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Topic: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
Shaolyen
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:56 pm Subject: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
I've done some more testing, and it does seem that when the Quest is set to "Truck" mode it does make a significant difference when choosing routes. It isn't perfect, but I find myself using these nar ... |
Topic: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
Shaolyen
Replies: 10
Views: 5196
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:40 pm Subject: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
The Quest does have an "Avoid Unpaved Roads" option, but the problem is that these aren't unpaved roads. Unpaved roads are in my avoidances list, but it still takes me down these narrow roads.
As f ... |
Topic: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
Shaolyen
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:44 pm Subject: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
A "pretty good pretty"?! What am I on... I meant, a "pretty good idea". ;) |
Topic: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
Shaolyen
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:42 pm Subject: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
Can you post some examples of the routes so we can try it?
I'll plug in my Quest later on and upload an example or two.
If you want to find out the road speeds, try this:
Go to the GPS Info ... |
Topic: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
Shaolyen
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:42 am Subject: Re: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest |
Are you using "Faster Time" for your route calculations rather than "Shortest Route" ?
Of course, but the calculations are useless because of this road speed problem.
Does anyone know what th ... |
Topic: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
Shaolyen
Replies: 10
Views: 5196
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:14 pm Subject: Driving in the English countryside with the Garmin Quest. |
I've had my Quest for a few months now, and for the most part I've enjoyed using it. But living out in the middle of nowhere has made me realise that there's a big flaw in the way the Quest works, and ... |
Topic: A couple of questions - POIs / Street searches |
Shaolyen
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:38 am Subject: A couple of questions - POIs / Street searches |
Yes, all the POIs are loaded - there just don't seem to be that many of them. |
Topic: A couple of questions - POIs / Street searches |
Shaolyen
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:20 pm Subject: A couple of questions - POIs / Street searches |
Oh, and I forgot to mention - I'm using City Select Europe v7, the POIs are more or less the same as in version 6. |
Topic: A couple of questions - POIs / Street searches |
Shaolyen
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:19 pm Subject: A couple of questions - POIs / Street searches |
I bought a Garmin Quest today, I love it already. There are just a couple of things that really bug me. Are there any solutions to these?
1. Sometimes I have an address, but it doesn't have a stree ... |
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