Re: Australian City Navigator V6 to V7. Big difference, complaint?

"BM" == "Burnie M" writes:

Burnie,

Thanks for that. So it isn't me going nuts. ;-)

I fully agree with what you say too.

Oh, on that, what kind of GPS do you have? A mate and I have one and
are still learing alot about some of the "functions" which are vague
at best in the manual.


BM>
BM> Yes, they significantly lowered the zoom levels at which minor
BM> roads display (in City Navigator Australia v7)
BM>
BM> You can see this in MapSource on the PC; with detail set to
BM> highest
BM> in v6 the minor roads would display at 1.5km zoom level in v7 you
BM> have to zoom in to 700m before the minor roads display
BM>
BM> Similar effect on the GPS
BM>
BM> Note that in City Navigator NZ v2 the minor roads also do not
BM> display until 700m
BM>
BM> It appears to be a deliberate action on Garmins part and in a
BM> country where you can travel hundreds of kilometrres on minor
BM> roads only this is just plain stupid.
BM> Only seeing a small area restricts the usefulness of the mapping.
BM>
BM> I konw a few people who decided not to upgrade to v7 because of
BM> the limited changes and the backwards step of the zoom levels.
BM>
BM> Hopefully Garmin will review this and revert to the v6 zoom
BM> levels for v8.
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Thanks.....

Jarod


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