Re: Garmin GPSmap 76C Review

From: Jack Yeazel (Jack_at_FinalApproach.net)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:49:41 -0400

Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
>
> Jack,
>
> at least the testing by Magne and myself revealed some other
> little tricks that you may want to mention. Here are two:
>
> * If you set your vehicle type to Truck, the algorithm has a
> much stronger tendency to route over freeways.
>
> * If you set your vehicle type to Bicycle, the device will route
> you along the very shortest route, even using the smallest
> residential streets. The Car/Motorcycle setting avoids those and
> routes over the next bigger road size where possible.

Good points; I added them to the review... 

-- 
Jack     
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