Junction view

Junction view is supposed to be in there, but I have never seen it. So I am wondering the same thing.

Works great in Atlanta, however.

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I've wondered the same thing. Has anyone seen it added to a location that previously did not have it?

It's always been available on most exits in the Chicago area. I've seen a couple of the missing ones get added in the time I've had a model with the feature. However, I do find Lane Assist more useful, and less distracting.

I live in the Toronto Canada area. With the last map update almost every exit on the highway shows a Junction View.

There are now over 3000 junction views for Canada. They are all the Photo Real pictures like the Europe version of City Navigator. These were all added in version 2011.40 of CN North America.

I get no junction views near where I live either. I use my nuvis in rental cars when I travel, however, and I get them in big cities like Dallas and Fort Worth. I think they will continue to be added if you are purchasing map updates.

If you've never seen one, I have a caveat, however. Most of the ones I've seen were good and looked like the signs. In downtown Fort Worth, the ones in the maps of my 885t (which are admittedly not up-to-date) are not accurate (they don't look like the overhead signs) so they may be worse than nothing.

If you want to use these, my bottom line is you probably need to pay for lifetime maps. I plan to but haven't yet. The simple turn arrows seem better input to me than potentially inaccurate Junction views. When there is a conflict between what you see on the nuvi and the road, it is difficult for at least my brain to resolve in the amount of time that is available.

Jim

I see it all the time when I go to Atlanta. I have also seen it pop up in Nashville. I've been to Knoxville many times and don't believe the Interstate system there is as complex as Atlanta or Nashville. Therefore, Garmin may think it's not needed there.

My feeling is that Garmin is adding Junction View a little at a time. I have noticed that I get JV at places where the normal lane assist would not be sufficient - ie three different highway selections and not enough "lane" indicators to make your route clear to you.

I've not seen a single junction view, here in Western Canada until the most recent map update. Now there are many of them. Hope Garmin will keep on adding more to cover all highway junctions.

I have a Nuvi 1690 and see them in Arizona and when traveling to Calif. Since the latest map update, I have seen more traveling to CA than before. I think Garmin is gradually introducing them but they have a long way to go. The ones I've seen look identical to the freeway signs. They are way cool. Usually they come up right when the GPS says something about the intersection. They don't stay on long. When it goes away, you can see the lane assist on the upper left.

I drive through metro Phoenix freeways every weekday with a 3790 LMT and I have never seen a junction view here. I've only ever seen them in the Los Angeles area. I'm just curious where you're seeing them in Arizona, thanks.

Ditto. I've recently driven through Phoenix and Tucson and have yet to see a single JV in the whole state.

I did talk to tech support and was told that the junction view is not that important in Knoxville because of the minimal amount of freeways. The tech told me "that is what the little arrows do at the top of your Nuvi. Just watch them and they will tell you what lane you need to be in." DUH! However, he is sorta right. The lane assist works great. I just like the visuals.