edgarchen wrote:Hi, stratman2
I notice that the 1500meters proximity range is too broad.
Take an example; Gelang Patah (N) - RSA;
If one has also include the TouchNGo Reload custom POI, there will be a mixture of consecutive prompting between RSA and TouchNGo Reload approaching the toll centre.
I run through a simulation, and notice the alert prompting triggered even on the Gelang Patah (S) - RSA on the opposite side.. This maybe due to the proximity range, irregardless of the waypoint placed on either side of the road, that tend to trigger the alert to sound off.
Maybe someone can put a test on navigation instead.
And just a suggestion, instead of putting 1 waypoint with a proximal range, why dun you break up the waypoints into scatter prompting. Eg. the first prompting will sound off in 1 km perimeter (Awareness), followed by 2nd (Ready to slow down to exit left), placed in the 400m perimeter. [These 2 waypoints with 100meters proximity range only].
As Antyong has mention viewtopic.php?p=14521#p14521
In this way, no more alerts being triggered on the opposite side of the road, and the multiply alerts prompting can be resolved.
Attach is an example on what I suggested.
Hi Ed. Strange.
From what I've learned, true proximity alerts differ from Tour Guides by way of precise waypoint placement. They have to be on a Garmin recognized, mapped road. True proximity alerts are routable while Tour Guide files, which are not routable and are not placed on roads - trigger within a 360 degree radius. I assumed that E3(N) and E3(S) are different tracks by Garmin's definition.
If the Garmin device treats both E3(N) and E3(S) as similar roads, albeit having different names then a 100m proximity range should still trigger from the opposite side, would it not?
I don't think our expressway lanes are that far apart from one another.BTW, Sifu Antyong's suggestion was about the placement of a small 10m radius for the Sharp Bends custom POI file, which I have asserted that once you've passed that trigger point you won't be alerted again - and you may not notice the first warning.
Having multiple trigger points will also spell confusion as to where the exact location of the R&R's entrance points (you have a pre-alert plus the main alert) not to mention the annoyance of having to scroll down the list to find out where you wish to stop. Therefore a custom POI with 50 lay-by areas will show up as 100 waypoints in your screen. Three trigger points will mean wading through 150 waypoints and so on.
I can't please everyone but tell you what bro Ed, I'll have to re-examine each and every waypoint and set the radius individually so that they don't overlap with the TnG toll booths' radii.
Oh well...back to the drawing board.
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