Big time... I had to do a hard reset so I reinstalled the program and added where I was going (398 Miles) Well I got on the road, and thats when I knew something was up... Instead of it taking me I-95 South, it had me passing Mid-town Manhattan. And I'm like
Went into the Battery Tunnel, I'm like OK this is BS! So I found a Sign for 95-S and I took that for a good ways until I got into NJ, which then took me into PA, then to DE..
When I stopped at a rest stop thats when I found out Iguidance was set to Quickest instead of Major for the routing...
And it seems iguidance is not smart enough to reroute midway if you change the settings to Major. I did find out that if you start a WHOLE new Trip with Major instead of Quickest it rotes you the right way.
Other then that my i-blue GPS worked fine, never lost my BT signal and the battery never went out or any werid stuff.
Something that was Neat going into some of the Tunnels my XM radio could still pick up some signals in some parts.
I got these minor issue too, they just make me chuckle. (with both iGuidance and Mapopolis)
Remember you are driving the car, it is just trying to help.
For me it is a old highway, that has a new freeway to south of it. The highway has lots of lights with a speed limit of 50. The freeway has no-lights and spedd limit of 55 and heads more south than east. So the software, sees 50 vs 55, east vs south-east, so old highway is faster right???
PS: I also live off a street that does not go to the main drag at the end. A park replaced connection a few years ago. Both map software believes the street goes though. So when I make the jog around the park... they both complain and reroute, all is good.
I wish the old iGuidance forums were still available at gpspassion.com. Myself and some others had posted some pretty detailed information on some of the routing problems that were going on in version 2.0.1 and later. I just had someone check v.3 for me and the same routing problem still exists. It seems that iG routes well most of the time, but there are certain places where it just goes haywire when calculating the route (i.e. you have a straight shot to your destination, but it will route you through a series of turns instead of just going straight, or for some reason it calculates an obviously less than optimal route - I have experienced both).
My fear is the v.3 is just new maps and gui updates, with no changes to improve the routing at all. It's good that it works for most folks, but if you're one of the folks like me who gets goofy routes in your area, there's not much you can do.
I guess I'll just sit tight with OcN and see what else comes out over the next few months. I had really wanted to get v.3 of iG, but since the problem I experienced still exists I guess I'll pass.
The oldest version of Iguidance was the best for me going to N.C from CT But the new ver just goes nuts.. and Stupid me followed it and it took me WAY out of the way some small town in Maryland while going back to CT.
So I just gave up and when I saw a sign for 95 North I just took that instead and when I got near it started to take me the Correct again, went over the Del Mr. Bridge and then the NJTP then the GWB.
Funny....I've heard so many positive things about v.1's guidance. I don't understand why they haven't gone back to that. I'm guessing Netropa made the change and for some reason we may never know they don't want to, or can't, change back.
It seems that iG routes well most of the time, but there are certain places where it just goes haywire when calculating the route (i.e. you have a straight shot to your destination, but it will route you through a series of turns instead of just going straight, or for some reason it calculates an obviously less than optimal route - I have experienced both).
My fear is the v.3 is just new maps and gui updates, with no changes to improve the routing at all. It's good that it works for most folks, but if you're one of the folks like me who gets goofy routes in your area, there's not much you can do.
You are right. It doesn't happen often, but even with v3 the same routing problems remain.
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Well you have to stay on top of the route options. On my way home from work, if the highways are jammed, I put it on a local route to get me home to avoid highways.
Quickest, Major, Local (and another)
I normally have it set to quickest. Sometimes it will goof, or I will know an "easier" way. I just go that way. It always reroutes. Even if it reroutes to another path... just keep going. It'll just keep rerouting up until the point where you don't know where you are going.
But yea I've found that IGuidance isn't always accurate (rare). The other day I was leaving a hotel. I planned a route and it said to go to the back parking lot and take a road back there. Well it dead ended into a pool. No road. But once I turned out onto the road it rerouted and went normal.
No guidance software will be fully accurate. And the more you use it, the more you'll find little quirks. I always compare ETA and total miles. Once you know to keep an eye out for little quirks, the better off you'll be.
Like stated earlier, you are the driver and the maps are just there to help you. I use my GPS every day and it works very well. I couldn't live without it. I've just now gotten use to switching the route options, but you have to make sure you set it for new routes. If not you'll be driving hundreds of miles of back roads.
You should always keep an eye on the destination. And remember that you'll get to where you're going regardless of how many extra miles you drive from user error.
And learn not to drive based off the audio. A few times, by design of the road, it'll say keep right. Like if there are 2 sets of forks it'll say, "Keep right and follow the signs for 48 East" but the first right goes West and the second right goes East.
Just make a habit of continually checking the map for visual directions.
Well how much Following of the map should I do? When going to my Trip to VA Having just installed Iguidance I forgot to check the setting for routing and it was set to Quickest.
It took me all the way to the FDR Drive!!! Thats SO super out of the way, I got to see the Lower part of NYC, aftering being stuck in NY for an hour and a Half I got to the battery Tunnel and started to see signs for 95 So I took that and muted Iguidance for about 150 Miles.
I never drive based off the Audio, I do look at the Routing List and I can see all the small and wrong turns it has me take.
Make it a habit to check the route list before driving off, especially on a long trip. You can see where it's taking you and then decide if that's what you want to follow. If you think you know a better route at some point, take that and let the program recalculate the route. Or you can use the Avoid/Detour function.
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