[mkgmap-dev] Inter tile routing problems

Wed Mar 11 16:10:40 GMT 2009

On 11 Mar 2009, at 24:26 , Wolfgang v. Hansen wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Apollinaris Schoell wrote:
>
>> In general it's working great now
>> did a couple of tests with a Etrex Vista and Mapsource Main problem  
>> is the
>> Garmin algorithm not the map itself. It will always try to find the  
>> way
>> crossing less tiles instead choosing the shortest/fastest route. If  
>> I insert
>> a through point the whole route is perfect.
>
> This is an interesting observation. Do you experience the same with  
> the original Garmin maps? OTOH, my experience with Garmin routing  
> for long distances (on City Navigator) is that you normally get a  
> route along the Autobahn. Often the result will be neither the  
> shortest nor the fastest path.
>

Don't have any City Navigator maps to confirm. Have only the  
Natinalpark map. But this one doesn't have many roads and it's a  
regular pattern.

>>
> -Wolfgang
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