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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:15:57 -0700 (PDT), Figaro
>My 1490T does not recognize divided carpool lanes. Every time I move
>into a divided carpool lane in Los Angeles (one that has its own
>separate road, overpass, etc.), my Garmin would say "Off route.
>Recalculating..."
>Very Annoying!
>BTW- I use the 1490T's large 5" screen in the car, and cellphone GPS
>maps on foot.
>So far the Garmin's Traffic warnings have been very accurate. It
>doesn't tell you what part(s) of your route is congested, but when you
>get close to the bottleneck, it shows yellow or red bars around the
>highlighted route. The length of the yellow/red bars almost always
>exactly match the real-life length of the bottleneck -- pretty
>impressive!
>On the flip side, the bars are only visible if you have an active
>route, and NOT during normal cruising.
>into a divided carpool lane in Los Angeles (one that has its own
>separate road, overpass, etc.), my Garmin would say "Off route.
>Recalculating..."
>Very Annoying!
>BTW- I use the 1490T's large 5" screen in the car, and cellphone GPS
>maps on foot.
>So far the Garmin's Traffic warnings have been very accurate. It
>doesn't tell you what part(s) of your route is congested, but when you
>get close to the bottleneck, it shows yellow or red bars around the
>highlighted route. The length of the yellow/red bars almost always
>exactly match the real-life length of the bottleneck -- pretty
>impressive!
>On the flip side, the bars are only visible if you have an active
>route, and NOT during normal cruising.
hmmm... maybe I should move to LA (lol) - the traffic supplied first
to my 755t and now the 3790t is rather inaccurate. Sometimes is green
while Im moving 5 mph and other times its at posted speed (for quite
some time) in a yellow or red zone. Occasionally they get it right
but its at the point where I can no longer trust it.
Shame they don't use the "houston transtar" traffic information which
is the standard that everyone relies on here. Also don't know where
the traffic info comes from that is used on my iPhone 4, but it seems
to me that it is more accurate.
On the possibly positive side, I finally got Garmin Cartography to
begin looking into the major issue I have with both my NUVIs - that it
will continue to follow an active route even if you move to a close
parallel road such as moving from an Interstate to a service road.
They had me run diagnostic logs today and email them the logs. Today
I routed down US 59 (5 or 6 lanes divided in each direction + 3 lane
service roads on both sides) and onto I-610. I got off part of the
way on an active route to stop at my printer and it continued to
indicate I was on U.S. 59 until I made a uturn to the service road on
the other side. Didn't happen on my older GPSs like the iQue and the
eTrex.
Well see if Garmin is willing to address this issue...
And for those of you who doubt my intentions, I have been lurking in
this ng for over 15 yrs posting occasionally. My GPSs go back to the
early 90s -- my first one was the GPS 45, then GPS III, then GPS III+,
etc etc.
And yes I added my middle initial to hopefully allows to concentrate
on why we are here to talk GPS and not personalities.
Joel
>On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:15:57 -0700 (PDT), Figaro
>>> I have been a loyal Garmin user for 15 to 20 yrs (since my GPS 45
>>> days). I have gone through many generations and recently gave my Nuvi
>>> 755t to my daughter and retired my iQue 3600. I purchased the high
>>> end 3790t (about $400ish) and still own an etrex vista CX.
>>> In the last two weeks for non GPS reasons I now also have/own an
>>> iPhone 4.
>>> Now I have been having various problems with the 3790t from day one
>>> the major problem being its inability to recognize movements between a
>>> multilane divided highway like an Interstate and its service road. So
>>> for example, if I have an active route on the Interstate and move to
>>> the service road, it continues to insist I am on the interstate. My
>>> older units did not do this. The 3790t also makes quite a few
>>> recommended 'silly routes' (totally useless turns versus just going
>>> straight, for example). Garmin cartography has been relatively
>>> unresponsive.
>>> So I am now at the point trying to decide whether to sell the 3790t on
>>> ebay and then either (1) getting a navigation app for my iPhone 4
>>> and/or (2) updating the maps on the etrex and using it in the car
>>> instead of an iPhone app.
>>> Not sure the added value of the 3790 is worth continuing to use it
>>> (versus selling it used).
