Garmin C60CSx and Topo2008

[+sesmith3]

I have noticed that while navigating near my home the track is not showing on the road I am traveling. It seems to be off a consistent distance. Might there be some setting I missed? Humble thanks from a new and happy CSx owner..

[me_chris]

Not sure exactly, but I know that every now and then the mapping people seem to "misplace" a road a few feet in a different direction. My TomTom even does it occasionally.

 

Then again, this is probably one of the main reasons I use an automotive GPS for road navigation and just use my handheld for hiking, geocaching, etc. They have different strengths.

 

Then agian, I don't have a CSx, so there may be some missed setting - but I have noticed the same thing on other devices as well which leads me to believe that the maps are justnot always perfectly accurate.

 

Edit because I cannot spell... Or, well, I can spell but only AFTER I have already submitted a post... :-)

Edited November 6, 2007 by irchriscdk

[gratefulHIKE]

its just how it goes people.....sometimes they are on the ball, and othertimes its just DAYUM whats going on here

[+Team_LPD]

The Topo may be off a bit compared to City Navigtor.

 

Topo isn't marked anywhere near as good as CN for driving around town, which is why I don't use it for that. The only time I use Topo is when I leave the pavement.

[Glenn W]

You're not missing anything at all; Garmin missed the boat when they purchased faulty cartography. The streets are accurately named, but not accurately located. My neighborhood has existed since at least the 1940s. Metroguide, CitySelect, CityNavigator, and the older version of TOPOUSA all show the streets accurately located. However, Topo2008 shows the streets shifted by about 100 feet from their actual locations; my house plots on the wrong block. I can understand minor errors, but this is just sloppy.

 

GW

Edited November 6, 2007 by Glenn W

[+Renegade Knight]

You're not missing anything at all; Garmin missed the boat when they purchased faulty cartography. The streets are accurately named, but not accurately located. My neighborhood has existed since at least the 1940s. Metroguide, CitySelect, CityNavigator, and the older version of TOPOUSA all show the streets accurately located. However, Topo2008 shows the streets shifted by about 100 feet from their actual locations; my house plots on the wrong block. I can understand minor errors, but this is just sloppy.

 

GW

 

They probably changed map vendors.

 

To the OP

Using City Navigator you can use the lock on road option to solve the problem. In topo that's not really an option. I think my old GPS automaticly switches between log on road and free roaming depending on the map set I'm looking at. It also shows me in my neighbors house when using topo. That's the nature of maps.