Also it turns out my girlfriends Garmin had it set to OFF, and mine set to ON, and both exhibited identical behaviour, so I think that rules it out. :(
2009/4/30 Jim Ley <[email protected]>: > Interesting, The 705 does indeed have an option to snap to roads, but > I understood it only applied to the map display not the recording, but > maybe it does indeed include the recording, and it would explain why > some things have gone badly off - however I've not changed the setting > between the previous goes and this one. However I have updated the > firmware, so it's possible either the default or the threshold > changed. > > Thanks for the idea! > > 2009/4/30 Gilles Bassière <[email protected]>: >> Looking at your tracks overlaid on Google satellite view, it seems like >> the signal tend to "snap" to the nearby roads. >> >> I've never used a Garmin GPS but I've read somewhere that some devices >> have a "lock on road" feature. I imagine that such feature would make >> the tracks consistent with some stored navigation data (that's only my >> assumption). >> >> Is it possible that such a feature exists and was enabled on your device? > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
