Magellan GPS - enter lat & long as address Roadmate 700

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enter lat & long as address Roadmate 700

Raintree

2007-04-02, 12:33 pm

Some of the destinations our company goes to are not on the map.
How can I enter the known Latitude and Longitude as an address?

Went to magellan, haven't a clue on their answer.
Magellan Roadmate 700
Thank you,

World Library

Jerry Boyle

2007-04-02, 3:33 pm

"Raintree" <nothanks@no.net> wrote in message
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> Some of the destinations our company goes to are not on the map.
> How can I enter the known Latitude and Longitude as an address?
>
> Went to magellan, haven't a clue on their answer.
> Magellan Roadmate 700
> Thank you,
>
> World Library

You need RM 700 software upgrade version 5 (available at
http://www.magellangps.com/products/mrm_software_v5.asp).

This upgrade contains a POI Manager tool that runs on a PC (no Mac support).
With the POI Manager you can create or import POIs and then transfer them to
your RM 700.

You also need a 110V AC adapter and a USB adapter, which may or may not have
come with your RM unit.

I know of no way to directly enter lat/long data into the RM 700.

Hope this helps,

Jerry

Jack Erbes

2007-04-02, 3:33 pm

Jerry Boyle wrote:

> "Raintree" <nothanks@no.net> wrote in message
> news:03g213tue6b5rgt
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4ax.com...
>
>
>
> You need RM 700 software upgrade version 5 (available at
> http://www.magellangps.com/products/mrm_software_v5.asp).
>
> This upgrade contains a POI Manager tool that runs on a PC (no Mac support).
> With the POI Manager you can create or import POIs and then transfer them to
> your RM 700.
>
> You also need a 110V AC adapter and a USB adapter, which may or may not have
> come with your RM unit.
>
> I know of no way to directly enter lat/long data into the RM 700.
>

Can't you simply create a waypoint and then edit the coordinates to
place it somewhere else? If not, I never ceased to be amazed at the
stuff they are leaving off of the newer GPS receivers.

Jack

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Jerry Boyle

2007-04-02, 3:33 pm

"Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Jerry Boyle wrote:
>
>
> Can't you simply create a waypoint and then edit the coordinates to place
> it somewhere else?

There is no way to enter or edit coordinates except via the POI Manager.

The only way to try to enter a desired lat/long is to take the RM 700 to the
desired coordinates and then store the "current location". If the RM 700
doesn't have that location in its map DB, even this won't work - the unit
changes the coordinates to the nearest location it can find in its map DB.

> If not, I never ceased to be amazed at the stuff they are leaving off of
> the newer GPS receivers.

I guess that's why they call it the ROADmate - if you ain't on their roads,
it ain't your mate :-)

Raintree

2007-04-02, 10:33 pm

On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:47:10 -0400, Raintree <nothanks@no.net> wrote:

>Some of the destinations our company goes to are not on the map.
>How can I enter the known Latitude and Longitude as an address?
>
>Went to magellan, haven't a clue on their answer.
>Magellan Roadmate 700
>Thank you,
>
>World Library

Well thank you all.

Have all the atachments usb,power supply ect.
I will go to see what that update cost.

Bought the units on ubid as refurbished and it came with ver 1

Robin Raintree @ World Library

Earl F. Parrish

2007-04-03, 10:33 pm

"Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle@att.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> You need RM 700 software upgrade version 5 (available at
> http://www.magellangps.com/products/mrm_software_v5.asp).
>
> This upgrade contains a POI Manager tool that runs on a PC (no Mac
> support).
> With the POI Manager you can create or import POIs and then transfer them
> to
> your RM 700.
>
> You also need a 110V AC adapter and a USB adapter, which may or may not
> have
> come with your RM unit.
>
> I know of no way to directly enter lat/long data into the RM 700.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jerry
>

Even if you enter coordinates, the RoadMate 700 will simply take to the
nearest spot on a navigable road. It will not lead you to off-road
locations. The best it can do is to take you to a spot you select on the
map. If you look at the placement of the included POIs, they are all along
the shoulders of the road. It does not matter how large the parking lot is.

--
Earl F. Parrish

Jerry Boyle

2007-04-04, 10:33 am

"Earl F. Parrish" <efparri@nozirev.ten> wrote in message
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> "Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle@att.net> wrote in message
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> Even if you enter coordinates, the RoadMate 700 will simply take to the
> nearest spot on a navigable road. It will not lead you to off-road
> locations. The best it can do is to take you to a spot you select on the
> map. If you look at the placement of the included POIs, they are all
> along the shoulders of the road. It does not matter how large the parking
> lot is.

Earl,

Is this true even for custom POIs entered via the POI Manager?

I know the RM 700 can't route you to off-road locations, but I assumed (or
was at least hoping) that it would at least give you as-the-crow-flies
distance and direction indicators to the entered coordinates. None of my
custom POIs are more than about 100' from a mapped road so I can't confirm
or refute this. Can you?

Jerry

Earl F. Parrish

2007-04-04, 10:33 am

"Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle@att.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> Is this true even for custom POIs entered via the POI Manager?
>
> I know the RM 700 can't route you to off-road locations, but I assumed (or
> was at least hoping) that it would at least give you as-the-crow-flies
> distance and direction indicators to the entered coordinates. None of my
> custom POIs are more than about 100' from a mapped road so I can't confirm
> or refute this. Can you?
>
> Jerry
>

By inference, your current location is equivalent to a custom POI. If you
create a route while you are parked in a parking lot, the first instruction
is "Proceed to route." If it cannot start from a custom location, it
cannot end at one. I have found that the most precise locations for routes
are at the intersections of highways. All street addresses are determined
through interpolation except those instances where block numbers begin and
end at cross streets. I remember that the World Almanac used to have a
chart for determining the locations of street addresses in Manhattan. Each
north-south street used a different formula. I wonder if GPS devices have
it figured out.

--
Earl F. Parrish

Jerry Boyle

2007-04-04, 12:33 pm

"Earl F. Parrish" <efparri@nozirev.ten> wrote in message
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> "Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle@att.net> wrote in message
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> By inference, your current location is equivalent to a custom POI. If you
> create a route while you are parked in a parking lot, the first
> instruction is "Proceed to route." If it cannot start from a custom
> location, it cannot end at one.

But the RM 700 does show the pointer for the current location at the proper
coordinates on its map. To me that implies that it could *possibly* do the
same for custom POI icons.

If you save the current location, it's saved as an *address*, not a POI, and
I agree (and previously stated) that this gets stored as the nearest on-road
location.

> I have found that the most precise locations for routes are at the
> intersections of highways. All street addresses are determined through
> interpolation except those instances where block numbers begin and end at
> cross streets. I remember that the World Almanac used to have a chart for
> determining the locations of street addresses in Manhattan. Each
> north-south street used a different formula. I wonder if GPS devices have
> it figured out.

These are all actual or interpolated addresses for on-road locations. I
agree that all *routing* has to begin and end at such addresses.

But you can't infer that custom POIs and their icons have to be on-road,
although this may turn out to be the case. The RM 700 properly positions
railroad tracks, lakes, parks, etc. on its map. If custom POIs are stored in
a like manner it should be able to show their proper off-road location, even
if its routing instructions terminate at the nearest on-road location.

The above is pure speculation. It would be nice to know how the RM 700
actually works. If no one replies with a definitive answer, perhaps I'll try
to build a test case (after I finish my taxes).

Jerry

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