Garmin uses County Road numbers instead of real names

Mine gives street names for the most part. Only get CR numbers occasionally.

I have a Nuvi 350 as well, but have the opposite problem sometimes. On a state route that goes through several small towns, the street name may change even though the route# is the same.

How important it is for one vs the other rather depends on the local posted road signs, in my opinion. It can get confusing if the map shows Rte 19 passing through several towns but the Nuvi announces the different street name instead in each town.

There just isn't an easy way for a GPSr to deal with this.

Mine uses street names for the most part. I have notices somethign different that I find strange. When I come up on an intersection where the intersecting road cuts across and an angle, Garmin will tell me to turn even though I am going straight. I have to watch the map to make sure I am taking the right street.

I could not find the street in front of my house in Florida, on my GPS. There are three names for it:
State Road 7, Rt.441 and 60th Ave. This is very common in Florida. Sometimes it will say 441 or STR 7 when driving home, but to find my house you have to imput 60th Ave.

This was what exactly happened to me as well yesterday. I was coming off a bridge, and the nuvi asked to turn right onto the road which is not even at an angle, it's a straight forward connection. I knew the area well enough to ignore that. I guess we need to consult the visual as well if in a unfamiliar area. Thanks for sharing.

... In my experience this happens usually when the street changes it's aspect... goes from 2 lanes to 4 or vice-versa, or a 4 lane street no longer has a center island. I've seen it happen in both of these cases.

As for the street names, the unit reads what's on the map, and that data comes from NavTeq. I know from personal experience that some streets have more than one name, and that the the unit will call it one thing in one location, then by another name 3 blocks later. One street I drive regularly is called by 3 different names in a one mile stretch, but what the Nuvi uses is the same as what is on the street sign at each intersection. Often the county and state roads are mapped with the "official" geographical designation, regardless of what they might be called locally.

A major route I take to work is called "Columbus-Lancaster Road" when headed north, but mysteriously becomes (more accurately) Rt. 33 when headed south. Now, why would that be?

Some roads have names in a town area but outside this area it is known by number.

Sounds like a river with 2 names. In the USA we call it the RIO GRANDE in Mexico they call it the RIO BRAVO

A prime example of why they use CR designations instead of actual street names would be here in FL
where along a 15 mile stretch in 3 town/cities of CR4011 the road name changes 5 times.
In Ormond Beach as you head South from Flagler down to Daytona Beach it is "Old Dixie Hwy" which changes to "N. Beach St." then to "S. Beach St", then to "Riverside Dr" (in Holly Hill) then to "N. Beach St". (in Daytona Beach) and finally to "S. Beach St." again before the road ends.
Confusing ??????

Windeye Here is a list of Railroad Crossing for The State Of OHio Hope this helps you out

http://www.ohiorail.ohio.gov/crossings.php

Most maps I have used rarely refer to a county or state road by name, usually they do so by a number. For long distance travel and continuity I prefer to use hwy numbers.

What I have found is that people in a given area tend to refer to roads the same way. For example, most people in my area refer to WI highways by number, regardless if there is a name associated to it. Other places I have visited people refer to hwys by name, such as the Chicago area, the "Dan Ryan" or "Eisenhower" for example. As already stated, often a municipality will name a section of road in their area of jurisdiction. But people outside that area may not know what that name is.