[gps-talkusers] Re: Situation 6, forcing a particular route calculation

I also have a question.  Forgive me if this may be common knowledge.  I
don't have  a bn or vn GPS.  If Richard's friend were have to gone right
anyway , would the GPS readjust the route accordingly?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Irwin" <rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 8:52 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Situation 6, forcing a particular route
calculation


> Correspondingly, how would you explain why it chooses one pedestrian route
> over another?
>
> I recently helped a friend set a rout from her home to a building on a
> nearby college campus.  When it set the automatic route it chose to go
left
> from her front door to the nearest intersecting street and turn up that
> street.  This resulted in a less direct route than if she had been told to
> turn right and go to the intersecting street at the other end of the
block.
> Was this because it calculated the distance to the first intersection and
> chose the closest one rather than calculating total
>  route length or vectoring a most direct route?
> Rich Irwin
> rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael May
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:26 PM
> To: GPS-talkusers-freelists.org
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Situation 6, forcing a particular route
> calculation
>
>
> Situation 6:
> I have calculated a route from my house in Davis to Sacramento and the
> BrailleNote chooses to go through town. I know the freeway is better.
>
> Question 6:
> How do I force the BrailleNote to take a particular routing?
>
> Answer 6:
> The BrailleNote GPS software currently chooses the fastest vehicular route
> based upon the street map data's designation of number of lanes and speed
> limit. In the future, we might add an option for fastest or shortest
routes.
>
> I can force a particular routing by creating multiple routes for each
> significant segment of the total route. First, I create a route  from my
> house to the freeway and then a second route from the freeway to
> Sacramento. I then must load the first route and when I reach the
> destination, I load the second route. This is the best work around for the
> moment.
>
>
>
> Michael G. May
>
>
> CEO Sendero Group
>
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