Metroguide routing 'problem'

Kraken · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2006 Posts: 10

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?

Beerbellybill999 · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 9:48 am Post subject:

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'
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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)

Kraken · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2006 Posts: 10

Thanks for the reply Bill

missing_user · Joined: Aug 30, 2008 Posts: -7

Kraken · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2006 Posts: 10

Beerbellybill999 · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:48 pm Post subject:

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)
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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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