Re: wierd mapsource phenomena

kgruber wrote:
> When mapsource selects a route from my home to about 75 miles away it
> selects the most direct and fastest route off my island, Bainbridge
> Island, WA.
>
> But, if my destination is more than the 75 miles, mapsource gives me
> the run-around here on the island. Not the most direct route and
> different from the above even though they both end up on the same
> highway off the island! Why???
>
>
>
> Karl

I think Mapsource treats water as a physical barrier. If your island was
linked to the mainland by a causeway, it probably wouldn't happen the way
you have described.


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