Route66 that comes with the 6110 navigator is not up to satnav standards in my opinion. It has some glaring flaws that make it not acceptable. I know satnav is not flawless, and should not be relied upon, but this is still unacceptable imo.
One of the biggest is the problem of it telling the driver to 'bear/turn left/right'.
The following pictures are from google earth of my route from work to home, which is just a route of little over 8km.
The red arrow shows direction of travel, and the red circles show where the problems are.
The yellow line shows my travel (its a bit out sometimes, but thats nokia sports tracker in a car for you).
In picture 1, I get the instruction to turn right (correct) then immediatly bear right (incorrect). Theres absolutly no reason for me to bear right, and its confusing to say the least. If I wasnt used to the software, I might end up turning down the next road just after the turn.
Picture 2, coming up to that turn, I get the instruction 'at the second road, take a left'. Which is wrong, as for starters it didnt tell me to turn right, and while I do have to turn left at the roundabout (yes its a roundabout, a painted one), its not the second road.
So grossly wrong there again.
Picture 3, I get the instruction to 'bear left, then immediatly bear left'. Theres no reason for this either. Again, if I wasnt used to the software or the route, I might have taken a wrong turn, most likely down that road to the left.
Picture 4, I again get the instructions, 'bear left, then immediatly bear left'. There absolutly no purpose for this whatsoever, and is extremely annoying.
In short, theres some sort of problem with route66 on the navigator (I would like to hear of anyone else using route66 version 7 on the N95 etc about this).
Annoyingly, on screen its giving the correct directions, so it definatly does not mean to turn down any of the roads you might think it tells you to. However, a satnav which means you have to watch it is useless, and dangerous especially in urban areas.
Its not just this trip either, its on all I make to some extent, Im not just using the worst possible one.
This was from a 6110 navigator with the latest firmware, and the latest maps. However exactly the same problems were there with previous firmware, and the previous maps.
