Inaccurate Sat Nav
10-04-2005, 05:45 AM
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My Ride: 535d Auto M Sport delivered 04/10/05, Carbon Black, Beige Ventilated Nasca Leather, Dark Poplar Wood, Media Pack - Sat Nav Pro, Bmw Assist, Bluetooth phone prep + telematics + snap in adapter for Nokia 6230i & 6 CD, Visibility Pack - bi-xenons, adaptive headlights and Headlight Wash, HUD, High Gloss Shadow Line, Extended Lights, HiFi System, Extended Voice, M Spoiler and Heated/ventilated f/seats. Chrome Grills. M Double Spoke 19" Mixed Wheels 172 with 245/35 front and 275/30 rear (Non-runflat continentals) Spare wheel and jack. Supaglass.
Just collected my car and the nav is reading about 20 yards different to where I actually am, so it has me driving off road ! Anyone experienced this and know how to reset the navigation ?
10-04-2005, 05:52 AM
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My Ride: GONE BUT NOT FOGOTTEN : 530d SE Auto : Titanium Grey / Anthracite Leather, Poplar Trim, 18in 123 Style Alloys, Adaptive Bi-Xenons, Business Nav, Hi-Fi Speaker Package, Heated seats, Split-Fold Rear Seats
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I had something very similar when I collected my car (a long time ago now!) - it would be about 20yards out for turnings etc. The dealer did something to reset the SW and it snapped back in line and I have never seen it since.
10-04-2005, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Boxsterfeet' date='Oct 4 2005, 01:45 PM
Just collected my car and the nav is reading about 20 yards different to where I actually am, so it has me driving off road ! Anyone experienced this and know how to reset the navigation ?
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10-04-2005, 07:52 AM
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My Ride: GONE BUT NOT FOGOTTEN : 530d SE Auto : Titanium Grey / Anthracite Leather, Poplar Trim, 18in 123 Style Alloys, Adaptive Bi-Xenons, Business Nav, Hi-Fi Speaker Package, Heated seats, Split-Fold Rear Seats
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Originally Posted by colejl' date='Oct 4 2005, 03:40 PM
[quote name='Boxsterfeet' date='Oct 4 2005, 01:45 PM']Just collected my car and the nav is reading about 20 yards different to where I actually am, so it has me driving off road ! Anyone experienced this and know how to reset the navigation ?
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10-04-2005, 09:28 AM
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20 yards is pretty good.
The worst that happened to me was... I found myself driving through Poland on the map, but was in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. A difference of just about 1000 Km's.
But it only happened for a couple days.
The worst that happened to me was... I found myself driving through Poland on the map, but was in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. A difference of just about 1000 Km's.
But it only happened for a couple days.
10-04-2005, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by marty530d' date='Oct 4 2005, 03:52 PM
[quote name='colejl' date='Oct 4 2005, 03:40 PM'][quote name='Boxsterfeet' date='Oct 4 2005, 01:45 PM']Just collected my car and the nav is reading about 20 yards different to where I actually am, so it has me driving off road ! Anyone experienced this and know how to reset the navigation ?
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[/quote]He he - and the government wants to do road charging based on GPS...
10-04-2005, 09:59 AM
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My Ride: 535d Auto M Sport delivered 04/10/05, Carbon Black, Beige Ventilated Nasca Leather, Dark Poplar Wood, Media Pack - Sat Nav Pro, Bmw Assist, Bluetooth phone prep + telematics + snap in adapter for Nokia 6230i & 6 CD, Visibility Pack - bi-xenons, adaptive headlights and Headlight Wash, HUD, High Gloss Shadow Line, Extended Lights, HiFi System, Extended Voice, M Spoiler and Heated/ventilated f/seats. Chrome Grills. M Double Spoke 19" Mixed Wheels 172 with 245/35 front and 275/30 rear (Non-runflat continentals) Spare wheel and jack. Supaglass.
It's sorted itself out now - all of a sudden I was in the right place ! Phew ! Otherwise everthing else is great.
10-04-2005, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Boxsterfeet' date='Oct 4 2005, 05:59 PM
It's sorted itself out now - all of a sudden I was in the right place ! Phew ! Otherwise everthing else is great.
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10-04-2005, 12:00 PM
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My Ride: (USA) 645Ci, Silver Gray, Chateau, Cold Weather PKG, Premium Sound PKG, Sport PKG, Step, NAV [Std Equip in 645], HUD, Satellite (SIRIUS) Radio, Aux Input, Bluetooth enabled using iPhone 3GS w/ adapter cradle - Build date - 01/05, Baby delivered 2/24/05
Originally Posted by colejl' date='Oct 4 2005, 11:40 AM
[quote name='Boxsterfeet' date='Oct 4 2005, 01:45 PM']Just collected my car and the nav is reading about 20 yards different to where I actually am, so it has me driving off road ! Anyone experienced this and know how to reset the navigation ?
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[/quote]Cannot get to that site from work, but....GPS constellation is healthy. We are moving a few around (drifting), but have plenty to satisfy all civil and military applications. It takes 24 satellites for a full constellation and we have 28 up and running. The first Modernized (IIR[M]) was launched a little more than a week ago and will undergo a 120 day shakedown. Next launch with the 2nd new modernized IIR(M) version is slated for NET 1 FEB '06.
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In yacht GPS a common cause for slight errors is due to incorrect setting of the map standard - there are different conventions used for different maps, though gradually standardising - eg most yacht charts in UK were OSGB nased, but newer ones are WGS84. Detaiols irrelevant, but can be 50-100m different (enough to hit a rock on a yacht).