic" may well
have ruled out your route.
Mike Lane
The only way you will be able to navigate by gps on EXACTLY the route that
you choose is to swap your unit for a more advanced model such as the Nuvi
755, or the 1450. These have what Garmin call "Multiple point routing" which
means you can set a number of via points so that it will follow exactly the
route you want.
I always do this before going on a long trip, otherwise, whatever avoidances
or preferences I set, the unit at some point will always choose roads that I
don't want to go on. You can adjust the route directly on the unit if
necessary, but it's much easier using a program such as MapSource (or better
still RoadTrip on a Mac).
--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
email: mike_lane at mac dot com