Maccawolf
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join:2001-02-20
Hillsdale, NJ
| New toy (magellan 4040 GPS)
I don't know if DSLR is the place to ask this, and if it isn't, I"m sorry, it's just that there are so many GEEKY types here (like myself) that I figured a large percentage of them probably have the latest and greatest GPS device.
Is there a unit that is capable of LEARNING?
Example. I key in an address and the GPS spits out a route, but I know a slightly better route (less traffic lights), so I generally take the different route. It's only slightly different, but my query is this:
Is there a GPS that's capable of LEARNING my preferred route?
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Da Geek Kid
join:2003-10-11
Mclean, VA
| I hope NOT!!!!!
People think they drive on the faster routes by going thru the stop sign streets as opposed to the highways....
Tomtom let's you select many different ways to get to a point, such a fastest, shortest, etc...
but I hope no GPS system does a learning method, because eventually it would not know how to get to the local 7-eleven...  |
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Maccawolf
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join:2001-02-20
Hillsdale, NJ
| I sort of understand what you mean. In my example, I live 1 square mile away from the entrance to the Garden State Pkwy. When I get to the end of my street I can turn left or right to get to the entrance. If I turn left, there is one traffic light, one blinker and minimal traffic (it also may be 50 feet or so longer than if I turn right.) If I turn right, there are two traffic lights and much more traffic.
The rest of the route is the same. I ALWAYS go to the left, but GPS units tell me to go to the right. There's no way the GPS can LEARN the preference?
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Kilroy
Premium,MVM
join:2002-11-21
Sterling Heights, MI
| reply to Maccawolf
I know that there are some out there that you can connect to a PC to allow you to adjust the route. I don't know of a specific model.
I've come to the conclusion that a GPS is better if you have no idea how to get some place. Like you I frequently disagree and force it to calculate a new route because the original route will take longer.
I'm looking for one that will play MP3s and WMA files while it navagates as I can't hear the GPS over the radio. I picked up the Harman Kardon® GPS-510 and even after spending a couple of days with their tech support can't get a play list to work, something that I need to have. I don't like it as much as my girlfriend's Magellan for directions. The Magellan has better satellite acquisition and better directions.
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Maccawolf
Premium
join:2001-02-20
Hillsdale, NJ
| from what I understand, and I may be wrong, I believe it is ILLEGAL in the US for your GPS to play MP3/WMA (whatever) while navigating. I read that somewhere when I got my first unit that was capable of playing music. Heck, that's what my stereo if for anyway.....
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Da Geek Kid
join:2003-10-11
Mclean, VA
| reply to Maccawolf
said by Maccawolf  :I sort of understand what you mean. In my example, I live 1 square mile away from the entrance to the Garden State Pkwy. When I get to the end of my street I can turn left or right to get to the entrance. If I turn left, there is one traffic light, one blinker and minimal traffic (it also may be 50 feet or so longer than if I turn right.) If I turn right, there are two traffic lights and much more traffic. The rest of the route is the same. I ALWAYS go to the left, but GPS units tell me to go to the right. There's no way the GPS can LEARN the preference? Ok So the word is not LEARN, but it is correction. The device needs to be updated. My TomTom gets updated weekly with new routes and Highway entrances... So that the system can better calculate... |
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Maccawolf
Premium
join:2001-02-20
Hillsdale, NJ
edit:
September 12th, @11:00AM
| No, the word IS learn. As I stated the route that the GPS units give are probably 50 feet shorter, so when I program the route for the shortest, or more highways, (which is what I'm referencing in this particular instance), this is the direction that is shorter according to the algorithms that GPS units are programmed with.
