Anyone know if there is any info out there for putting in info relevant for
caravanners? I'd like to avoid goat tracks etc. when I'm out and about :-)

On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:28:14 +0000, Tunku wrote:

> Anyone know if there is any info out there for putting in info relevant
> for caravanners? I'd like to avoid goat tracks etc. when I'm out and
> about

That's mot a POI file you are looking for.

What you need is an HGV routing option. If your SatNav hasn't got that
then there's not much you can do about it.

Oh, just remembered. Select "quickest" rather than "shortest" and choose
to avoid unpaved roads. My Nuvi 200 series does that. StreetPilot had
HGV routing options. Not sure about other models/ranges.


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Tunku <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Anyone know if there is any info out there for putting in info relevant for
> caravanners? I'd like to avoid goat tracks etc. when I'm out and about :-)

I don't think POI have anything to do with it. In general POI is nothing
but a pre-created address

And GPS is different with Crystal-Ball it only can point to the
destination, not knowing when the goat will appear. IOW, if you have some
idea there may be Goat X-ing then choose different route.

Tunku wrote on Oct 9, 2011:

> Anyone know if there is any info out there for putting in info relevant for
> caravanners? I'd like to avoid goat tracks etc. when I'm out and about :-)
>

The Garmin Dezi probably does what you want:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=68620


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Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:28:36 +0100, Mike Lane wrote:

> Tunku wrote on Oct 9, 2011:
>
>> Anyone know if there is any info out there for putting in info relevant for
>> caravanners? I'd like to avoid goat tracks etc. when I'm out and about :-)
>>
>
> The Garmin Dezi probably does what you want:
>
> https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=68620

Note that the name is dezL, not dezI, with a long mark on the e.

They seem to want you to pronounce it "Diesel".

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Gene E. Bloch wrote on Oct 10, 2011:

> On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:28:36 +0100, Mike Lane wrote:
>
>> Tunku wrote on Oct 9, 2011:
>>
>>> Anyone know if there is any info out there for putting in info relevant
>>> for
>>> caravanners? I'd like to avoid goat tracks etc. when I'm out and about :-)
>>>
>>
>> The Garmin Dezi probably does what you want:
>>
>> https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=68620
>
> Note that the name is dezL, not dezI, with a long mark on the e.
>
> They seem to want you to pronounce it "Diesel".
>
>

OK, duly noted. I've always misread the 'l' for an 'i' for some reason.

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Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:41:23 +0100, Mike Lane wrote:

> Gene E. Bloch wrote on Oct 10, 2011:
>
>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:28:36 +0100, Mike Lane wrote:
>>
>>> Tunku wrote on Oct 9, 2011:
>>>
>>>> Anyone know if there is any info out there for putting in info relevant
>>>> for
>>>> caravanners? I'd like to avoid goat tracks etc. when I'm out and about :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Garmin Dezi probably does what you want:
>>>
>>> https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=68620
>>
>> Note that the name is dezL, not dezI, with a long mark on the e.
>>
>> They seem to want you to pronounce it "Diesel".
>>
>
> OK, duly noted. I've always misread the 'l' for an 'i' for some reason.

Lousy font :-)

Arial & other sans-serif fonts are very popular, but lower-case l and
upper-case i look alike. I also have trouble with rn (that's r and n)
versus m in those fonts.

BTW, I followed your link out of curiosity, not to find your error - but
once I noticed it I had to throw in my two cents worth :-)

And the article (ad) was interesting. I had no idea what truckers do for
GPS, so thanks for the link. It's always good to get some education.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)