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Crow Flies Favorites

 
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 10:01pm

It took me a while to realize it, but when you look at your list of Favorites, the miles shown are "as the crow flies", NOT driving miles. You only get the driving miles after you select the favorite and the unit "calculates route" or words to that effect. Not a huge issue, but worth noting.

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Wed, 01/30/2013 - 10:05pm

Indeed

This fools a lot of people

Sun, 02/03/2013 - 12:03am

Crow Flies

Primarily it reduces the computation workload. Imagine calculating the route for all points displayed

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Sun, 02/03/2013 - 12:40pm

It sure fooled me!

jgermann wrote:

This fools a lot of people

Because I don't know how a crow flies!

dobs108 razz

JM - I had to spell out razz - I could not click on the smiley - IE8 - Windows XP Pro SP 3 - Java fully updated

Sun, 02/03/2013 - 2:33pm

smileys

dobs108 wrote:
jgermann wrote:

This fools a lot of people

Because I don't know how a crow flies!

dobs108 razz

JM - I had to spell out razz - I could not click on the smiley - IE8 - Windows XP Pro SP 3 - Java fully updated

There may be some help offered here:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/38874

[Edit] Whoops, sorry, I see you already know about the above thread.

Sun, 02/03/2013 - 3:53pm

Miles vs Miles to Favorites

Calculating route miles to all favorites would be quite the task. When I select a specific destination, before telling it to route, my nulink 1695 does calculate driving miles for reference.

By the way, my coined phrases to distinguish the types of miles I'm talking about are "crow-miles" vs "driving miles".

Sun, 02/03/2013 - 5:05pm

Crow Flies

Who says a crow flies in a straight line? Why not say "as a straight line". Why bring a crow into the picture?

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Sun, 02/03/2013 - 7:56pm

They say.

alrom45 wrote:

Who says a crow flies in a straight line? Why not say "as a straight line". Why bring a crow into the picture?

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-the-crow-flies.html

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Nuvi 3790LMT, Nuvi 760 Lifetime map, Lifetime NavTraffic, Garmin E-Trex Legend Just because "Everyone" drives badly does not mean you have to.
Sun, 02/03/2013 - 8:29pm

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Yeah, the idiom has been around for over 200 years.

Mon, 02/04/2013 - 1:25pm

Hey

Motorcycle Mama wrote:

Yeah, the idiom has been around for over 200 years.

Hey who are you calling an idiom!?!? razz

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Nuvi 3790LMT, Nuvi 760 Lifetime map, Lifetime NavTraffic, Garmin E-Trex Legend Just because "Everyone" drives badly does not mean you have to.
Mon, 02/04/2013 - 1:37pm

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smile

Mon, 02/04/2013 - 3:18pm

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arrow

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Mon, 02/04/2013 - 4:55pm

Teriffic!

Terrific!

Fred

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 8:02pm

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Yea the crow makes the route seem shorter

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 11:22pm

clarification

good clarification