I've also noticed that you can get some rather "senic" routes created. <smile>
Just curious. Since the actual route is so short, what kind of a route do you get if you tell the bn to create a vehicular route? Don On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:05:25 -0500, doug martin wrote: Hi. I've been playing with my GPS maps, and have observed very strange behavior in the route creation functions. I have done the following in virtual mode, with the GPS receiver not connected. First, I set a virtual address to 1794 Ridgewick Drive, Wickliffe, Ohio. Then, I picked a destination about one mile northwest of my virtual position, and told the BN to create a pedestrian route. It created a route which was very circuitous, first going east, then north, then west, then north, then east, then north, etc. This route was about four miles long, and the trip could have been done with a much shorter and more direct path. Next, I moved my starting position about 500 feet further north, still on Ridgewick Drive. I hoped the new route would be more reasonable, as I was now past the original unnecessary turn to the east. I had hoped that a route would be created, following streets north and west. However, I got the message, "unable to create route.'" The first route created was winding and strange, and it couldn't create a route at all when I gave it a starting address a bit further north. What is happening here? I am extremely familiar with the neighborhood, and I picked addresses which I know to be valid. Why the strange winding route in the first case, and no route created at all after a slight change in the starting position? I am preparing to use this GPS system for my own mobility, and I will soon be training others to use it. However, my results so far suggest that the system is not reliable enough to navigate an unfamiliar area. Any suggestions? Doug Martin ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
