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navigation - best use
When I bought my Blue Z last November I initially planned not to purchase the navigation device. But at the last moment I said "why not" and got it.
I'm glad that I did. I've travelled extensively in the Z and the navigation device was extremely helpful.
But the best use of the navigation device was when driving on curvey mountain roads and stuck behind a slow moving vehicle.
By looking at the navigation map I can tell when the next straight away is coming and pull up close behind the slow vehicle and prepare to pass.
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I'm glad that I did. I've travelled extensively in the Z and the navigation device was extremely helpful.
But the best use of the navigation device was when driving on curvey mountain roads and stuck behind a slow moving vehicle.
By looking at the navigation map I can tell when the next straight away is coming and pull up close behind the slow vehicle and prepare to pass.
Vooooom
chuck
I will second that !!!
I used to use "mapquest " or some other tool to plan out trips.....then have to deal with reading my map in the car........no longer....enter the address/or city and GO!!!
I have also noticed that the NAVI seems to monitor traffic congestion......on my last trip to D.C I noticed that I had a series of red arrows at established contruction zones......and then the same thing occurred when I ran up on traffic due to an accident.....anyone else notice this?
I used to use "mapquest " or some other tool to plan out trips.....then have to deal with reading my map in the car........no longer....enter the address/or city and GO!!!
I have also noticed that the NAVI seems to monitor traffic congestion......on my last trip to D.C I noticed that I had a series of red arrows at established contruction zones......and then the same thing occurred when I ran up on traffic due to an accident.....anyone else notice this?
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Your talking about the Nav that comes with the Z? I have it to and have never seen "Live" updates to current traffic, and I never seen any options for that feature so tell me how to do it!
" I have also noticed that the NAVI seems to monitor traffic congestion......on my last trip to D.C I noticed that I had a series of red arrows at established contruction zones......and then the same thing occurred when I ran up on traffic due to an accident.....anyone else notice this?"
" I have also noticed that the NAVI seems to monitor traffic congestion......on my last trip to D.C I noticed that I had a series of red arrows at established contruction zones......and then the same thing occurred when I ran up on traffic due to an accident.....anyone else notice this?"
It was odd....was running through the PA Tunpike and Maryland (HWY 70?)....they have plenty of contruction restriction zones.....as I went through them I noticed the Arrows..........at the accident site, PA Turnpike Authority had an advisory out on the AM highway channel......this is when I really noticed the arrows on the NAVI......I left thinking that the NAVI was triggered by HWY Authority Advisories...........
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Originally posted by JoneZZZ
I have also noticed that the NAVI seems to monitor traffic congestion......on my last trip to D.C I noticed that I had a series of red arrows at established contruction zones......and then the same thing occurred when I ran up on traffic due to an accident.....anyone else notice this?
I have also noticed that the NAVI seems to monitor traffic congestion......on my last trip to D.C I noticed that I had a series of red arrows at established contruction zones......and then the same thing occurred when I ran up on traffic due to an accident.....anyone else notice this?
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I like to engage the "Shortest distance" and "no highway" features sometimes. From my home in Alameda (near San Francisco) to Dublin in the East Bay it took me over the hills in terrific twisty back roads I didn't know existed. From Koreatown to Hermosa Beach in LA it took me through many different types of residential areas.
dialleft......I have an '04 model.....let me know if you ever notice it......I had my DESTINATION set....in the path of the arrow representing my vehicle were a series of long red arrows(representing congestion?)....
One more item.......ever notice that the "shortest time" between two cities does not take always take you on the same route? I LOVE NAVI!!!!!
One more item.......ever notice that the "shortest time" between two cities does not take always take you on the same route? I LOVE NAVI!!!!!
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Originally posted by JoneZZZ
dialleft......I have an '04 model.....let me know if you ever notice it......I had my DESTINATION set....in the path of the arrow representing my vehicle were a series of long red arrows(representing congestion?)....
One more item.......ever notice that the "shortest time" between two cities does not take always take you on the same route? I LOVE NAVI!!!!!
dialleft......I have an '04 model.....let me know if you ever notice it......I had my DESTINATION set....in the path of the arrow representing my vehicle were a series of long red arrows(representing congestion?)....
One more item.......ever notice that the "shortest time" between two cities does not take always take you on the same route? I LOVE NAVI!!!!!
Never saw the different routes for shortest time, not for the exact same two points. My nav on my SUV does weird stuff like that. We went from San Francisco to Oxnard this weekend. The SUV nav said take I5 to LA and then come back up CA101 as the quickest time which it said would be 7 hours and 23 minutes. When I forced it to calculate taking 101 direct it took 40 minutes off the calculated time.
I love the nav, too.
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The only way the nav system could have information like that would be if it had some sort of wireless receiver capable of picking up updates and someone else to provide them (either local broadcasts a la radio or information relayed from central points via satellite, sort of like a cell phone). That would require special communication hardware in the Z for the nav unit as well as a constant update service provided by some national travel authority like AAA or a well organized government-sponsored system (at least for interstates). That also means some sort of established communication protocol for these systems is needed, so all cars that have different brands of nav systems could receive information from the same broadcast.
While it's a cool idea, that stuff isn't in place for consumers yet, so, no - your Z nav system doesn't have any information about current traffic, construction, or anything else that might have changed that's not on the navigation DVD. I don't know what the arrows you saw were representing, but it isn't t traffic information.
