Re: DeLorme SA2005 product info is available

From: Bill Cotton (Billcotton_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:05:23 -0400

<dold@DeLormeXSA.usenet.us.com> wrote in message
news:cgvf3q$as3$3@blue.rahul.net...
> George Pinson <gfpinson@*nospam*bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > On another trip from Atlanta, GA to Key West which is 830
> > miles there is only one place where there are extra turn
> > instructions because of Road Name Change, the actual route
> > is perfect. I think I can live with that.
>
> That's a difficult problem to fix. And sometimes you don't want it fixed.
> I used to give instructions to my house that did not include a name change
> on the road, since the road was straight and it wasn't obvious that the
> name had changed. A few people saw that the name had changed, and thought
> they had missed a fork in the road.
>
> Maybe if the name changes and changes back, it could be ignored. There is
> a stretch of road near my house that changes names a couple of times,
> almost as if those sharp curves are turns from one road to another.
SA2004
> announces those. I wonder if SA2005 ignores them.
>
> Pope Valley Winery to Middletown Cemetery
> 38.634128 -122.4516249 to 38.7570612 -122.6068433
>
> SA2004 gives this seven turns. One is a sharp right where the named road
> turns left, but the "main" road seems to continue unabated. Another is at
> the county line, but it changes back after a one segment named for the
> ranch it's passing through and a couple of "unnamed" segments.
>
> Most people would say 16 miles north. Some might mention the name change.
>
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

One way I fix this; and the ability to use sections of an "Avoid" roads in
Delorme maps that has Road Draw capibities: I draw A new road over the roads
that I want to use. I name the road, "xroad bicycle lane". Less way points
also.

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