[mkgmap-dev] unknown road and cycleway routing

Thu Feb 14 10:59:00 GMT 2013

On 2013-02-14 12:50, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
>
> Hi Gerd,
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, GerdP wrote:
>
>> Hi Thorsten,
>>
>> I've updated my Oregon 450t a few weeks ago.
>> Can you say with what version (or firmware date) the routing was changed?
>> Is it possible to go back to an old version?
>
> About the Oregon: I don't know, I don't own one.
> For the 62s, it was the switch from 3.x to 4.x
> In general: at the moment where activity routing was added,
> routing for OSM was broken.

"activity routing" only shows up in mkgmap related threads.
while i doubt they would do it to an old device like vista hcx, i'd like 
to know which devices to avoid :)

> About firmware downgrade: I had never problems to go back.
> You cannot use the webupdater for this, but you need to
> download the old firmware and apply it manual.
>
> I can search for the download side if necessary.
>
>    Thorsten
>
>> Thorsten Kukuk wrote
>>> On Thu, Feb 14, Minko wrote:
>>>
>>>> @Thorsten
>>>> Newer firmwares do work if you use car instead of bicycle for bicycle
>>>> routing.
>>>> By default the carpool lanes are blocked for bicycles in cycling mode.
>>>
>>> Yes, with a huge amount of hacks and complex settings it works
>>> more or less, but I still prefer the old firmwares, where I don't
>>> need all this hacks. There I only need to switch between foot, car or
>>> bicycle and routing is always correct.
>>>
>>>    Thorsten
>>>
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