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Tracking anomaly?

 
Thu, 02/21/2008 - 4:03pm

Strangest thing happened to me last night. I went to my local Home Depot, and used the same Home Depot POI file that I always use. Normally, I get routed there with no problem. However, last night, the POI was off NE by a good quarter mile. I thought something was strange about the directions but assumed (yeah, I know) that my Nuvi was giving me a more efficient route to try. Once I realized that the POI was off and I was getting myself lost, I wound up having to - gasp - figure out how to get there on my own!

It only occurred to me now that I should have checked to see how many satellites I was tracking, as maybe my accuracy was low--oh well. Anybody else ever had this happen? Ideas?

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Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:00pm

It isn't the reception,

It isn't the reception, cause it wouldn't be off that much. But I can't explain why it wouldn't be off one night and off the next.

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Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:22pm

oops

maybe the Navy shot down the wrong satellite... redface

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Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:30pm

Fastest Time, Shortest Distance

See if Fastest Time, Shortest Distance setting was changed.

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Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:34pm

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flaco wrote:

maybe the Navy shot down the wrong satellite... redface

I try not to post non helpful post, but dang, now that was funny.

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Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:35pm

LOL

flaco wrote:

maybe the Navy shot down the wrong satellite... redface

or maybe the lunar eclipse temporarily cast a spell on the satellites smile

Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:36pm

Hey now

flaco wrote:

maybe the Navy shot down the wrong satellite... redface

Don't be slamming my Navy. They did it right.

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Glenn - Southern MD; SP C330 / Nuvi 750 / Nuvi 265WT
Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:38pm

POI File corrupted/changed

Make sure you haven't inadvertantly changed you POI file.

The only other thing that springs to mind is a solar flare.

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Glenn - Southern MD; SP C330 / Nuvi 750 / Nuvi 265WT
Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:39pm

even with solar flares, i

even with solar flares, i wouldn't think it would be THAT far off.

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Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 2:04am

Only possiblility...

... I can think of is that maybe he didn't get full acquisition before he hit the road. My numvi 260 sometimes gets 3 green bars, but it still only puts me "somewhere" in my neighborhood... can be 4 or 5 blocks off until it gets the signals sorted out. Even when that happens it still gets it figured out in an extra minute or so.

I'm thinking that if it calculated the route while it was still unsettled, the route may still be wrong even after the vehicle location is correct??? Or would it recalculate it?

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Rick - Nüvi 260 - eTrex Summit HC