[gps-talkusers] Re: Route closure?
- From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:34:38 -0700
I actually found that once I went beyond the last turn within the route that
I used the D key to zero in on the destination, even before the feature of
the route being closed automatically was introduced in version 4.2.
There are places where I like this feature of the route being closed
automatically when one were to reach their destination, mainly in vehicular
routes. As Sandy said earlier, if there is a pedestrian route that one was
wanting to reverse or if there is a vehicular route that one is wanting to
use at a later time, there is the option of saving it. The system doesn't
allow for the reversal of vehicular routes, which was introduced in version
4.0 for real-life rreasons, which Sandy detailed really well. The one spot
where I am not completely in favor of routes being closed automatically once
reaching ones destination is in the process of creating a manual route.
That sounds like a really cool ffeaturing with routes being created from
replay files. It looks like yet another exciting release to look forward to.
It almost sounds like an automatic way of creating a manual route.
Thanks,
Kevin
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael May
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:05 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Route closure?
Even when a route is closed, the destination stays active. If you have made
it close enough to the destination that the route closes, you are pretty
darn close to the destination. You can use the D key to zero in.
I will also divulge that the next version of our GPS will automatically
creates routes from a replay file. That means you can turn replay on, walk a
route, cloe it and then create a route from that replay. It won't matter if
you are mapped streets or walking through the woods. This is the same
approach that the Breeze is taking to accommodate users who prefer a simple
system.
Mike
At 06:34 PM 7/2/2008, you wrote:
>Hello, Catherine-
>
>How nice to see a posting from you! This is Sandy Staples, a person
>from long ago and far away (well, California).
>
>The Sendero BN GPS automatically closes routes when the destination
>is reached-- which I have found vexing at times! But it is not
>always efficient to reverse route in a vehicle, so setting a new
>route back to the starting point does make sense (one-way streets,
>medians prohibiting a U-turn, etc.).
>
>It is a exasperating with the pedestrian route, particularly when a
>client's metal mapping is such that retracing ones steps is
>preferred. Creating a new route to the starting point does not
>always result in just a reversal. A go-around that I have used
>myself and have worked out with some travelers is to name and save
>the route before getting to the destination.
>
>The only tool that I am familiar with that will reserve a traveled
>route is the new Trekker Breeze-- but the routes are recorded versus
>generated anew for a particular destination.
>
>Sandy
>
>
>
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>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of C Wall Emerson
>Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:34 AM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Route closure?
>
>Hi all,
>I have a question for you about automatic and manual routes. When my
>students reach their destinations in both automatic and manual
>routes, the route closes before they can reverse the route. We have
>tried to anticipate the BN saying "Route close(or closure)" and
>striking RR beforehand, but we haven't always been fortunate with this.
>Does anyone know why this is happening? And, what we should be doing
>to avoid having the route close without saving it? I should add that
>we are using mpowers, Holux Slimline 236, and ver.4.22 .
>Thanks,
>Catherine
>
>
>
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