Originally Posted by
Steve B.
I recall an article many years ago in The NY Times about a guy who worked for NavTech, or whomever the company is that Garmin hires to make the maps and routing. This guy would drive around metro areas like Boston and NY and develop what “he” thought was the best routes in these areas. He also was tasked to check on construction, etc., Botton line is you are at the mercy of somebody who thinks you should go a certain way,...
Sounds like BS. Without being able to read it ourselves, no one can tell if you are recalling it correctly. It's hearsay.
Routing doesn't depend on "guys driving around" now (or possibly ever).
Originally Posted by
Steve B.
Often times they are wrong, though when Google Maps tells me to go a way I think is j correct, especially on long highway trips, I look carefully at where I think I want to go and often find big construction zones, accidents, etc….. Google is often correct. Garmin I have zero faith in, cycling or in a car,
??? The data for "big construction zones,,accidents, etc" are hard to get (the routing might not be considering them). The routing is rarely "wrong" (going to some other place or an overly long way around) but it might not be the "best" (especially, if you have local knowledge).