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Kraken Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 23, 2006 Posts: 10
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 12:40 pm Post subject: Metroguide routing 'problem' |
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Following the instructions here and at Brighthand.com, I managed to get my European Metroguide v7 maps onto my Garmin i3, with full indexing and autorouting enabled.
There is just one problem. The i3 doesn't now appear to understand what roundabouts are, and sees them as a series of 'bear right' commands, followed by a 'bear left' at the exit.
The maps themselves show the correct roundabout graphics and exits, it's just the voice commands and text displayed that are incorrect.
Is this a known issue, or have I done something wrong? |
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Beerbellybill999 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 16, 2006 Posts: 202 Location: Merseyside
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 9:48 am Post subject: |
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this is a known issue. The Maps aren't designed primarily for use on a GPS unit and are more for the PC.
other known issues are that are slow the recognise that you have gone of course( maybe 10 sec's) before it recalculates the route.
They are considerably better than the base maps. Base maps will only tell you to turn 'south' or 'North' etc and only have the main roads and don't contain any POI
These maps are unlocked but as the saying goes 'you get what you pay for' _________________ i3 2.70(went to 2.82,3.0,3.1 but downgraded) with V8 map on microSD card
Metroguide Europe V7 & V8 (routable and indexed)
Metroguide N America V6 (routable and indexed) |
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Kraken Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reply Bill
Beerbellybill999 wrote: | this is a known issue. The Maps aren't designed primarily for use on a GPS unit and are more for the PC. |
What's odd about this is that even within Mapsource, the Metroguide software doesn't appear to understand roundabouts. That just seems a bit poor for maps designed to be used on a PC.
As you said though, they are cheaper than the City Select / Navigator maps, so you do get what you pay for. |
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missing_user
Joined: Aug 30, 2008 Posts: -7
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Metroguide routing 'problem' |
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Kraken wrote: |
Is this a known issue, or have I done something wrong? |
Did you see my reply and screenshots at Brighthand |
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Kraken Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 23, 2006 Posts: 10
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: Metroguide routing 'problem' |
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strumble wrote: | Did you see my reply and screenshots at Brighthand |
Yes I did, thanks Strumble, sorry for not replying there too.
They confirm what Bill has mentioned here, that the Metroguide navigation isn't as good as that within the City Navigator and Select products.
I used Metroguide instead of my Navigator 8 NT+ on the way to work today, and the navigation was very poor around roundabouts. When my exit was straight ahead it was directing me to turn left twice!!
I guess it really isn't designed to do what someone has managed to make it do via IMG2GPS, so we really can't complain. |
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Beerbellybill999 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 16, 2006 Posts: 202 Location: Merseyside
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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I am told this is not that important in the USA as they mainly use Junctions rather than roundabouts,but in Europe it is more of a problem but at least its far better than just basemaps.
You can at least check the direction with the screen as the map shows correctly.(which is something I now do even with Navigator 8 NT+ as this is not always perfect) _________________ i3 2.70(went to 2.82,3.0,3.1 but downgraded) with V8 map on microSD card
Metroguide Europe V7 & V8 (routable and indexed)
Metroguide N America V6 (routable and indexed) |
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