+DocW Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 Hi folks out there! I've just bought a new GPSr, a Magellan MeriGold, which exchanges my Garmin III plus. The Gold is the superiour GPSr in any discipline, but there is one thing, where I have a problem with: If I go out caching and have to navigate in the mid-distance (3-20km apart from the location) normally I am using the map page. The Garmin offers on this page also a little arrow to help you remind the general direction, while using the road display to select the right crossing etc. Unfortunately, I can't find this feature on the Gold, it has a map page, but no little compass on that page, I allway have to switch between the big compass page and the map page. So my question to you guys: Is this special feature something, which Mr. Garmin has patented? How do you get along with this situation? Do you have a need to get along with it? Is there some function, which I didn't find? Thx Wulf Quote Link to comment
+headmj Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 Wulf, Magellan jst released a firmware upgrade that will give you this feature. It was not available in earlier versions. See the other post in this forum on the upgrade. Quote Link to comment
+DocW Posted December 22, 2002 Author Share Posted December 22, 2002 huh, really? I did already install 4.02 this morning, but in the readme I couldn't find such a feature, that was the reason for my post. thx for your reply. Quote Link to comment
+DocW Posted December 22, 2002 Author Share Posted December 22, 2002 Yeahh!! You are right!!! This is the sentence: 7. Added a feature to draw a second line from current position to destination after an "GOTO" or "route" is activated. So I just went outside (Here in Germany it is already pitch dark, its damned cold, windy and rainy: in summary perfect weather for checking the equipment) Its on the Map-Setup, Display menu, there you now can choose between two types of lines: Start to destination and position to destination. YEPPP! THIS is the feature I was looking for! I was really thinking of taking the unit back to the store. Thx and keep on hunting for stash! Wulf Quote Link to comment
Ed2002 Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 If you mean the so called "pointer": I think there is no similar feature in the Meridians,and AFAIK they did not include it in V 4.02; you can only use the "Turn" field, which is the alphanumeric equivalent of the "pointer". ED Quote Link to comment
+DocW Posted December 22, 2002 Author Share Posted December 22, 2002 Ed, you are right, the pointer! But the new function in 4.02 is a rubberband between you and your destination, its fairly the same than the pointer. Wulf Quote Link to comment
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