Following on from the open Letter to Garmin thread….
I am interested in the ‘Don’t put Waypoints on junctions’ advice that came up as a possible explanation of part of the routing instruction problem.
I can see that Pan European and HMR both recommend / suggest that Waypoints are not inserted right on top of a junction.
Whilst, as Pan European pointed out, I don’t think it is the complete cause of the routing instructions problems, it does seem sensible advice.
However, does the same advice apply to the Root Tool clicks used when plotting a route?
The only reason that I ask is that we sometimes use the Root Tool clicks to measure the distance between significant junctions when preparing Route books, the distance measurements being very accurate. The click points get left behind in the complete Garmin route file and, I guess, are transfered to the GPS device as well.
If it is the case that Root Tool clicks on junctions should be avoided too I guess a simple ‘workaround’ when preparing a route and a parallel Route book would be to:
(i) Click the junction to junction route using the Route Tool and establish the distance.
(ii) Take a note of the distance and insert it into the Route book.
(iii) Hit the Undo button.
(iv) Then re-click the Root tool button on the same route but away from the junction.
Richard
I am interested in the ‘Don’t put Waypoints on junctions’ advice that came up as a possible explanation of part of the routing instruction problem.
I can see that Pan European and HMR both recommend / suggest that Waypoints are not inserted right on top of a junction.
Whilst, as Pan European pointed out, I don’t think it is the complete cause of the routing instructions problems, it does seem sensible advice.
However, does the same advice apply to the Root Tool clicks used when plotting a route?
The only reason that I ask is that we sometimes use the Root Tool clicks to measure the distance between significant junctions when preparing Route books, the distance measurements being very accurate. The click points get left behind in the complete Garmin route file and, I guess, are transfered to the GPS device as well.
If it is the case that Root Tool clicks on junctions should be avoided too I guess a simple ‘workaround’ when preparing a route and a parallel Route book would be to:
(i) Click the junction to junction route using the Route Tool and establish the distance.
(ii) Take a note of the distance and insert it into the Route book.
(iii) Hit the Undo button.
(iv) Then re-click the Root tool button on the same route but away from the junction.
Richard