Friday, September 18, 2009

Pedestrian Mode - Garmin GPS

The "Enhanced Pedestrian" Mode as featured on the Garmin Nüvi 1200/1300/1400. The  review here is on a Nüvi 1370T

This feature is supposed to enhance the operation of the GPS device when used with the cityExplorer™ maps. It is supposed to incorporate the use of public transit into the navigation while you are on foot. It has not been reviewed in so far as if it is any real use. Pedestrian Mode (with limited functionality) can be used on a device with this feature WITHOUT having to download the cityExplorer™ maps from Garmin.

This is a review of the pedestrian mode itself - not the operation of the function with a cityExplorer™ map - this will be covered in a seperate review.

Like a lot of the features that Garmin offer on its GPS product line, the pedestrian mode is very badly documented. Other examples are the Traffic Alerts and some of the other more esoteric functions such as HotFix™. One would expect to find more information in the operators manual that you have to download from their website. But no! the manuals tell you little more than the sales information you probably used to make your purchase decision.



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