Can SatNavs do this ?
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andyvdg said:
How I want to use a SatNav is to program in a route of MY chosing
(maybe based on a variant of a precalculated route by the device itself).
Can any SatNav do this ?
Even better if it could cope with deviations off this route and back
onto the original preplanned route.
Cheers,
Andy.
(maybe based on a variant of a precalculated route by the device itself).
Can any SatNav do this ?
Even better if it could cope with deviations off this route and back
onto the original preplanned route.
Cheers,
Andy.
If it's tomtom, you can set up an itinary with your prefered waypoints - I do this when travelling from London to my parents in Lancs as its prefered route is different from mine.
Tomtom - M25, M1, M6, etc, etc
Mine - M11, A14, M1 to junc 24, A50, M6
I just set the waypoints at the junctions.....
I think you missed my point, Why plan the route and then tell the sat nav to tell you to do it!
Don't get me wrong, I got one and it's great if there are problems ahead, it replans the route.
By the way, I would have gone for TomTom one for £200, it does the same as the expensive ones (I'm sure it even has a faster processor than the *00 series) It just lacks The maps of Europe
Don't get me wrong, I got one and it's great if there are problems ahead, it replans the route.
By the way, I would have gone for TomTom one for £200, it does the same as the expensive ones (I'm sure it even has a faster processor than the *00 series) It just lacks The maps of Europe
My recent trip to Italy involved staying off the motorways and toll roads. If I had a Sat Nav at that time, I would have needed to tell it which route I wished to take. Having planned the route, surely you wouldn't expect me to remember every turn and junction of an 800 mile trip on roads I heve never driven before without referring to a map and/or notes, which is what I did. A sat nav under those circumstances would have taken the place of the maps/notes, as well as being able to re-route me on to my chosen roads if I had taken a wrong turn.
Surely the same applies in the above scenario.
Surely the same applies in the above scenario.
CombeMarshal said:
I think you missed my point, Why plan the route and then tell the sat nav to tell you to do it!
Don't get me wrong, I got one and it's great if there are problems ahead, it replans the route.
Don't get me wrong, I got one and it's great if there are problems ahead, it replans the route.
Because if you don't put way points in, the satnav keeps trying to re-route back to its prefered route and keeps re-calculating all the time, which is bloody annoying.
The other point is that I use it for Camera locations along my route. You can enable TT to warn you without the unit having a destination/route set, but it gives you all cameras in your area. I'd just need to know which ones could zap me rather than getting all camera locations.
TomTom will give up after a couple of attempts and send you a new route, Or you just select 'Alternate route'
Also, If you change the settings in POI's so that it isn't on 'Warn when on route' it should warn you regardless.
It is also good for planning advanced overtaking, you can see when a straight bit of road is approaching
Also, If you change the settings in POI's so that it isn't on 'Warn when on route' it should warn you regardless.
It is also good for planning advanced overtaking, you can see when a straight bit of road is approaching
Do any satnavs allow you to plan a route beforehand, and then re-route you back to this set route if you stray off it?
I created my route to Le Mans before we left, and downloaded it to my Garmin Streetpilot, and it worked great until I took a wrong turn and instead of routing me back to "my" route, it just threw up an error message and stopped the route totally!
Luckily, I'd also plugged in a few way points, so it was just a case of routing towards one of these before re-enabling the original route, but it would have been better for the satnav to take me back to my preferred route without this hassle.
Is this asking too much?
I created my route to Le Mans before we left, and downloaded it to my Garmin Streetpilot, and it worked great until I took a wrong turn and instead of routing me back to "my" route, it just threw up an error message and stopped the route totally!
Luckily, I'd also plugged in a few way points, so it was just a case of routing towards one of these before re-enabling the original route, but it would have been better for the satnav to take me back to my preferred route without this hassle.
Is this asking too much?
ehasler said:
Do any satnavs allow you to plan a route beforehand, and then re-route you back to this set route if you stray off it?
What they do in my experience is recalculate a new route as soon as possible as they have determined that you have strayed from the original route.
Start-A-B-C-D-E-Finish
You stray somewhere between point B and C
My system then calculates to get me back to C according to routing priorities I have plumbed in, fastest/shortest avoiding traffic problems, etc etc.
Often it just takes you round the block, occasionally you get a "make a U-turn if legal" instruction.
Does that answer the question?
In my experience no sat-nav can beat accurate and up-to date local knowledge. Also due to the way the algorithms operate when planning a long route then they tend to ignore the smaller roads. This can tend to result in some odd results on long journeys especially if you have the traffic delay avoidance option in when the delay is often cleared by the time you actually get there having avoided it
ehasler said:
Do any satnavs allow you to plan a route beforehand, and then re-route you back to this set route if you stray off it?
I created my route to Le Mans before we left, and downloaded it to my Garmin Streetpilot, and it worked great until I took a wrong turn and instead of routing me back to "my" route, it just threw up an error message and stopped the route totally!
Luckily, I'd also plugged in a few way points, so it was just a case of routing towards one of these before re-enabling the original route, but it would have been better for the satnav to take me back to my preferred route without this hassle.
Is this asking too much?
I created my route to Le Mans before we left, and downloaded it to my Garmin Streetpilot, and it worked great until I took a wrong turn and instead of routing me back to "my" route, it just threw up an error message and stopped the route totally!
Luckily, I'd also plugged in a few way points, so it was just a case of routing towards one of these before re-enabling the original route, but it would have been better for the satnav to take me back to my preferred route without this hassle.
Is this asking too much?
I put the exact route i wanted to take on my street pilot when i went to Le Mans and it directed me back to my route whenever i missed a turn.I then went on to st tropez from Le Mans on mainly D roads and it got me there after a number of wrong turns from me.
When I came accross road works and was following the divertion signs that dissappear after a few turns it carried on directing me back to my route.
I think they are a god send, the only thing is after a trip i never realy know what towns i went via if people ask what route i did.After using maps i have more of an idea which towns i went through.
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