Elite VRVD640G Elements of the Active Route, Animated Turn Guidance, Active Leg Of The Route

Navigation System

may POIs nearby, this list may not be com- plete. In the Cursor menu there is a button called POI that leads you to the screen of all nearby POI items. There you can open them one by one to see their details, and select any of them as a route point.

Elements of the Active Route

Cydle uses a multi-destination routing sys- tem in which you have a start point (your current location if the GPS position is avail- able), a destination, the line of the active leg of the route, and optionally via points and inactive legs. They are all shown on the map. The start point, via points and the destination. These points are represented by flags.

Animated Turn Guidance

Animated arrows represent all route events other than the above-mentioned special points. These arrows show the direction in which you need to continue your journey.

The Active Leg Of The Route

The active leg is the section of the route you are currently driving. If you have not added any Via points, the whole route will be the active leg. When Via points are pres- ent, the active leg is the part leading from your location to the next via point.

The active section is displayed in light greenred. It is always the most conspicu- ous part of the map even when in the back- ground of a 3D map view.

The line of the route is displayed on the driving side of the road for two-way and on the axis in case of one-way streets. When the map is zoomed in and the line is wide enough, small arrows show the direction of the route. This can be useful if you pre- view the route before starting the journey or when entering a complex junction.

Inactive Legs Of The Route

Future sections of a route are inactive. They are also shown on the map with the same color but a darker tint than the active one.

An inactive route section becomes active as soon as you reach its starting Via point. Roads in the route excluded by your pref- erences. Although you can choose wheth- er to include or avoid some road types in Route parameter settings, sometimes they are impossible to avoid near the starting point, via points or the destination.

If so, Cydle will display those segments of the route with an alternate color.

Screens With Map

Having explained the contents of the map, the description of the other parts of the map screens follows. There are two map screens: the Map screen and the Cockpit screen. The way they show the map is the same but their look and controls are opti- mised for different purposes.

The Map screen is to be used mainly with- out a GPS, to browse the map, create user POI items, or to plan your route based on map points. The Map screen is designed to give you the maximum map area. This screen is usually used in 2D North-up mode. You can set Cydle so it always opens the Map screen like that. The Cock- pit screen is for driving purposes. In addi- tion to the map, there is travel information if you are just cruising (speed, current street,

&speed limit), and some more route data if have a route planned (e.g. next street in your route, distance to travel, type of the next route event). This screen is typically used in 3D Track-up mode (you can make Cydle always open the Cockpit screen. There are several controls that function in a similar fashion on the two screens.

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