[silverforumsurf]

Most GPS systems I have used, including the $3 iPad App, seem to indicate (by voice or on the display) which side of the road the destination is on - is there a option to turn on this "feature"?

[ismelllikepoop]

not that i can figure out, im curious to know as well. im not a fan of the nav, has been inaccurate for me. It's also the first in-car nav that i've used that requires loading for a few minutes every time i start up the car. Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that a 2k nav system doesn't work as well as my $150 garmin.

[XB101]

My Nav said... in 200 meters go straight. As if I have been doing circles?

[silverforumsurf]

Hmm so the $4 iPad app > BMW :P

[Mako]

My wife is not going to be happy about this! She loved her OLD garmin, hated the LR2 nav at first, and hates my C63 nav compared to that! LR2 was a touch screen, so she already has to get used to the dial, if it doesn't tell you what side the destination is on, that is not good! i have never had a nav that didn't tell you that! come on BMW!

[Radioactive]

I use my "no cost eyes and brain". The dominate number system in California is that odd number addresses are on the north/west side. Therefore, even numbered addresses are on the south/east side of the street.

[Harplayr]

Originally Posted by Mako

My wife is not going to be happy about this! She loved her OLD garmin, hated the LR2 nav at first, and hates my C63 nav compared to that! LR2 was a touch screen, so she already has to get used to the dial, if it doesn't tell you what side the destination is on, that is not good! i have never had a nav that didn't tell you that! come on BMW!

If you like it so much better, what’s stopping you from using the Garmin?

[Mako]

Originally Posted by Radioactive

I use my "no cost eyes and brain". The dominate number system in California is that odd number addresses are on the north/west side. Therefore, even numbered addresses are on the south/east side of the street.

well when you are on a 4+ lane street where the speed limit is 45, its kind of nice to know which side of the street its on, and a lot of times you can't see the addresses of places while going that fast on big streets, unless you like to be one of those people who go 35 mph in a 45 because you don't know where you are going...

and for the other response, my wife would probably be happier with the garmin but I like the integrated navigation better.

[Razel]

Originally Posted by Radioactive

I use my "no cost eyes and brain". The dominate number system in California is that odd number addresses are on the north/west side. Therefore, even numbered addresses are on the south/east side of the street.

Stay away from Yountville, Calif. (Napa wine country) then. Odd and even on the same side of the street in some cases.

[Harplayr]

Originally Posted by Mako

well when you are on a 4+ lane street where the speed limit is 45, its kind of nice to know which side of the street its on, and a lot of times you can't see the addresses of places while going that fast on big streets, unless you like to be one of those people who go 35 mph in a 45 because you don't know where you are going...

and for the other response, my wife would probably be happier with the garmin but I like the integrated navigation better.

So you’ve got the best of both worlds.
You can go with the clean lines and integration of the BMW NAV, and she can slop a suction cup to the windshield and dangle a cord to the power socket and go with her Garmin.

One feature I really LOVE about the BMW NAV is the arrow display on the instrument cluster. I find it keeps my eyes on the road more than looking at the map display.

By the way, I DO wish the maps and software of the BMW NAV were on a par with Garmin’s portable units. However with the other features that BMW NAV gives me that a portable Garmin doesn’t I’ll take the integrated NAV.

[Radioactive]

Originally Posted by Mako

well when you are on a 4+ lane street where the speed limit is 45, its kind of nice to know which side of the street its on, and a lot of times you can't see the addresses of places while going that fast on big streets, unless you like to be one of those people who go 35 mph in a 45 because you don't know where you are going...

and for the other response, my wife would probably be happier with the garmin but I like the integrated navigation better.

That's why I usually know where I'm going! I'm a pull over kinda of guy. If I need to; I pull off the road and figure it out. But I have seen people in San Diego actually driving like they're playing a video game while looking at their Nav system for long periods of time.

Originally Posted by Razel

Stay away from Yountville, Calif. (Napa wine country) then. Odd and even on the same side of the street in some cases.

Nothing in Northern California surprises me. Should be interesting when I move to the San Carlos area next year. I guess the key word is "Dominate" and not "Absolute" system of numbering.

As most of us know gps systems are not infallible. Therefore one should not totally rely on the system to figure out where they need to be and how to get there. Numerous articles have been written over the last couple of years that pertain to "Death By GPS". People blindly following their GPS off the road, lost in the desert and driving into lakes.

[silverforumsurf]

I've recently had the BMW GPS system tell me which side of the road it was but it only happened once. Has this happened to anyone or was I dreaming?

[Nahoa]

The system in my 330i used to do that. Haven't noticed it yet in the X3, but often use it without sound.

[JOHNBMWM5]

My system (2011 Jan) on my outgoing 550i tells me it's either on the right or left, so I hope this 2012 X3 35D m Sport I pick up this afternoon; does the same.

[MikeBimmer]

Seems like most destinations I enter have a very small kink in the route line at the end that points to the side of the road it's on - not certain it's happened every time but generally if I zoom in very tight near the destination it seems to point at the house business. I, too, have experienced the nav system telling me verbally what side the destination is on, but it doesn't happen every time...

[02420X3]

Originally Posted by silverforumsurf

I've recently had the BMW GPS system tell me which side of the road it was but it only happened once. Has this happened to anyone or was I dreaming?

For some destinations it knows which side of the street the destination is on, for others it does not. Blame the map database that BMW chose to use.