[gps-talkusers] Re: new avoid highway vehicle route creation
- From: "Robert Sweetman" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:59:10 -0700
Hi Mike,
The avoid highways vehicle option is really helpful, Especially in congested
areas like Santa Monica where just getting on the 405 during rush hour can
take 15 minutes. The more congested the freeway, the better it is to avoid
it.
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael May
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:56 PM
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] new avoid highway vehicle route creation
You know how complicated it can be sometimes dealing with freeway
on-ramps and off-ramps? If you are only going a few miles, dealing
with a highway, especially if there is traffic, is something to be avoided.
Last night, I was navigating from our hotel in Burlingame to Il
Fornaio, about 1 mile away. Since the hotel is smack next to highway
101, the normal route creation put us on the highway. We actually had
to go two miles on 101 to get to the first exit. We missed that exit
so when we got off, 3 miles down the road, I suddenly thought of the
new feature of version 2010 to calculate a route avoiding highways.
Hard to teach an old dog new tricks so to speak.
We were at the restaurant in no time.
On our way back, I used this new feature and we were back at the
hotel in 5 minutes. Not only was it shorter, it was much simpler on
surface streets versus all those highway ramps.
The default vehicle route uses highways because the route is looking
for the fastest route based on the speed rating of the various roads.
It knows nothing about traffic and commute hours.
There are a number of new route creation options in 2010 and this
avoid highway option sure has and will come in handy.
Mike
Mike
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