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Kilroy
Premium,MVM
join:2002-11-21
Sterling Heights, MI
| reply to Maccawolf
said by Maccawolf :from what I understand, and I may be wrong, I believe it is ILLEGAL in the US for your GPS to play MP3/WMA (whatever) while navigating. I read that somewhere when I got my first unit that was capable of playing music. Heck, that's what my stereo if for anyway..... I think music is fine, video is the problem. The Harman Kardon® GPS-510 plays video, but navigation is disabled when doing so. The GPS-510 plays MP3s and WMA files while navigating, but I can't set up a play list so audio books and music that makes sense in order, i.e. a musical don't work. If all I wanted was music I'd be fine.
Another issue I have with the GPS-510 is that it doesn't always tell you about having to take a Michigan left. This is a, as far as I know, thing that is unique to Michigan. In order to turn left you either go past and make a U-Turn on a small connecting street or go right and do the same, no turns at the actual intersection. The GPS-510 seems to be hit and miss when you need to do a Michigan left.
Then we have general navigation, my girlfriend's Magellan tells you where to be if there is a junction, the GPS-510 is under the impression you know to stay on the road until it tells you to turn. Clover leafs are a good example, the Magellan tells you to exit right and then stay left, it doesn't make a lot of sense until you see what the road is doing. The GPS-510 just tells you to exit and you're on your own. I don't know if this is typical of the Magellan brand, but having used the Magellan first makes it hard to accept anything less.
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Maccawolf
Premium
join:2001-02-20
Hillsdale, NJ
| Michigan left. I like that. Never heard of it before, but I like it.....
It's some what like California rolling stop.
Only applicable to driving in California. HERE, we call it PROCEEDING......
You might be right about the video thing.
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Kayrac
Premium
join:2001-09-29
Lee, NH
edit:
September 13th, @12:15PM
| reply to Maccawolf
dash gps learns the speeds you travel the roads, and will route accordingly
»www.dash.net
i love my dash, it has it's issues, but nothing really major 
also yahoo searching, and tons of dash apps
flight times, weather, rents in area, just tons and tons of stuff
Oh i also forgot, they have a newer feature called 'myroutes' where if you take a different route than the 3 possible ones it chooses, it'll remember that and next time will navigate you the way you want
so if i drive from a-b, it'll route to a-b, but if i say like a different way, so a-c-b, it'll remember that, and next time i route there it will give me my a-c-b option aswell as some other options for a-b
»blog.dash.net/2008/06/30/the-das···-update/
details the 'myroute'
and this is there blog with some of the newer stuff they've added
»blog.dash.net/
I should also mention it's a subscription for live traffic/yahoo search, 12bucks a month, but you get 3months free with purchase 
the 12bucks covers traffic, all applications, map updates, software updates(through wifi don't even have to bring it in) and basically everything needed for internet connectivity
actually, heres what it covers
»www.dash.net/product/service.php
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tcope
Premium
join:2003-05-07
Sandy, UT
 ·Comcast
edit:
September 17th, @01:40AM
| reply to Maccawolf
Maybe its just me but if you program a route and know a better route then suggested, why do you need to change the route on the nav unit? It's just not a feature that a vast majority of people would need/use. Also, you can simply turn off to the direction you think is better and the unit will automatically reroute you from your new position, probably the way you want to go.
Most nav units allow you to avoid a certain part of the route by selecting that portion.
Nav units do one main thing and they do it well, tell you how to get from point A to point B as quick as possible. |
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efflandt
join:2002-01-25
Elgin, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Maccawolf
Some GPS's have FM or MSN traffic broadcasts to avoid traffic jams.
If you have a GPS that can set routes and don't like the route it plots, you can either set up a route with a waypoint that takes you the way you want to go, or drive the way you want to and it will recalculate the route at that point. I have a Garmin nüvi 750 that can do that, but I changed Australian Karen's voice to say "Your every wish is my command" instead of "recalculating". It is compatible with, but did not include, FM or MSN traffic cables, and includes MP3 player (including e-books), picture viewer, currency converter, and demo of optional language converter. It even has an FM transmitter for MP3 or alerts if you want to use that instead of internal speaker or audio cable (MP3's are best by cable).
Higher end models include traffic and some are starting to have building view. |
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