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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7056 Location: Reading
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Just checking _________________ Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
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Viofo A119 V3
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 4457 Location: West Sussex
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:11 am Post subject: |
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M8TJT wrote: | I didn't say Mbs I said MB/s Which I believe is shorthand for mega bits per second (or whatever megabits are called these days). |
I knew that
K's asleep again _________________ Where there's a will ... there's a way. |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7056 Location: Reading
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Again _________________ Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
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Viofo A119 V3
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BigJohnD Frequent Visitor
Joined: Aug 26, 2007 Posts: 396 Location: Glannau Mersi, Lloegr
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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I wish I'd had that update before I set off for Portugal.
The maps of Spain and France from earlier this year were OK but southern Portugal was a disaster. According to the Garmin, I was in a field most of the time as there were so many altered and new roads. The worst incident was "At the end of the road, turn left" and straight into the on coming traffic on what was now a dual carriageway. Fortunately it was daylight and there was a fair amount of traffic but in the dark with no traffic, it was potentially very dangerous.
I also got fed up of being unnecessarily routed along minor single track roads on Portugal. I will be complaining/suggesting to Garmin they figure out an "Easy" or large vehicle option to avoid all these narrow roads.
In the end, if it mentioned "the road" with no other identifier at an intersection, I ignored it. |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7056 Location: Reading
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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I've solved that one, I'm going to Eastbourne tomorrow instead, Portugal can wait _________________ Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
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Viofo A119 V3
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 4457 Location: West Sussex
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm .... Taken mine to Portugal three times now, first in the Faro area and twice driven from Lisbon down to Albufeira and driven around the area including up into the hills, and never had an issue. _________________ Where there's a will ... there's a way. |
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BAVC10 Lifetime Member
Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 753
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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For anyone that's interested
2017.10
Main road database (Gmapprom) - 4,139,136 kb
Junction view (JCV) - 396,196
2070.20
Main road database (Gmapprom) - 4,181,696 kb (much smaller update than normal - usually around 90 kb)
Junction view (JCV) - 398, 099 _________________ DriveLuxe 51 LMT D - Firmware 6.70
Previously owned: DriveLuxe 50 LMT-D, NuviCam LMT-D, Nuvi 3598 LMT-D, Nuvi 3490LMT, 3790T, 1690, 765, 760, 660, 610, 360, 310, 300 and Streetpilot i3 |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7056 Location: Reading
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Strange that for the first time my 2597 needed a card.
Opted to just do UK&I and loads of room. It's only a test device so no issue. _________________ Satnav:
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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My 2569 didn't need a card. |
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CDK Regular Visitor
Joined: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 122 Location: Ashford. Kent. UK.
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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BigJohnD wrote: | I wish I'd had that update before I set off for Portugal.
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I also got fed up of being unnecessarily routed along minor single track roads on Portugal. I will be complaining/suggesting to Garmin they figure out an "Easy" or large vehicle option to avoid all these narrow roads.
In the end, if it mentioned "the road" with no other identifier at an intersection, I ignored it. |
I know what you mean.
We went to North Wales a few weeks ago where we had rented a cottage on a farm near the village of Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog. Beautiful place. One day we decided to visit Llangollen, about 18 miles via the B4500 and A5.
Despite planning the route before hand, my 3598 reduced this to 7 miles, over hill and dale with inclines of about 25-30 degrees, a single track road slightly wider than my car with hedges or gullies on either side. There were limited places to U-turn and I had visions of having to reverse down those inclines and sharp turns. It was just lucky that there was no traffic coming the other way.
It tried to do the same thing on the way to Snowdonia and Llandudno, but by then I had learnt my lesson.
I feel that Garmin must put the option of vehicle type in the programming of the unit itself, or atleast copy the setting from Mapsource/Basecamp.
Like you, for the rest of the holiday I avoided anything that said "road" by itself - though there were a number called "New Road" and "Old Road", little wider, and added a number of waypoints to force it on the preferred route (should have followed my own advice I gave someone on the this forum a while back!)
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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And I suspect that's a reason trucks get caught out on narrow roads etc.
C'mon Garmin, your suspect routeing been complained about for years now. Get it sorted and don't plead ignorance. |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7056 Location: Reading
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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I agree. I've not used my Garmin for routeing but from the complaints I understand the frustration.
Years ago, before cars has built in jobs, I had and used a very first TomTom v1. Small 3" screen and quite fat. The routeing on that was spot on so back then TT had it cracked.
It had no traffic or mapshare or any other pointless addons and the like (did take the cameras though) but it did the job in hand. _________________ Satnav:
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BigJohnD Frequent Visitor
Joined: Aug 26, 2007 Posts: 396 Location: Glannau Mersi, Lloegr
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Home at last!
As you can see, we did just over 6,000km there and back at 5.0l/100km (56mpg in old money).
The car was faultless. Didn't even use any oil, but the windscreen had to be cleaned of flies a few times. Can't believe we went that far and never had a hiccup. The only worry I had was the fear of a temperate climate car overheating in tropical temperatures of over 40°C, max-ing at 47°C. But we were fine even though the A/C was going flat out.
Full marks to my dealer for the thorough service before we left - they replaced the brake fluid, checked Eolys and re-charged the A/C for no extra charge, i.e. all done for £199. Oh, and 4 new Michelins for £250. |
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dales Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 04, 2008 Posts: 752 Location: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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@Dabri
The loss of 3D effect on nuvi 3598 etc is reportedly because the installer has deleted the DEM file on your device, even though there is no updated DEM to provide.
Just restore the DEM file from your backup (see separate thread on this board).
(The 3D map is a different subject - it provides the 3D buildings on some models).
Dales. _________________ nuvi 2599LMT-D, oregon 700, basecamp, memory-map. |
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Dabri Lifetime Member
Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 149
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you, Dales. _________________ Dabri.
Navman iCN530T; Garmin 760T v4.80; Garmin 765T v4.00; Garmin 2460LMT v3.60; Samsung S3;
Garmin 3598LMT-D v5.50; Samsung J6; Garmin DriveSmart76 LT-D v6.80; Samsung A52. |
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