We might just pass you at some point !!.
Just been playin with the sat nav. Its crap. Im going to complain to Garmin.
Since version v7 is still on the computer as well as citynav2008, I can switch between the two. If I make a route using v7 (the set with more 'rural'detail) , it still transfers to the unit, but it says 'does not match maps'. It gives the option to recalculate ... but it could recalculate and miss out somewhere I want to go to. It only gives the options of fastest or quickest routes. Whats the feckin point of planning a complicated route on the computer, if I cant transfer all the points Ive plotted. I cant plot a 'rural road' route on version 2008 because the detail isnt there !!
As you said Kenny, if I disable the mapset on the unit it gives more detail. Towns and roads miraculously appear on the basemap which dont appear when the newest mapset is activated.
What the feck is garmin playing at.
Now .... as you probably know ... Im not very expert at these things, so if Ive got it wrong ... somebody tell me before I phone Garmin to complain.
Cool down. You will blow a fuse and spoil your holiday.
You will get the
'does not match maps'. It gives the option to recalculate ... question when moving from v7 to v9 (2008) for many civilised countries not just uncivilised Croatia (or wherever it is you are going).
Why?
Simply because the maps, Base or High Detail, do not match. It's a bit like trying to take a part from a 2000 year 1150 and put it onto a 2004 edition. It may not fit exactly or require a bit of TLC to make it do so.
I got the same prompt a lot when a friend sent me V8 routes. He and I both used V8 (sometimes he sent me old routes in V6, V7 or whatever) but mine was NT, his wasn't. The maps are slightly different. If you flick from one to the other you can see roads 'jump' by a few mill. The poor device does its best to match them up, using your most likely routing. Nothing more, nothing less.
It's not Garmin's fault. They do not even do the mapping. Navtec do it, based largely on information made available by local governments vis-a-vis the roads, where they are, what type, speed limits, in short all sorts of useful guff. As more countries' governments become less suspicious as to why anyone wants accurate maps, the better the mapping will become. Ireland was crap until a few issues ago, but that was down to bad local info. not suspicion. The only downside is that the detail is now becoming so large the files are becoming bigger and bigger (now DVD, no longer CD) meaning faster processors are needed....but that's progress.
Stop whinging for a bit and try it out. You can't break it. You can always simulate driving the recalculated route or perhaps copy it back to your PC to check it out.
As a reserve, take a paper map and pencil. It's what people used to do, after all. Then take comfort. A few years ago the local police might have arrested you for even having those in your pocket.
You will be fine.
