GPS issues - advice or help?
Be forewarned - I am NOT a "techie" person. I refuse to have a smart phone, still use a dinosaur desktop computer, etc. I have a Garmin Nuvi that my husband keeps updated for me, and was last updated ...
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2oldman wrote:
If this Nuvi is many years old (as I suspect it is) and the maps have not been updated, that could be the problem..
The Nice bridge was built in 1940.
On Google Maps, Charlottesville (even Fredericksburg) to S Maryland routes me (as fastest) over Harry Nice if the Maryland destination is Waldorf or south. Otherwise it thinks the I95 bridge is faster. For Waldorf the Nice route is shorter by 12 miles, but the time differences are in minutes.
If a GPS or mapping program insists on taking the freeway it is probably because the estimated time is less, due to higher projected speeds on the freeway. Switching preferences to 'shortest' will get you off the freeway. But it might also route you down some country lane.
