The only thing about the M45's is that I could not see it because it was so sunny outside, that I could not see the screen. They have nothing for the shield to keep the sun from making the nav null and void. I did like the view of the downtown buildings, that was nice. But, this adds a nice touch to BMWs Nav...everyone knows that BMW does not have the best Nav in the business.

 

The pics only show birds eye in the 10km and 1km range.
If you go down to 200m or 100m, it probably looks nicer and more 'in' the picture.

 

Here is 200M

 

I like what they did with the softkeys being displayed. The birdview is not something to loose sleep over. Nevertheless, I will still like get this upgrade though.

 

Are the streetnames displayed when you zoom in close enough? I notice they aren't present in this pic. Also, is the name of the street you're currently on displayed anywhere? I liked that feature in the SL 500 I drove -- the name of the street showed up in the instrument cluster under the speedometer.

 

Looks a bit like that old Atari video game - Pole Position. Vrrrrooooooooommm!

 

i think the birds' eye view is a nice upgrade. i don't think we should expect buildings and moving clouds from BMW just yet

but if you think about it, in real life, the birds eye view is how we see the world on the road. its more of a realistic view as compared to what we have right now <_<

BTW, anyone know when 16.1 will make its debut here in the USA?

 

I disagree, we should expect this from BMW. They are a forerunner in the luxury class market. Even before I purchased my car, I knew the NAV was not that great, but you know, I have seen websites that look better (not to criticize). I rode in my brother-in-laws car in Japan were he installed an off-the-shelf NAV. It looked MUCH better than BMW's AND it had the buildings. In South Korea, the cab drivers have NAV's that look like something from 2010!

The NAV is good, but is an industry standard that BMW is, they should have consulted some HEAVY hitters in software development and came out with a NAV that is advanced as the 5 and 7 series. Especially when there comtemporaries have NAV that are much more advanced.

Again, not criticizing, just saying what I see.

 

I disagree, we should expect this from BMW. They are a forerunner in the luxury class market. Even before I purchased my car, I knew the NAV was not that great, but you know, I have seen websites that look better (not to criticize). I rode in my brother-in-laws car in Japan were he installed an off-the-shelf NAV. It looked MUCH better than BMW's AND it had the buildings. In South Korea, the cab drivers have NAV's that look like something from 2010!

The NAV is good, but is an industry standard that BMW is, they should have consulted some HEAVY hitters in software development and came out with a NAV that is advanced as the 5 and 7 series. Especially when there comtemporaries have NAV that are much more advanced.

Again, not criticizing, just saying what I see.
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Sorry, this was Ruf. I forgot to log in.

 

I disagree, we should expect this from BMW. They are a forerunner in the luxury class market. Even before I purchased my car, I knew the NAV was not that great, but you know, I have seen websites that look better (not to criticize). I rode in my brother-in-laws car in Japan were he installed an off-the-shelf NAV. It looked MUCH better than BMW's AND it had the buildings. In South Korea, the cab drivers have NAV's that look like something from 2010!

The NAV is good, but is an industry standard that BMW is, they should have consulted some HEAVY hitters in software development and came out with a NAV that is advanced as the 5 and 7 series. Especially when there comtemporaries have NAV that are much more advanced.

Again, not criticizing, just saying what I see.
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The buidings would have to be on the data DVD. So that would be a NAVTech issue.