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  Topic: Poor navigation in Devon
Motty

Replies: 13
Views: 9281

PostForum: NAVTEQ Digital Map Data   Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:54 pm   Subject: Poor navigation in Devon
Have you checked the road on an OS map? There are a few roads in the Cotswolds near me that my Garmin i3 takes me that are classified as normal roads on road and OS maps but when you get to them they ...
  Topic: i3 WAAS or GPS norm.
Motty

Replies: 78
Views: 19336

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:28 am   Subject: i3 WAAS or GPS norm.
When I use my handheld Etrex Legend out walking I virtually never get any differential corrections from the EGNOS sat. I know the aerial and chipset is different but does anyone know if the i3 is tha ...
  Topic: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Motty

Replies: 82
Views: 24768

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:16 am   Subject: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Noddy,
I've just had a quick look at that route and put it into the AA site and it takes you south from your postcode to get to the motorway with a total distance of 27.8 miles! ROFLOL Laughing And ...
  Topic: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Motty

Replies: 82
Views: 24768

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:16 pm   Subject: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3

The more expensive C320 couldnt beat the shortest time with the fastest route, although the anomaly was not very significant, just 2 seconds, implying that on the C320 there is only really one optim ...
  Topic: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Motty

Replies: 82
Views: 24768

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:04 pm   Subject: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3

Can you give us some specific examples of these obscure routes please.


I can give an example that happened to me while I was testing out the unit. If you look at this map:
[url=http://www.mul ...
  Topic: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Motty

Replies: 82
Views: 24768

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:46 pm   Subject: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
And what makes you think that a quicker route must automatically be significantly more demanding to either compute or provide an algorithm for? The only salient different between the two, being the me ...
  Topic: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Motty

Replies: 82
Views: 24768

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:16 pm   Subject: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3


It should still be competent at it's core function - which is navigation.



It is competent....it gets you there!



That's a non-sequitur. It's processor may not be as quick or as powerf ...
  Topic: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Motty

Replies: 82
Views: 24768

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:38 pm   Subject: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
And without knowing the algorithm Garmin use, I think it is going to be very hard to solve this problem.

Maybe it splits the route up into a few major sections and calculates from route of each s ...
  Topic: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Motty

Replies: 82
Views: 24768

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:29 pm   Subject: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3

It's not very encouraging that members have found that Tom Tom software has a better algorithm. I've read in many places that people prefer Tom Tom software to anything else. Sad

I think it is sl ...
  Topic: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Motty

Replies: 82
Views: 24768

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:30 am   Subject: Fastest vs shortest on Garmin i3
Hi everyone, another i3 newby here. I found the same thing at the weekend while testing my i3. At a roundabout near my house, I ignored my i3 and went the route I know is quickest. At that point th ...
  Topic: The February Speed Camera Database (4.024) has been released
Motty

Replies: 162
Views: 58678

PostForum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database   Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:41 pm   Subject: The February Speed Camera Database (4.024) has been released
Now the camera numbering has changed in this database issue, will you still accept camera modifications using the old camera numbering used in your Jan database because I don't plan to buy it for a mo ...
 
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