Re: Firmware bugs on 76CSx (and probably on all C*x models): No Great Circle routes!

John Tyson wrote:
It looks like this is a problem that came in with the 60/76 series (not just the "x"s).

1. Mapsource will plot a great circle route.

2. For the same conditions both my 60CS and 60CSx plot flat lines as described (looks like constant latitude lines when routing to points at the same latitude). (The 60CS is still running V3.5, and the CSx V2.6)

3. I recalled from some testing several years ago that my Vista was plotting great circle routes, so I fired it up, and it does in fact plot the great circle route for the same conditions, so this is something that has apparently crept into the firmware in recent years.

Some people with other recent models should check this out.

My 76S (not Color) is fine.

Terje

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