NAV performance near big buildings
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NAV performance near big buildings
When the RX8 is in downtown SF, it cannot receive the GPS signals. That's fine for me, because I don't live in SF. By the time I get there, the NAV knows what direction its going (through the internal sensors). Not today.
I was parked in a parking garage. When I left, the NAV didn't know what direction I was facing. I took a turn to another street, and it thought I was somewhere else (the internal sensors "told" the NAV what direction I was going, but because it had the initial direction wrong, it just kept guessing at where I was). I was just amused at first, because I know how to get to the highway. Then, I was caught in the middle of the intersection and was forced to make a turn. All of a sudden, I was completely lost, because NAV didn't know what direction I was going in. I basically had to drive out of the tall buildings area so the NAV could pick up where I was and where I was going.
It was pretty disappointing, because I've been in that area before and that had never happened to me before.
I was parked in a parking garage. When I left, the NAV didn't know what direction I was facing. I took a turn to another street, and it thought I was somewhere else (the internal sensors "told" the NAV what direction I was going, but because it had the initial direction wrong, it just kept guessing at where I was). I was just amused at first, because I know how to get to the highway. Then, I was caught in the middle of the intersection and was forced to make a turn. All of a sudden, I was completely lost, because NAV didn't know what direction I was going in. I basically had to drive out of the tall buildings area so the NAV could pick up where I was and where I was going.
It was pretty disappointing, because I've been in that area before and that had never happened to me before.
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