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locksmith
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 Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: CN8 maps twice the size of CS6 ? |
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Am I getting it wrong?
I have a route saved which was made using CS6 using around 90mb.
When I use CN8 and select the route it is showing 190 mb. Is this for real?
If so it means I can't load much of europe on for a tour. Also is this why slow screen redraws are being reported?
Just got upgraded so havn't actually downloaded to my quest yet. |
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Tim Buxton
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I just upgraded from CS7 to CN8 and if I wanted to put the M25 and inside onto my PPC, CS7 needed 21Mb of space whereas CN8 needs 35Mb. Whereas CN8 uses about 18 map segments to cover the British Isles, CS7 uses more like 118!
For instance, if you wanted Milford Haven, you would also get Glasgow and a bit of Northern Ireland in the same segment.
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emf53
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How much better is CN 8 over CS 6 - have just bought a new Quest and looking at upgrading to CN8.
I am going on a road trip to Italy this year via France and Switzerland - am I better off with 6 as I can get more maps on the Quest than if I use 8? |
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locksmith
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| Although I haven't road tested it yet, depending on the size of your trip, CS6 could well be better. After all it's only the same as using a two year old map, and my Michelin european map book is older than that !!! |
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locksmith
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| Just noticed your quest is new, you will get a free upgrade to CN8. You can use either and see for your self!!! |
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emf53
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Will wait for 8 to turn up and then have a play to see which one is best for me. |
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Andy2No
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| emf53 wrote: | | Will wait for 8 to turn up and then have a play to see which one is best for me. |
I'd be interested to hear your impressions of the difference.
I'm now thinking I won't bother to buy CNEv8, especially given the trouble I've had getting them to let me pay for it without a credit card. They just don't respond to my attempts to contact them. I've been trying to ever since it was released properly, which is over a month ago now. I'll probably just stick with CSEv7, after all.
I guess there's no chance of them producing a faster version in the near future with smaller map segments. It's a shame but I hope they consider it for next years release.
I really would be prepared to pay Garmin for annual map updates provided they keep the price reasonable and provided it doesn't slow my Quest down. When I miss a turning and it recalculates the route, I already find it too slow because it's often too late to make the next turn it suggests. |
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oddsock
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| Andy2No wrote: | | emf53 wrote: | | Will wait for 8 to turn up and then have a play to see which one is best for me. |
I really would be prepared to pay Garmin for annual map updates provided they keep the price reasonable and provided it doesn't slow my Quest down. When I miss a turning and it recalculates the route, I already find it too slow because it's often too late to make the next turn it suggests. |
Out of interest, does selecting "faster calculation"rather than "better route" option make any difference to the speed of recalculation ??
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Andy2No
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| oddsock wrote: | Out of interest, does selecting "faster calculation"rather than "better route" option make any difference to the speed of recalculation ??
Cheers
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I have to admit I don't know. I set it to "faster" for that very reason but I just assumed that was quicker, I haven't really experimented with "better route". |
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oddsock
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I have been playing with a Quest with CSv6 and in route planning it calculates the route a bit faster when set to the fastest calculation time so wondered if it was the same inCN8 when recalculating,perhaps you could give it a try and let me know?
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