Travel thru Canada with my 1350 Nuvi
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We have just returned from travel to Rochester, Niagara Falls (both US & Canadian sides, Canadian vineyards, Toronto, the Thousand Islands, Ottawa, North Conway, NH, & the Maine coast at Wells (just south of Kennebunkport).
The trip was great, despite the warm weather we're having on both sides of the border. The Nuvi performed well but not flawlessly.
We found that there were so many modifications to Canadian roads, including on & off ramps of major hiways (QEW), that we had several instances where an on ramp was non-existant or the ramps were so modified, that we were driving on the grass, according to the Nuvi.
The estimates of distances are as the crow flies, not road distances, yet the arrival times seemed reasonable accurate.
The best thing to say is that in a pinch the Nuvi got us there despite our own ignorance of the local roads.
After years of owning a 350 & now 1350, the biggest problems associated with their use is the appalingly long times it takes to get updated geography & road info into them. I observe that the vendors of such updates are really not making any improvements in keeping their data up-to-date & this is the biggest limiting factor to GPS use.
Hope everyone else's travel this summer has gone safely & enjoyably.
Fred
I print paper maps too
This is exactly the reason I print paper maps as a backup as I find that mapping data is not very updated.
However the new smartphones that have Android and have google navigation on them ... their maps are downloaded on the fly and are the most updated ones I have seen.
Google Map
I agree with you Google Map on Smart phone is more updated than GPS Map.
I forot to mention that in
I forot to mention that in some small towns in Maine, notably around Wells & Kennebunkport, there were alerts (constant beeping) with a 4 mph limit. Never saw these before. I presume they are to alert one to keep speeds down in town in which tourist abound & who cross the street every which way. The problem is that the sound is constant & quite annoying.
Fred
Funny
We have just returned from travel to Rochester, Niagara Falls (both US & Canadian sides, Canadian vineyards, Toronto, the Thousand Islands, Ottawa, North Conway, NH, & the Maine coast at Wells (just south of Kennebunkport).
We found that there were so many modifications to Canadian roads, including on & off ramps of major hiways (QEW), that we had several instances where an on ramp was non-existant or the ramps were so modified, that we were driving on the grass, according to the Nuvi.
Funny you should mention the area between Buffalo and Toronto. In probably 30000 miles of driving with 4 different Nuvi models, from the 350 to the 3790, that area is the only place I've seen were we drove over grass. Maybe someday Navteq will actually drive over these roads and make the corrections.
Nuvi 350, 760, 1695LM, 3790LMT, 2460LMT, 3597LMTHD, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, DriveSmart 61, Garmin Drive 52, Garmin Backup Camera 40 and TomTom XXL540s.
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I forot to mention that in some small towns in Maine, notably around Wells & Kennebunkport, there were alerts (constant beeping) with a 4 mph limit. Never saw these before. I presume they are to alert one to keep speeds down in town in which tourist abound & who cross the street every which way. The problem is that the sound is constant & quite annoying.
I doubt this is caused by what you say. It sounds more like you have installed a POI file with POI Loader that has a "4" somewhere in the file name. Any number in the name of a POI file will cause POI Loader to interpret it as a speed alert.
Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon
It could be, but it's the
It could be, but it's the only place that I've experienced it in.
I'll check to see if I can find a file.
Fred
map updates
We found that there were so many modifications to Canadian roads, including on & off ramps of major hiways (QEW), that we had several instances where an on ramp was non-existant or the ramps were so modified, that we were driving on the grass, according to the Nuvi.
Fred
Yes, it takes quite a while for new roads and exits to be added to the maps on the gps. For example, in the beginning of 2009, a new exit opened up on the interstate near where I live, and it was just added to the Navteq map a couple days ago. And then after Navteq adds something to the map, it takes about an additional 6 months on average for Garmin to incorporate the changes into their map updates. So basically, you could say that on average, when a new road or exit is created in your area, it will take about 2 years to show up on your GPS. Quite ridiculous if you ask me, especially with all of the advances in technology today.
Garmin Nuvi 3490lmt, 765t with Lifetime maps and Clear Channel traffic