GPS with "fewest turns" option
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Nuvi-Nebie
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Although I can't say I've seen 'Fewest Turns' option, there are similar Navigation options available on Sat-Navs. As a general rule Sat-Navs try to plan a route that goes up in road size and then descends again in road size near the destination, I quite often select 'Avoid Motorways' unless I am travelling hundreds of miles, because I find Sat-Navs seem to go out of there way to get to a motorway only to leave it one or two junctions later, when it's not worth the bother. The kind of Navigational options I have seen include :-
Avoid Unpaved roads / Tracks
Avoid Changing roads
Minimize Turns
Although some of these are more common on Smartphone Navigation Apps.
There is quite a selection of Voice activated Sat--Navs available, including :-
Garmin Nuvi 2597
TomTom Via 135
TomTom Go 510
Avoid Unpaved roads / Tracks
Avoid Changing roads
Minimize Turns
Although some of these are more common on Smartphone Navigation Apps.
There is quite a selection of Voice activated Sat--Navs available, including :-
Garmin Nuvi 2597
TomTom Via 135
TomTom Go 510
Thank you. A wealth of info. If the Nuvi 2597 has a " minimize turns" option I will surely consider it.
Why don't you think the "minimize turns" option is what I am looking for?
I know my Smartphone can do all this but I don't like wasting airtime.
Why don't you think the "minimize turns" option is what I am looking for?
I know my Smartphone can do all this but I don't like wasting airtime.
Nuvi-Nebie
Moderator
I think 'Minimize Turns' is what you are looking for, I placed it last on the list because I have only seen this on a Smart Phone Apps. the User manual for the 2597 (Link HERE), only seems to say this about changing routes (Page 8) :-
You could plot / edit a route on a computer and then download it to your Sat-Nav, but that is a bit of a long winded way to get what you want
You could plot / edit a route on a computer and then download it to your Sat-Nav, but that is a bit of a long winded way to get what you want
This is why I would think Garmin and others would be struggling. They have an edge only in that they don't use air time.
Do you recall which app has a "minimize turns" option? The 2597 obviously won't. Thanks again.
Nuvi-Nebie
Moderator
I am sure I have seen 'Minimize Turns' in the Waze App. in the past, however I think the version I have on my smartphone must have updated itself, because I can't see it now, there is a website that describes it here (Click link)
BTW
If you are thinking of using a Smart phone App., it's worth remembering that although Waze uses on-line maps, there are Apps. that download maps to your phone so you don't need a link to the internet to use them, i.e. no 'Air-Time', they include OsmAnd and MapsMe
BTW
If you are thinking of using a Smart phone App., it's worth remembering that although Waze uses on-line maps, there are Apps. that download maps to your phone so you don't need a link to the internet to use them, i.e. no 'Air-Time', they include OsmAnd and MapsMe
This is something they desperately need to implement as an option... especially important if you're driving bigger vehicles with trailers, etc.
There's a particularly interesting little bug (ok, not really a bug) that happens near where I live... the main highway has a parallel road through a town.. both have a 50kph speed limit, but the GPS must calculate the parallel road to be about 2 feet shorter in distance and it tells you to take it...
There's a particularly interesting little bug (ok, not really a bug) that happens near where I live... the main highway has a parallel road through a town.. both have a 50kph speed limit, but the GPS must calculate the parallel road to be about 2 feet shorter in distance and it tells you to take it...