>>> P.S. - the traffic the 755t and 3790t uses is reasonably unreliable
>>> compared to the ones I am seeing on the iPhone. At least on the 755t
>>> it told you the number of minutes of delay on the main screen, the
>>> 3790 does not - you have drill down and add them up manually.
>>> Any suggestions for a reasonably good iPhone app to sub for the
>>> Garmin? Or should I hang in there and hope Garmin fixes the 3790
>>> which is supposed to be their high end Nuvi. Or I can just use the
>>> etrex in my ram-mount and suction cup.
>>> 99%+ of my time is driving in Houston metro area.
>>> Joel
>>> days). I have gone through many generations and recently gave my Nuvi
>>> 755t to my daughter and retired my iQue 3600. I purchased the high
>>> end 3790t (about $400ish) and still own an etrex vista CX.
>>> In the last two weeks for non GPS reasons I now also have/own an
>>> iPhone 4.
>>> Now I have been having various problems with the 3790t from day one
>>> the major problem being its inability to recognize movements between a
>>> multilane divided highway like an Interstate and its service road. So
>>> for example, if I have an active route on the Interstate and move to
>>> the service road, it continues to insist I am on the interstate. My
>>> older units did not do this. The 3790t also makes quite a few
>>> recommended 'silly routes' (totally useless turns versus just going
>>> straight, for example). Garmin cartography has been relatively
>>> unresponsive.
>>> So I am now at the point trying to decide whether to sell the 3790t on
>>> ebay and then either (1) getting a navigation app for my iPhone 4
>>> and/or (2) updating the maps on the etrex and using it in the car
>>> instead of an iPhone app.
>>> Not sure the added value of the 3790 is worth continuing to use it
>>> (versus selling it used).
>>> P.S. - the traffic the 755t and 3790t uses is reasonably unreliable
>>> compared to the ones I am seeing on the iPhone. At least on the 755t
>>> it told you the number of minutes of delay on the main screen, the
>>> 3790 does not - you have drill down and add them up manually.
>>> Any suggestions for a reasonably good iPhone app to sub for the
>>> Garmin? Or should I hang in there and hope Garmin fixes the 3790
>>> which is supposed to be their high end Nuvi. Or I can just use the
>>> etrex in my ram-mount and suction cup.
>>> 99%+ of my time is driving in Houston metro area.
>>> Joel
>>My 1490T does not recognize divided carpool lanes. Every time I move
>>into a divided carpool lane in Los Angeles (one that has its own
>>separate road, overpass, etc.), my Garmin would say "Off route.
>>Recalculating..."
>>Very Annoying!
>>BTW- I use the 1490T's large 5" screen in the car, and cellphone GPS
>>maps on foot.
>>So far the Garmin's Traffic warnings have been very accurate. It
>>doesn't tell you what part(s) of your route is congested, but when you
>>get close to the bottleneck, it shows yellow or red bars around the
>>highlighted route. The length of the yellow/red bars almost always
>>exactly match the real-life length of the bottleneck -- pretty
>>impressive!
>>On the flip side, the bars are only visible if you have an active
>>route, and NOT during normal cruising.
>>into a divided carpool lane in Los Angeles (one that has its own
>>separate road, overpass, etc.), my Garmin would say "Off route.
>>Recalculating..."
>>Very Annoying!
>>BTW- I use the 1490T's large 5" screen in the car, and cellphone GPS
>>maps on foot.
>>So far the Garmin's Traffic warnings have been very accurate. It
>>doesn't tell you what part(s) of your route is congested, but when you
>>get close to the bottleneck, it shows yellow or red bars around the
>>highlighted route. The length of the yellow/red bars almost always
>>exactly match the real-life length of the bottleneck -- pretty
>>impressive!
>>On the flip side, the bars are only visible if you have an active
>>route, and NOT during normal cruising.
>hmmm... maybe I should move to LA (lol) - the traffic supplied first
>to my 755t and now the 3790t is rather inaccurate. Sometimes is green
>while Im moving 5 mph and other times its at posted speed (for quite
>some time) in a yellow or red zone. Occasionally they get it right
>but its at the point where I can no longer trust it.
>Shame they don't use the "houston transtar" traffic information which
>is the standard that everyone relies on here. Also don't know where
>the traffic info comes from that is used on my iPhone 4, but it seems
>to me that it is more accurate.
