Magellan Navigation

[RickS]

Hello folks. During 'That Review' by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear, he demonstrated the sat-nav plotting the route he'd just followed whist off-road & claimed if he got lost, he'd just turn around & follow the trail back! Does anyone know how to set the system up to do that?

[33q]

On my Amundsen if you are off road the direction required is displayed with an arrow.......so Jezzer just followed the direction of the arrow I guess

[Urrell]

Hello folks. During 'That Review' by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear, he demonstrated the sat-nav plotting the route he'd just followed whist off-road & claimed if he got lost, he'd just turn around & follow the trail back! Does anyone know how to set the system up to do that?

Do you have a rear view camera?

It uses that to record the outward journey so it can display a retrace route picture on the way back.

 

This is installation in a Jeep: http://www.off-road.com/jeep/review/magellan-gps-installation-for-offroad-navigation-53859.html

[Brijo]

This feature is called a 'breadcrumb trail' or 'trackback' on a hand-held GPS but I'd not heard of it before on a sat-nav.  Useful, in all sorts of situations!  A follow-arrow system simply points directly towards the intended destination, which isn't any help in finding a route around or through obstacles like water and woodland. 

[softscoop]

I assume you mean this bit?

 

Looks like he's recorded lots of separate points.

 

[Urrell]

I assume you mean this bit?

 

Looks like he's recorded lots of separate points.

 

Yes, that's Clarkson.

[freedie]

What a....

[RickS]

Hello Urrell, no I don't have a rear view camera linked to my Magellan, sadly, but a good idea & certainly something to consider next time I visit the dealer! Softscoop, I saw the pattern he drew towards the end, but when he first started the off-road sequence, he showed the trace being created, must be something to do with the 'Waypoint' feature. I'll keep playing around until I crack it. Cheers.

[Yetigreenline2]

You can do this on the Columbus sat nav I have activated it once but you have to be classed as off-road I believe

[Macdemon]

I assume you mean this bit?

 

Looks like he's recorded lots of separate points.

 

 

That merely indicates that Jeremy himself is the 'penis' haha