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Next month we are going to Soller in Majorca. I'm hiring a car at the airport and have been checking the route to the hotel.

The satnav has come up with an option but closer examination suggest that it is taking me the wrong way down some one way streets in Soller. I've looked on Streetview which has confirmed my suspicions.

I am now trying to work out a route, seemingly with some success - I can see one way street signs etc., on Google Earth/Streetview.

Should I ditch the satnav?

In reply to mypyrex:

How do you know streetview is more accurate than your satnav?

In reply to mypyrex:

Buy a map?

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:


I don't. It's just that when I looked at the satnav route in streetview it was going the wrong way down one way streets

In reply to mypyrex:


Lots of old, shit satnavs do this - they assume all roads are two-way and not restricted, for example by being a bus lane. Use the Google Maps directions feature, it's much more accurate and up-to-date, gives multiple route options, etc.

In reply to mypyrex:
Will you not need to be connected to the internet to use GE.

Satnavs will work at no extra cost!

When you re pulled over just shrug your shoulders and talk in English.

Good Luck

In reply to mypyrex:
How old is the satnav/ when did you last update the map on it compared with GE?

In reply to mypyrex:

If I were you, I get a dowsing device, but then i'm out with the magic pixies...

shush tinabell stop typing.

ok she's gone again sorry.

In reply to mypyrex:

I assume that you have an iPad, Tablet or phone?

Use google maps.

Download offline maps
Make sure you're connected to the Internet, then open the Google Maps app .
Sign in to your Google Account.
Search for a place, like "San Francisco." Pinch and zoom to select the area that you want to save.
To save the selected area of the map, touch the menu > Make available offline.
Download an offline map - Maps for mobile Help - Google ...
https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567?hl=enGoogle

In reply to mypyrex:

Have you updated your satnav recently?

In reply to mypyrex:
Soller is about half the size of glossop so you could probably wing it and not go too far wrong

In reply to mypyrex:

Bin the sat nav, bin google maps and just follow signs to the area then ask for directions. Old Skool Baby!!!

In reply to mypyrex:

Once you get to Soller, most of the hotels are signposted.

Our sat nav didn't take us down any one way streets when I was there.