Dots on the Route

[pikov]

The dots on the route appear to be equally-spaced.

Can anayone tell me what the spacing is (US map)?

Thanks.

 

[thaJack]

I don't know that they represent any particular distance. It would be nice if they did.. and if so, we knew what it was. Good question.

 

[Trey]

I thought they were little arrows telling you which direction you should be traveling in on the street...

 

[Nextourer]

The dots on the route appear to be equally-spaced.

Can anayone tell me what the spacing is (US map)?

Thanks.

They're distance markers. I'm using metric so every dot is 100m on mine.

 

[thaJack]

They're distance markers. I'm using metric so every dot is 100m on mine.

How do you know this? Do you have any documentation indicating this?

 

[pharos_hill]

Interesting! I noted these using imperial units in the USA and they are definitely not in 1/10s of a mile....

 

[thaJack]

Interesting! I noted these using imperial units in the USA and they are definitely not in 1/10s of a mile....

Yes, I had initially figured they were that, too.. but then when I measured them, they definitely aren't any particular distance apart.

 

[jzerocsk]

Yes, I had initially figured they were that, too.. but then when I measured them, they definitely aren't any particular distance apart.

I was watching them the other night and they appeared to be about .05 mile.

 

[pharos_hill]

"Yes, I had initially figured they were that, too.. but then when I measured them, they definitely aren't any particular distance apart."



...which is kinda funky, considering that they could be a useful, additional indicator of distance. You'd think that they have to be based upon some mathematical parameter, though???...

 

[pharos_hill]

I was watching them the other night and they appeared to be about .05 mile.

I seem to recall (and this will bear checking) that it depended upon the degree of magnification you were using for the map what their apparent spacing approximated to.

 

[ftldny]

I tried counting the dots against the distance to the next waypoint while driving today and almost ran off the road, so I checked it on the route demo when I got home instead.

Running the demo on my One V2 at half speed to make it easier to count, there are very close to 16 dots per mile, consistently. One sixteenth of a mile is amost exactly 100 metres (100.58), so each dot must be 100 metres, as a previous poster noted.

Looks like the maps display 100 metre spacing dots regardless of whether your units are set for metric or imperial.

Bill

 

[LoneStarMBA]

I tried this too and concur. At first I thought it was 1/20th of a mile but it wasn't exactly. Unlike the smarter you. I drove a couple of miles and counted. lol Oh well. At least I can confirm it is 100 meters.

 

[pikov]

I tried counting the dots against the distance to the next waypoint while driving today and almost ran off the road, so I checked it on the route demo when I got home instead.

Running the demo on my One V2 at half speed to make it easier to count, there are very close to 16 dots per mile, consistently. One sixteenth of a mile is amost exactly 100 metres (100.58), so each dot must be 100 metres, as a previous poster noted.

Looks like the maps display 100 metre spacing dots regardless of whether your units are set for metric or imperial.

Bill

Way to go, Bill!! Thanks for doing that. 1/16 mi is also 110 yards, not a very useful number. 3.75 sec at 60 MPH

 

[lseiler]

Dots?

I'm also not sure but last night on more than once it seemed to 100 yard increments. When the TT told me 800 yds turn right, there were 8 dots. This too needs to be verified.