View Poll Results: Which Map Orientation do You Use?
North Up (Map orients north all the time)
14
25.00%
Heading Up (Map rotates around vehicle's direction of travel)
42
75.00%
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Nav Map Orientation?
10-21-2010, 03:54 PM
#1
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Nav Map Orientation?
Just curious which way everybody has theirs set. I've got the RL on north up and the portable GPS for the Santa Fe is set this way, too. Mom's Lexus is set to heading up.
10-21-2010, 04:43 PM
#2
The sizzle in the Steak
heading
10-21-2010, 05:29 PM
#5
Three Wheelin'
Heading up when I'm actually using the navigation. But if I'm looking at traffic information, heading north because I don't like looking at upside down maps.
10-21-2010, 10:26 PM
#7
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plus it helps you to figure out what streets are around in (in your orientation) faster when needing a quick detour!
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10-22-2010, 12:25 AM
#9
Don't have a navi 
10-22-2010, 06:03 AM
#11
Someday, an RS6 Avant+
I'm oriented with direction of travel. And I get to read all the lovely kanji, and see graphics for A&W restaurants.
10-22-2010, 11:21 AM
#13
When I had my TSX and A4, I had the nav set at north up. With the 335i and S4 now, since both have the 3D perspective views, and the orientation is heading up only, that is what I'm using now.
10-22-2010, 11:53 AM
#14
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10-22-2010, 12:56 PM
#15
Three Wheelin'
i prefer heading up regardless of direction. it gets too confusing when i'm turning left while on the nav screen, i'm turning right or approaching an intersection up ahead but on the screen, it's going downward.
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10-22-2010, 01:01 PM
#16
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I used to not like it but it has grown on me. The G can do both map view and bird view so whenever I get tired of one I can switch to the other....
10-23-2010, 08:55 PM
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10-23-2010, 10:36 PM
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North up, I'm kind of weird in that I almost always know where north is. Even in a building at night 
10-25-2010, 09:22 AM
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Drifting
North up.
Maybe it's from working in mapping and GIS, but I can't stand when maps aren't oriented North up. The only exception to this is when I set my G's Nav to 3D/bird's eye, which I only do once in a blue moon.
Maybe it's from working in mapping and GIS, but I can't stand when maps aren't oriented North up. The only exception to this is when I set my G's Nav to 3D/bird's eye, which I only do once in a blue moon.
10-25-2010, 09:31 AM
#22
Has to be heading up for me. I can't see it any other way, especially while driving in congested tight city streets with a grid layout. Must be a left brain/right brain thing 
10-25-2010, 02:48 PM
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Heading up otherwise it just confuses me when looking for side streets ahead of time.
10-25-2010, 04:23 PM
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Sadly, my parents get lost even with the navigation system. The tools are only as good as the developers that make them. What's funny is my Dad bitched about his nav system not being accurate to which I asked him when did he update it. He responded with never. So when he did update it, what did he do? Still bitch that it wasn't accurate. I don't think people understand that navigation systems will never be fool proof, you have to think on your own every once in a while to figure out where you need to go.
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08-17-2017, 01:50 PM
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Ummmm holy thread revival. Someone trying to get into the for sale section?
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08-19-2017, 02:48 PM
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Heading up. I hate when it doesn't rotate. I can wrap my head around what is ahead and translate it to north/south/east/west just fine, thanks.
08-19-2017, 05:40 PM
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direction of travel, otherwise I gets confused Vernon . . .
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08-19-2017, 08:27 PM
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08-21-2017, 08:39 AM
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Direction of travel, 3D (birdseye) mode.
They finally integrated Waze into AndroidAuto, but the zoom logic sucks, so I haven't been using it much. It zooms out too far on minor streets, to the point that they drop off of the display. Also, there is no provision for manually entering an address, and voice command doesn't work; you're stuck with home/work, gas stations & phone saved favorites.
They finally integrated Waze into AndroidAuto, but the zoom logic sucks, so I haven't been using it much. It zooms out too far on minor streets, to the point that they drop off of the display. Also, there is no provision for manually entering an address, and voice command doesn't work; you're stuck with home/work, gas stations & phone saved favorites.
08-21-2017, 12:06 PM
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