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or10n
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 Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:11 am Post subject: Wish List |
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I've had the Qeuest for about six months now, and just beginning to get the hang of it.
Here's my wish list in no particular order.
1 UK Post Code search (Searching for addresses is a PITA - there is a lot of ambiguity with addresses, which can be time consuming)
2 Now that we have the Speed Camera Overlay, which is brilliant, it would be nice to have an audio propmt. Doesn't have to be too sophisticated - just a warning bleep would suffice.
3 Why can't Motorways be blue? which is now fairly universal on UK printed maps. ( Not Garmin's fault - all down to Mr Navteq)
Nevertheless a useful bit of kit
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DPL
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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All good points...here's my favourite after a recent Cornwall cycling/walking/kayaking trip...
As the Quest is portable, hand sized and waterproof it would be good if it had the facility to attach a lanyard.
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DPL
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:11 am Post subject: |
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Just ordered one...thanks very much :D
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Skippy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject: Re: Wish List |
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Definately agree with your wishlist. Speed Camera alerts have to be added by Garmin if they want to keep this unit competitive.
| or10n wrote: | | 3 Why can't Motorways be blue? which is now fairly universal on UK printed maps. ( Not Garmin's fault - all down to Mr Navteq) |
This is not a Navteq issue, it's Garmin who choose the colour of the roads. Garmin should localise it for the European market and use the correct colours. It's a minor gripe though.
| DPL wrote: | | As the Quest is portable, hand sized and waterproof it would be good if it had the facility to attach a lanyard. |
The old GPS-V did, but when they made the Quest they dropped a lot of nice features like this. I don't know why.
The other thing for my wish list would be to make the in / out buttons the same size as all the other buttons. I can't see why they made them smaller, it just makes it more difficult to use them when I have my gloves on while riding the motorbike. 
Overall, a good unit though.
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farzad
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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And I like to add one of mine.
At the moment we can get the Quest to sort out a route by fastest or shortest.
The Navman has a slider bar between these two choices which allows for a more natural route.
I don't know about you guys, but my journeys are usually a mixture of the two.
So there you go Garmin.
Give us a way to choose a more natural route than either one or the other. |
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DPL
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| farzad wrote: | | ...a more natural route... |
Help me with expression 'natural route'. It's not one I'm familiar with
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Skippy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| farzad wrote: | | Give us a way to choose a more natural route than either one or the other. |
By natural, you mean avoiding roads that you don't like, taking the odd detour via the scenic route and then down a road with a few nice twisty bits but avoiding the road where the cops hang out, then back onto the motorway to make up a bit of time. 8)
Yes, I would like it to calculate routes like that too, but I don't think it's possible. 
Seriously though, I find the Quickest and Shortest options work OK for me. I have it prompt me because depending on where I am and what I am doing I will choose different options.
Shortest works well for heavily built-up areas and when traffic is heavy or when I am riding cross country on my motorbike and want to try and avoid the main roads.
I use Quickest when the traffic is light or I am going a long distance on the open road.
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