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60cs basemap out of sync
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| My 60cs basemap is out of sync with the roads, for example when driving down
the motorway (M62) the Triangle icon is about 1 - 1.5cm to the right of the
road and also I am 3 - 400m past a junction/exit before the map tells me I
am approaching it...
How can I calibrate the map?
Any help much appreciated.
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| Dirk Straka 2005-08-09, 5:48 am |
| DS wrote:
> My 60cs basemap is out of sync with the roads, for example when
> driving down the motorway (M62) the Triangle icon is about 1 -
> 1.5cm to the right of the road and also I am 3 - 400m past a
> junction/exit before the map tells me I am approaching it...
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> How can I calibrate the map?
No way. Load CitySelect or at least MetroGuide maps to improve
accuracy.
Greets, Dirk
--
"You never know what is enough until you know what is too much."
William Blake, nicely 200 years ago
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| george@eprintshoppe.com 2005-08-09, 5:48 pm |
| There is a setting which tells the unit to "hold to the road" (not the
exact words). Make sure that setting is ON. That should keep your
position arrow on the roadway.
What is happening to you is not unusual.
TexGEOas
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| Arild Bergstrøm 2005-08-09, 5:48 pm |
| Another trick is not to zoome so much that the GPS reports "Overzoom" in
down right hand corner
Arild Bergstrøm
Norway
<george@eprintshoppe.com> skrev i melding
news:1123607004.124331.73990@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> There is a setting which tells the unit to "hold to the road" (not the
> exact words). Make sure that setting is ON. That should keep your
> position arrow on the roadway.
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> What is happening to you is not unusual.
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> TexGEOas
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| Heinrich Pfeifer 2005-08-10, 5:48 am |
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<george@eprintshoppe.com> wrote in
news:1123607004.124331.73990@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> There is a setting which tells the unit to "hold to the road" (not the
> exact words). Make sure that setting is ON. That should keep your
> position arrow on the roadway.
I, personally, do not recommend this setting at all. It forces your position
to be displayed on the next street, be it correct or not.
--
Heinrich
http://www.gartrip.de
mail: new<at>gartrip.de
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| David Lee 2005-08-10, 5:48 pm |
| Heinrich Pfeifer wrote...
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> I, personally, do not recommend this setting at all. It forces your
> position to be displayed on the next street, be it correct or not.
Once it has you glued to the right road it usually works very well. It can
get its undergarments in a tangle at junctions though. If reception is a
bit sub-standard it can track you a significant distance down a completely
wrong road until the error gets large enough to make it let go. However you
are normally more interested in upcoming junctions rather than where you are
immediately afterwards so it is usually only a problem if there is another
turn coming up shortly after.
David
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| > My 60cs basemap is out of sync with the roads
It's my experience that the basemap is very unprecise, and your
observations is normal with basemap. If you (buy and) install City
Select, the roads and your position will match.
So the basemap is not just a map with fewer roads, it is also
unprecise!
I once made a comparison:
http://www.oberon.dk/docs/gpsmap/mapcomp.html
When I'm driving in areas with no CS coverage, and use the basemap, I
allways selecet direct routing. I will then have a usable ETA and a
fair indication of where I am on the map.
Flemming K
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