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Originally Posted by steph280
No it's full color. Green for parks, blue for lakes, etc.
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Anyone know where in the world those coordinates are? That would be a start..
http://www.mapblast.com/(gfsdug45ywm...+United+States
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Just curious, for those who have actually tried it...is there any advantage of having 'birds eye' view over the standard view?? It looks cooler but that's about all I can think of 
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Originally Posted by Le Burpor
Just curious, for those who have actually tried it...is there any advantage of having 'birds eye' view over the standard view?? It looks cooler but that's about all I can think of
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Originally Posted by Le Burpor
Just curious, for those who have actually tried it...is there any advantage of having 'birds eye' view over the standard view?? It looks cooler but that's about all I can think of
Just a wild guess.
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Does the wedge-in-circle indicator symbol tell you the direction you are actually heading, or what direction you should be heading/turning to reach your intended destination? If the former, the overhead view is unintuitive because it points to the right; most people would assume that the top of the screen is their current direction of travel, whether in a perspective or overhead view.
In any event, the indicated location is an unmapped parking lot off (naturally) Mercedes Drive in Montvale, NJ.
In any event, the indicated location is an unmapped parking lot off (naturally) Mercedes Drive in Montvale, NJ.
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Originally Posted by DWP
Does the wedge-in-circle indicator symbol tell you the direction you are actually heading, or what direction you should be heading/turning to reach your intended destination? If the former, the overhead view is unintuitive because it points to the right; most people would assume that the top of the screen is their current direction of travel, whether in a perspective or overhead view.
In any event, the indicated location is an unmapped parking lot off (naturally) Mercedes Drive in Montvale, NJ.
In any event, the indicated location is an unmapped parking lot off (naturally) Mercedes Drive in Montvale, NJ.
I personally have it set so that my direction of travel is always UP. When I got the software update that lets my single slot play MP3s, I also got a new menu setting for 2 d or 3 d. The 3 d setting is low lighted and can not be selected. I suspect that when new navigation DVDs come out this will be enabled. However, I am totally used to seeing maps on flat paper. I think that this birdseye view is neat, but rather a just-for-show option.
In the past 8 months, I have really gotten used to the system and I have found it very useful to have when I am looking for new addresses. I buy a lot of foreclosures and I tend to drive by the listings on the weekends to see if they are something even remotely appealing. Since I have this system, I have really been able to find the properties as if I always knew where they were! Actual street addresses would be nice to have, but again, I think that will come in the next update/DVD, I hope.
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sorry to interrupt this quaint w211 discussion with the question of if birdseye view is availible in a w209 delivered in usa in feb ?? it is usa spec dvd nav and i was also wondering if there are any software updates for it ??? and if so are they easily done by user or do i gotta go to benz ?
