Hi, folks!
I hope everybody is doing well this week.
Recently, I had to do a lot of driving. Had to do something to take my mind off the hurricanes I've been fleeing, so I began playing around with NAV.
I discovered that you can pull up POI names by typing them in.
Try it. I spelled out "HOLIDAY INN" and it gave me over 200. I sorted the list by distance, then picked the one closest to me, hit "route", and she routed me right to it!
I was also able to find a "detour" function. Yup, it's in there! While you're driving, hit "route" and "detour", then choose the distance. At various times, it may say 3 miles, 5 miles, 10 miles. Other times, you may be offered choices of 5 miles, 10 miles, 15 miles. Works pretty good, particularly if you are on a freeway and want to get off and circumvent a traffic accident that lies ahead of you.
I found that I can tap the left-screen (I always use dual-screen mode because it's very "Trekkie" and quite useful at the same time), with the left side "north up" and the right side "front of car up"). When you tap, the screen will pan and scroll to "center" the bull's eye. You can zoom in and out and pan to actually locate turnoffs, geographic, road, or other landmarks. The left-hand display will even show me the distance to the "bulls-eye" cursor. You have to look at those distance icons and use common-sense to figure out what they mean.
It takes practice. But with practice, I found that I can "pick" and "poke" the left-screen, then hit "route" to get her to direct me to a destination, even while in motion!
NAV has tons and tons of options, folks.
If you are lucky enough to have NAV, you really should be playing with it. And yes, I do mean "playing" with it. You have to treat it like a game, or else you won't learn it. "Playing" is really the best possible way to start finding this stuff! If you don't take the time and make the effort to find the features, then you will be losing out on this fantastic capability.
Yeah, I know the manual sucks. I'd rewrite it, but I just began working on my PhD, so I regretfully will have to decline. Somebody else will have to undertake that task.
Bad manual notwithstanding, NAV really is a FANTASTIC tool. Not using it is a decision you make to your own potential detriment, particularly if you find yourself in a strange city. I never even realized how many little towns there are in "old Florida" and South Georgia! It's like being on a constant Easter egg hunt! Fun stuff!
So I urge you to take the time. Approach it with a child's curiosity, and you will be fascinated at what you can learn, even in your own lifelong stomping-grounds!
She knows what McDonald's is, and she knows where all of the Holiday Inn hotels are. I don't eat at McDonald's, but I figure anybody who knows where they are can't be all that bad! Get to know her, and she'll be really good at helping you out.
Now go forth and self-educate!
I hope everybody is doing well this week.
Recently, I had to do a lot of driving. Had to do something to take my mind off the hurricanes I've been fleeing, so I began playing around with NAV.
I discovered that you can pull up POI names by typing them in.
Try it. I spelled out "HOLIDAY INN" and it gave me over 200. I sorted the list by distance, then picked the one closest to me, hit "route", and she routed me right to it!
I was also able to find a "detour" function. Yup, it's in there! While you're driving, hit "route" and "detour", then choose the distance. At various times, it may say 3 miles, 5 miles, 10 miles. Other times, you may be offered choices of 5 miles, 10 miles, 15 miles. Works pretty good, particularly if you are on a freeway and want to get off and circumvent a traffic accident that lies ahead of you.
I found that I can tap the left-screen (I always use dual-screen mode because it's very "Trekkie" and quite useful at the same time), with the left side "north up" and the right side "front of car up"). When you tap, the screen will pan and scroll to "center" the bull's eye. You can zoom in and out and pan to actually locate turnoffs, geographic, road, or other landmarks. The left-hand display will even show me the distance to the "bulls-eye" cursor. You have to look at those distance icons and use common-sense to figure out what they mean.
It takes practice. But with practice, I found that I can "pick" and "poke" the left-screen, then hit "route" to get her to direct me to a destination, even while in motion!
NAV has tons and tons of options, folks.
If you are lucky enough to have NAV, you really should be playing with it. And yes, I do mean "playing" with it. You have to treat it like a game, or else you won't learn it. "Playing" is really the best possible way to start finding this stuff! If you don't take the time and make the effort to find the features, then you will be losing out on this fantastic capability.
Yeah, I know the manual sucks. I'd rewrite it, but I just began working on my PhD, so I regretfully will have to decline. Somebody else will have to undertake that task.
Bad manual notwithstanding, NAV really is a FANTASTIC tool. Not using it is a decision you make to your own potential detriment, particularly if you find yourself in a strange city. I never even realized how many little towns there are in "old Florida" and South Georgia! It's like being on a constant Easter egg hunt! Fun stuff!
So I urge you to take the time. Approach it with a child's curiosity, and you will be fascinated at what you can learn, even in your own lifelong stomping-grounds!
She knows what McDonald's is, and she knows where all of the Holiday Inn hotels are. I don't eat at McDonald's, but I figure anybody who knows where they are can't be all that bad! Get to know her, and she'll be really good at helping you out.
Now go forth and self-educate!