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when navigating a saved course, Garmin gives me wrong turn instructions

DaveWaterloo
over 2 years ago

I don't use my Garmin for navigating a saved course very often, but when I do, it gives me wrong turn by turn instructions.   Since I generally know the direction I want to go in, I've figured out when it is wrong, but this would be a big problem if I was riding where I didn't know the area.   

Most recent example, see photo, as I approach my next turn the Garmin is telling me to turn left, see upper corner.  The audio ques say to turn left.  If I turn left, I get the alert that I'm off course and need to do a U-turn.  This example, you can see that as I got close to the turn, the main map was telling me to turn right (which was correct). 

I have the latest software installed. 

I find when I'm navigating a saved course, the Garmin will do this (tell me to turn the wrong way) about 30% of the time. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Note that you can enable a screen capture mode, which would produce images that are much clearer.

    This intersection looks a bit odd too (“Line 39”?).

    These are usually the result of the course not being created quite right.

    The course should be created using the same maps that are installed on the device (Openstreetmap).

    Seeing the course can be useful. Can you provide a link to it? 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to dpawlyk

    Line 39 is this street name I was about to turn onto.    Here is a link to my route, which I created with Garmin Connect on my laptop and transferred it to my Garmin 1030, a few years ago. In fact I don't recall having this issue (telling me to turn the wrong way) with this route before, but I get this turn the wrong way issue on other routes as well.  All created on Garmin Connect on my laptop and then transferred to the Garmin 1030.  . Garmin Connect

    Thanks

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to DaveWaterloo

    The page is not set to public.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to dpawlyk

    Can you see this?  Garmin Connect  

    I checked and my privacy settings are set to everyone.  Not sure why you can't see the course. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to DaveWaterloo

    Maybe the riddle's solution:
    (However, your link leads to an activity, not to a course file…)

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to DaveWaterloo

    The problem is with the course. There are two issues.

    1. The course goes past the intersection and does a U-turn. Look at the little line on the upper-left side of the big white arrow. These little errors can confuse the route calculator.
    2. The course doesn't follow the roads on the device's map. This isn't always an issue but it can also confuse the route calculator.

    The fix for 1 is to not click at intersections. Click on a straight-away after intersections. Note that you don't need to click a lot. Click "enough" to get the route you want and let the course planner do its work.

    The fix for 1 is to select OpenStreetMap in Garmin Connect (upper right). You are using Google maps. Things work better if you use the same map as installed on the device.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to mcinner1

    No, that is where I turned left, following the upper right corner marker and the audio que said to turn left.  However, I was then told I was off course and when I reversed, and followed what would have been a right turn onto Line 39, it was the right course, as the main screen was indicating which way to turn correctly.  

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to dpawlyk

    OK, I'll try those suggestions next time I build a route, thank you.