>On the possibly positive side, I finally got Garmin Cartography to
>begin looking into the major issue I have with both my NUVIs - that it
>will continue to follow an active route even if you move to a close
>parallel road such as moving from an Interstate to a service road.
>They had me run diagnostic logs today and email them the logs. Today
>I routed down US 59 (5 or 6 lanes divided in each direction + 3 lane
>service roads on both sides) and onto I-610. I got off part of the
>way on an active route to stop at my printer and it continued to
>indicate I was on U.S. 59 until I made a uturn to the service road on
>the other side. Didn't happen on my older GPSs like the iQue and the
>eTrex.
>Well see if Garmin is willing to address this issue...
>And for those of you who doubt my intentions, I have been lurking in
>this ng for over 15 yrs posting occasionally. My GPSs go back to the
>early 90s -- my first one was the GPS 45, then GPS III, then GPS III+,
>etc etc.
>And yes I added my middle initial to hopefully allows to concentrate
>on why we are here to talk GPS and not personalities.
>Joel
>to my 755t and now the 3790t is rather inaccurate. Sometimes is green
>while Im moving 5 mph and other times its at posted speed (for quite
>some time) in a yellow or red zone. Occasionally they get it right
>but its at the point where I can no longer trust it.
>Shame they don't use the "houston transtar" traffic information which
>is the standard that everyone relies on here. Also don't know where
>the traffic info comes from that is used on my iPhone 4, but it seems
>to me that it is more accurate.
>On the possibly positive side, I finally got Garmin Cartography to
>begin looking into the major issue I have with both my NUVIs - that it
>will continue to follow an active route even if you move to a close
>parallel road such as moving from an Interstate to a service road.
>They had me run diagnostic logs today and email them the logs. Today
>I routed down US 59 (5 or 6 lanes divided in each direction + 3 lane
>service roads on both sides) and onto I-610. I got off part of the
>way on an active route to stop at my printer and it continued to
>indicate I was on U.S. 59 until I made a uturn to the service road on
>the other side. Didn't happen on my older GPSs like the iQue and the
>eTrex.
>Well see if Garmin is willing to address this issue...
>And for those of you who doubt my intentions, I have been lurking in
>this ng for over 15 yrs posting occasionally. My GPSs go back to the
>early 90s -- my first one was the GPS 45, then GPS III, then GPS III+,
>etc etc.
>And yes I added my middle initial to hopefully allows to concentrate
>on why we are here to talk GPS and not personalities.
>Joel
mea culpa - sorry about that! changed my signature but not my
personna! I think I got it right now.
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>> days). I have gone through many generations and recently gave my Nuvi
>> 755t to my daughter and retired my iQue 3600. I purchased the high
>> end 3790t (about $400ish) and still own an etrex vista CX.
>> In the last two weeks for non GPS reasons I now also have/own an
>> iPhone 4.
>> Now I have been having various problems with the 3790t from day one
>> the major problem being its inability to recognize movements between a
>> multilane divided highway like an Interstate and its service road. So
>> for example, if I have an active route on the Interstate and move to
>> the service road, it continues to insist I am on the interstate. My
>> older units did not do this. The 3790t also makes quite a few
>> recommended 'silly routes' (totally useless turns versus just going
>> straight, for example). Garmin cartography has been relatively
>> unresponsive.
>> So I am now at the point trying to decide whether to sell the 3790t on
>> ebay and then either (1) getting a navigation app for my iPhone 4
>> and/or (2) updating the maps on the etrex and using it in the car
>> instead of an iPhone app.
>> Not sure the added value of the 3790 is worth continuing to use it
>> (versus selling it used).
>> P.S. - the traffic the 755t and 3790t uses is reasonably unreliable
>> compared to the ones I am seeing on the iPhone. At least on the 755t
>> it told you the number of minutes of delay on the main screen, the
>> 3790 does not - you have drill down and add them up manually.
>> Any suggestions for a reasonably good iPhone app to sub for the
>> Garmin? Or should I hang in there and hope Garmin fixes the 3790
>> which is supposed to be their high end Nuvi. Or I can just use the
>> etrex in my ram-mount and suction cup.
>> 99%+ of my time is driving in Houston metro area.
>> Joel