XT routing offroad despite avoidances
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:36 pm
Hi all, apologies in advance for the "sparse" post, but I'm currently traveling on the bike and had no opportunity to take screenshots or "proofs".
In short: my Zumo XT is mostly forcing to route me through unpaved/very minor roads through illogical/longer routes despite its settings.
The XT is currently set as:
Routing Calculation = faster time
Avoidances = Avoid unpaved roads, allow everything else.
First couple of days of travel, from the hotel to the beginning of the routes I plotted it constantly tried to route us through single track lanes or lanes accessing farm fields. I assumed a mapping error.
Today, in bad weather, I pointed the Zumo to the hotel directly. No routes involved, just A to B navigation.
Route preview looked ok: some motorway and then smaller roads all the way to the hotel. But while on the motorway it must have recalculated the route (no idea why) as at some point the person traveling with me made me notice that I skipped the exit (his Zumo was too navigating towards the hotel and was still giving correct directions). When I checked the route overview, it had changed to something at least 4 times longer than the initial route, going through a very complex set of minor roads.
I stopped navigation, re-started (again pointing to the hotel address/waypoint) and it worked correctly.
I updated maps and software last week (I'll check software version tomorrow).
My friend's XT probably hasn't been updated in a while.
Fairly unreliable as it is (unless it's following my shaping point-rich routes). Is there any known bugs in recent updates by any chance?
As usual, thanks again in advance.
In short: my Zumo XT is mostly forcing to route me through unpaved/very minor roads through illogical/longer routes despite its settings.
The XT is currently set as:
Routing Calculation = faster time
Avoidances = Avoid unpaved roads, allow everything else.
First couple of days of travel, from the hotel to the beginning of the routes I plotted it constantly tried to route us through single track lanes or lanes accessing farm fields. I assumed a mapping error.
Today, in bad weather, I pointed the Zumo to the hotel directly. No routes involved, just A to B navigation.
Route preview looked ok: some motorway and then smaller roads all the way to the hotel. But while on the motorway it must have recalculated the route (no idea why) as at some point the person traveling with me made me notice that I skipped the exit (his Zumo was too navigating towards the hotel and was still giving correct directions). When I checked the route overview, it had changed to something at least 4 times longer than the initial route, going through a very complex set of minor roads.
I stopped navigation, re-started (again pointing to the hotel address/waypoint) and it worked correctly.
I updated maps and software last week (I'll check software version tomorrow).
My friend's XT probably hasn't been updated in a while.
Fairly unreliable as it is (unless it's following my shaping point-rich routes). Is there any known bugs in recent updates by any chance?
As usual, thanks again in advance.