i3 away from roads for hillwalking? Does it work?

hucker · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 97

What would happen if I walked up a mountain with my i3? Would the arrow be in the right place or would it get confused and place me on the nearest road?

zogman · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 5:42 pm Post subject:

why would you want to do that for ? ...
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alix776 · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject:

i think the arrow will show you in the correct position but wouldnt recomend using the i3 for hill walking as its designed for street navigation
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hucker · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 97

I don't want anything fancy. Or directions. For example I usually just mark the point where my car is, so I can find my way back!

alix776 · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject:

you wont be able to do that with the i3 i think youll need something like a geko or garmin etrex for that you could do that it you were in a town though
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hucker · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 97

I can mark a position when on the road with the car. As long as the arrow shows my true position on the mountain (and not try to put me on the nearest road), it will be useful.

RODTROTTER · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 175

you can do that my house is off the map and i marked it as home and it still gets me there so cant c why it wont work off road ie hill lanes and so on

hucker · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 97

Good to know. So can you tell it to "go home", and it gives you directions? What happens when you come to the part where you leave the known road? Does it just take you as close as possible?

francisc · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:07 am Post subject:

hucker · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 97

Was the arrow in your correct position though, or on the nearest road it knew about?

francisc · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject:

There was no visual indication (arrow)
As I said, when I was nearby, it recalculated the route every second (and I really mean every second, being quite annoying), the indications resulting being like this:
- "Recalculating... Drive north 16 Km"
- "Recalculating... Drive east 5 Km"
- "Recalculating... Drive south 3 Km"
- "Recalculating... Drive north 16 Km"

I suppose it tried to find roads/streets to get me to destination, but there weren't any.

In a word it does not make off road routing.

hucker · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 97

I'm not thinking of telling it to take me to a destination. I just wondered if (when there was no route entered) if it would show my current position correctly when I was nowhere near a known road.

francisc · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject:

Yes it does show your current position, not as coordinates but as a point (that triangle which always shows your current position).

If you want to use that information together with a paper map, you should set up your i3 to "navigate" north up (not track up or 3D). This will give you a pretty good idea where you are. At least you will have your bearing but not distance.

Mr_Gonzales · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:31 am Post subject:

I've had this when pulling into areas with large, unmarked parking areas. The i3 gets confused as to how to get you started on the route, which it can only start from a nearby road. It's then up to you to get to a valid start point - though any road/track that the i3 can see will do... just have to be able to get somewhere that the i3 can calculate its route from.

I've had no problem with this so far as I've always driven to the place so I just double back until I get to the road and the i3 will then recalculate the route. Until then it can do a lot of recalculating and I find it's best to not turn it on until I'm back to the road, so I don't get her whinging at me (the i3, not the wife)

hucker · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 97

I've always thought it would be better if it came out with insulting remarks like "you're going the wrong bloody way!"

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