[gps-talkusers] Re: distances help pease
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:41:56 -0400
If you are pressing D, D will giv you distance as the crow flies.
If you press R A E you will get the distance displayed bby the route
from your current position or R A D for route total distance.
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:25:20 -0400
tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> My Pk always comes up with wrong distances from point A to point B, for
> example, when I create a vehicle route to Sheffield which is approximately
> 221 miles it tells me It is 187 miles, is it calculating as the crow flies or
> have I somewhere got settings wrong? The example about is just one, but it is
> in both pedestrian, vehicle and other so is at least constant! I find it
> misleading as I walk a lot and will often look at distance before I decide on
> modes of transport, but when calculating how much time I have before a
> meeting I need a more accurate distance to know how long it would take me to
> walk a route, hope that makes sense! I guess if there is no way to change the
> setting I will just have to put up with it and take it as one of it's quirks!
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> Tony
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