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A different approach to SatNav

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The only SatNav I have access to is on my smartphone but as far as I can see I can't tell it to take this or that route. So going cross-country on the route I want is problematic.

I've tried writing down the route and going over it with SatNav1 and while she is a very good map reader, her problem is that she needs different glasses for looking at road signs and for the map. So it all gets a bit stressful at times as she frantically swaps pairs and we miss our junction. So I had a :idea: moment.

She has a very good visual memory and mine's not too bad. So I used Google Maps and looked at my intended route. Where the junctions were I used Streetview to 'drive up' to the junction and looked for some key visual indicator to look out for. I screen grabbed the image and colour printed it out. Then I navigated to the other side of the junction for the return journey and repeated the process. Move on to the next junction and repeat.

Worked like a charm. We never went wrong. SatNav1 was delighted that it was a stress-free journey and we segued our way in down a convenient B-road joining the queue for the RNAS Airshow carparks almost at the front - bypassing a two-hour queue from the other direction. :D
 
The Garmin App on my phone has a trip planner so you can preset the route you want take. Also shows traffic etc and junction photos and works really well with free updates.
My wife is hopeless with maps and has no sense of direction or geography. I've relied on Sat Navs for the last 15yrs - brought one back from the States in 2000. An enormous beast with a tiny screen and small memory but worked well.
The worst one is my car one which always wants us to go the way we don't want to [emoji3] it does show traffic problems though.

Rod
 
9fingers":20nmpyb3 said:
The way I persuade my sat nav to take the route I want, is to identify some strategic way points unique to my desired route and tell it to perform an itinerary composed of those way points.

Bob
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That's what I do, works quite well.
 
I'm not sure the one in my phone will let me do that.
 
That's how mine works ( they are called "Way Points"
You have to be careful if you are using a dual cwy or Motorway that you choose the correct side!!

Rod
 
Rod":3orojl8i said:
That's how mine works ( they are called "Way Points"
You have to be careful if you are using a dual cwy or Motorway that you choose the correct side!!

Rod
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Yep - cos mine insists that we pass through the way point before she'll let us continue - so if it's the other side of the carriageway .....! DAMHIKT.
 
Andyp":3p78zghq said:
Has Satnav1 tried varifocals?
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No, she hasn't but TBH it's only on these rare occasions that she has the spectacle swap puzzle.
 
Sorry guys I just had to put this here.



The Satnav

I have a little Satnav, It sits there in my car
A Satnav is a driver's friend it tells you where you are.

I have a little Satnav, I've had it all my life
It's better than the normal ones, My Satnav is my wife.

It gives me full instructions, Especially how to drive
"It's sixty miles an hour", it says, "You're doing sixty five".

It tells me when to stop and start, And when to use the brake
And tells me that it's never ever, Safe to overtake.

It tells me when a light is red, And when it goes to green
It seems to know instinctively, Just when to intervene.

It lists the vehicles just in front, And all those to the rear
And taking this into account, It specifies my gear.

I'm sure no other driver, Has so helpful a device
For when we leave and lock the car, It still gives its advice.

It fills me up with counselling, Each journey's pretty fraught
So why don't I exchange it, And get a quieter sort?

Ah well, you see, it cleans the house, Makes sure I'm properly fed
It washes all my shirts and things, And keeps me warm in bed!

Despite all these advantages, And my tendency to scoff,
I only wish that now and then, I could turn the bugger off.
 
Very good.

The last sentence reminds me of when we hired a car in Japan. It had built-in SatNav. No-one could tell us how to change it (if indeed it could be) to English. So we set off.

"Hi ha hde nawashe dishda Hi" it went - or sounds to that effect.

"Anything in the book? " I said to SatNav1. The book written in Japanese.

I applied the Law of 100 chimpanzees and Shakespeare. Ten miles further on, I managed to get the Law to work.

Silence. Bliss. Then we stopped for some groceries and recommenced our journey.

"Hi ha hde nawashe dishda Hi"
 
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