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Navigation Screen Mapping

outdooradventureLarry
over 4 years ago

I am looking for Garmin to improve the navigation on their devices.  One area of improvement is having a bread crumb trail which would show the user without a doubt which way to go if they are following the map.  The problem with the current navigation system is that if you are course which shares the same intersection on the return back to the starting point.  The Garmin device would highlight both roads at the intersection on the device and it may be confusing which way to go.   Why not have a breadcrumb trail so you know for sure which way to go.   Has anyone else run into this situation on a ride and had to make a decision on which way to go?

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    The Garmin does show a breadcrumb trail. If you can't distinguish it from the course, perhaps changing the color of the trail would solve your problem.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to cheracogoff

    Are you saying that the course outline and the breadcrumb trail can be two distinct colors. Can you please tell me the color of the course outline and what setting to change for the breadcrumb trail?

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to outdooradventureLarry

    Look in the map options. There you will find History Line Color which changes the color of the breadcrumb trail. I have read that since the last firmware update, some people are having problems changing the color but it works fine on my unit. The course color will always be magenta.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to cheracogoff

    I think that the course mapping is the breadcrumb trail.  My issue is that since there are no forward directional's on the breadcrumb trail mapping, if you come to an intersection that is used for going out and coming back you may not know which way to go.  The breadcrumb trail needs forward directional markers.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to outdooradventureLarry

    I've been using Edge computers since the 705 version which was introduced around 2008. I've never had a need for directional arrows. The breadcrumb trail is quite clear and different than the course. Why would I mistake it for the course?

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    The Edge does have a breadcrumb it is the light blue line. Also if you activate Turn by Turn navigation you get very clear navigation arrows at intersections and it tells you where to go. So I really don t know what you find missing here.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to outdooradventureLarry

    Then how did you know which way to go the first time you got to that intersection since there is then no breadcrumb telling you anything ?  The breadcrumb trail to be clear is a line that shows where YOU HAVE BEEN. That's what the word means .It is not a line that shows the course not does it meant to show where to go. It shows the past, not the future. On the edge for clarity there are three lines being plotter.

    1) Cyan - the course line, the GPX course track as it is. Always there if you load a course.

    2) Pink - the computer course, which resulting from the initial calculation and is the resulting match between the cyan course and the map database on the Edge. If the course can be followed as is the pink line will overlap the cyan line pretty much. If the course was taking non-existing paths or was going the wrong way on a one way street, for example, the pink line will show a usable way around. The pink like only appear if you enablele Turn by Turn navigation.

    3) Blue - that is what garmin call the history line. You can call this a breadcrumb. It plots the track of your ride so far. With the latest FW update you can actually change the color of that line

    Personally I usually follow courses I know and use them for the datafieled they provide (distance to next course point, ETA etc). So I keep TBT disabled. Doing so I have no pink line, no turn navigation popup. I can see the course on the map with the cyan line if I need it. However if I go in areas I don't know or I travel I sometimes turn on TBT

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to outdooradventureLarry

    There is a big white arrow displayed for how to travel through an intersection. Maybe not if you should just go straight through it, but if it is a turn the arrow is displayed. There is also a navigation popup for some intersections.

    A more visible line for how to ride could be used if you like to see even further ahead how to ride. My experience is that there can only be one big white arrow on the map and it is moved to the next intersection after I've traveled through it, but I haven't checked how it works in more detail so it might be wrong.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to outdooradventureLarry
    outdooradventureLarry said:
    I think that the course mapping is the breadcrumb trail.

    The phrase "bread crumb trail" comes from crumbs dropped as you travel (to trace where you've been).

    You are not using the term in the way it's normally used.