While it's a cool idea, that stuff isn't in place for consumers yet, so, no - your Z nav system doesn't have any information about current traffic, construction, or anything else that might have changed that's not on the navigation DVD. I don't know what the arrows you saw were representing, but it isn't t traffic information.
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Originally posted by vermilion
The only way the nav system could have information like that would be if it had some sort of wireless receiver capable of picking up updates and someone else to provide them (either local broadcasts a la radio or information relayed from central points via satellite, sort of like a cell phone). That would require special communication hardware in the Z for the nav unit as well as a constant update service provided by some national travel authority like AAA or a well organized government-sponsored system (at least for interstates). That also means some sort of established communication protocol for these systems is needed, so all cars that have different brands of nav systems could receive information from the same broadcast.
While it's a cool idea, that stuff isn't in place for consumers yet, so, no - your Z nav system doesn't have any information about current traffic, construction, or anything else that might have changed that's not on the navigation DVD. I don't know what the arrows you saw were representing, but it isn't t traffic information.
The only way the nav system could have information like that would be if it had some sort of wireless receiver capable of picking up updates and someone else to provide them (either local broadcasts a la radio or information relayed from central points via satellite, sort of like a cell phone). That would require special communication hardware in the Z for the nav unit as well as a constant update service provided by some national travel authority like AAA or a well organized government-sponsored system (at least for interstates). That also means some sort of established communication protocol for these systems is needed, so all cars that have different brands of nav systems could receive information from the same broadcast.
While it's a cool idea, that stuff isn't in place for consumers yet, so, no - your Z nav system doesn't have any information about current traffic, construction, or anything else that might have changed that's not on the navigation DVD. I don't know what the arrows you saw were representing, but it isn't t traffic information.
I have the red arrows on mine in the blue line. I just always thought it was represneting what way you are supposed to be going down the road (always thought it was pretty obvious anyway). overall I am happy that I got the nav however
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Originally posted by vermilion
The only way the nav system could have information like that would be if it had some sort of wireless receiver capable of picking up updates and someone else to provide them (either local broadcasts a la radio or information relayed from central points via satellite, sort of like a cell phone). That would require special communication hardware in the Z for the nav unit as well as a constant update service provided by some national travel authority like AAA or a well organized government-sponsored system (at least for interstates). That also means some sort of established communication protocol for these systems is needed, so all cars that have different brands of nav systems could receive information from the same broadcast.
While it's a cool idea, that stuff isn't in place for consumers yet, so, no - your Z nav system doesn't have any information about current traffic, construction, or anything else that might have changed that's not on the navigation DVD. I don't know what the arrows you saw were representing, but it isn't t traffic information.
The only way the nav system could have information like that would be if it had some sort of wireless receiver capable of picking up updates and someone else to provide them (either local broadcasts a la radio or information relayed from central points via satellite, sort of like a cell phone). That would require special communication hardware in the Z for the nav unit as well as a constant update service provided by some national travel authority like AAA or a well organized government-sponsored system (at least for interstates). That also means some sort of established communication protocol for these systems is needed, so all cars that have different brands of nav systems could receive information from the same broadcast.
While it's a cool idea, that stuff isn't in place for consumers yet, so, no - your Z nav system doesn't have any information about current traffic, construction, or anything else that might have changed that's not on the navigation DVD. I don't know what the arrows you saw were representing, but it isn't t traffic information.
Last edited by Aggro_Al; Sep 21, 2004 at 03:32 PM.
Just an update regarding the "possible live traffic updates".....I spent some time in the Users Manual for the Navigation system....NO REFERENCE TO LIVE UPDATES.......I called the help line referenced in the book.....They cannot explain what I described(but are investigating)......
Still happy with both my "Z" and the NAVI.....
JoneZZZ
Still happy with both my "Z" and the NAVI.....
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I believe the red arrows are one way streets. That would include the "one way" or right set of lanes in an interstate or other divided highway.
Before the "Z", I had a motorhome and used a laptop with Street Atlas USA softwarre by DeLorme and a GPS interface. It worked similar to the Z navi except that it lagged the actual by several seconds and would thus sometimes announce the "next turn" some 500 feet after I had passed - a royal pain. (The Z has inertia sensors that make it much more "real time) But.......getting to the point..... The Street Atlas had a (telephone) dial-up option where I could submit a proposed route and get detour info. (I never tested it by interfacing the laptop to our cell phone to see if I could get a "live" update)
Wireless updates do not yet exist.
Before the "Z", I had a motorhome and used a laptop with Street Atlas USA softwarre by DeLorme and a GPS interface. It worked similar to the Z navi except that it lagged the actual by several seconds and would thus sometimes announce the "next turn" some 500 feet after I had passed - a royal pain. (The Z has inertia sensors that make it much more "real time) But.......getting to the point..... The Street Atlas had a (telephone) dial-up option where I could submit a proposed route and get detour info. (I never tested it by interfacing the laptop to our cell phone to see if I could get a "live" update)
Wireless updates do not yet exist.
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The nav is definitely a feature worth getting in the Z. Not only does it provide the practicality and security of knowing 95% of the time you wont get lost, but it adds to the cool factor of the car (like it needed more) due to the color at night and the unique Nissan 2/3 view.
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