All these questions on routing???
Just curious about all the requests for best routes etc, some even between towns in the same state. Having drove all over Europe while in the military there, and all over the U.S. while driving truck...
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paulj wrote:Not about to. Just stating the facts as I know them. It is neither shorter or faster. As stated I live in a straight line to the stated road. Just comparing what I know to what it does. Oh, I do not use it to lead me to someplace that I know. I was just experimenting to see how they worked. Happy trails.john&bet wrote:
...I will not follow an electronic maps advise on how to get from my driveway to US-50. It's only 2 miles straight south, but they want me to go south a mile and a half, west 1 mile through a narrow county road with low tree limbs then south one half mile. Oh I was going to go east on US-50 when I got to it. Thanks GPS. Not.
Have you tried to figure out why it is taking that route? It's not just being perverse or (insert a negative human quality of your choice). It's either picking the shortest or fastest route among those that its data base allows. Maybe that last half mile to the highway is nonexistent in its database, or marked as blocked in some way or other. What does it do when you continue straight and it has to recalculate the route? I learn a lot about the GPS database by exploring alternatives.
Same goes for Google maps - look for example at the thread about messed up routing in Yellowstone. One segment in the park is currently 'off-limits' for some reason or other.
