[gps-talkusers] Re: Deviating from automatic vehicle route
- From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 08:45:06 -0700
Scott,
Yes, once a new route is recalculated, the old points are thrown out. The
problem in a moving vehicle is that you continue to move while the GPS is
recalculating from a previous position. In these situations, it is best to
either stop until the route is calculated or turn automatic recalculation off
and wait until you are at a standstill to try another calculation manually.
Mike
At 08:12 AM 5/3/2006, you wrote:
>Good morning all:
>I wonder if anyone has any ideas concerning the following situation.
>Last night before leaving home, I created an automatic route from my
>home in Silver Spring, MD to downtown Washington, DC (about 6 miles).
>The cab driver took an alternate route (probably more direct than the
>automatic route which the software created). I had good coverage with 8
>satellites in view.
>The software tried to recalculate the route a couple of times, but the
>result was very unsatisfactory. Although my actual position was
>announced, the system also announced how far away I was from the
>waypoints contained in my pre-defined route. This was very confusing,
>and I finally exited the program and reopened it in order to hear only
>my position in real-time. How does the vehicle route recalculation
>feature work? I would have thought that as soon as a off-route status
>was detected, the system would have recalculated a new route with my
>current gPS position as the starting point and would ignore the
>previously defined route as no longer relevant.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>Scott
>
>
>Scott Marshall
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