[gps-talkusers] Re: distances help pease
- From: tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:16:16 -0400
Hi CArol
it has now been explained and I will try it out on my tuesday trip to London!
I need to press R then A then E or R then A then D for distance as per route
rather than as the crow flies!
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Pearson <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:55
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: distances help pease
Tony,
That's interesting because I found there was quite a discrepancy in a route I
did from Reading to Birmingham about a year ago, comparing it with other GPS
systems. I don't do long routes often and decided either could have been
correct so didn't discuss it at the time.
Hmmm! I know different routes from A to B can vary considerably but I'm pretty
sure the same route was taken on this occasion.
--
Carol
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---- Original Message ----
From: tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 7:25 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] distances help pease
> 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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