hi doug, i did precisely the same as you did in my home location, anglesey north wales, and had the exact same problem. also, i've never been able to put in a number of a street when trying to create a route. i always have to settle for 0, which could be either end of the street. i found this disappointing enough before-hand, but after reading a recent article about the trecker in which the user states that he can locate the house number, i find it even more so. maybe jonathan can advise us as to when the next upgrade to gps will be and whether it will be free? cheers, richard. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: doug martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:05:25 -0500 >Subject: [Braillenote] gps-- strange route creation problems
>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
