Hi All,

Anyone know if the Nuvi 1460 is capable of traffic avoidance. I bought this unit over a year ago and just started to do some GPS searching again.

When I bought the unit at ESRI, the sales lady told me that it is, but I can't verify if it works or not.

I see that the 3770 has traffic avoidance, based on Gadget Trend's website (http://www.gadgetrend.com/gps_nuvi3770.php) scroll all the way down for english version.

Traffic Information Service

nuvi 3770 is the first GPS unit in Thailand that has traffic information service feed into the unit and use that info to calculate your route to avoid traffic. The service is available for the first time in Thailand and currently in the trial phase and only available in Bangkok. From our experience, the accuracy is higher than 80%.

The sales lady did tell me that Traffic Avoidance will be available in Bangkok, but she couldn't tell me when (just approximate), and she told me that the 1460 has this capabilities.

If anyone has information about the Nuvi 1460 with Traffic Avoidance, please let me know

Thanks all !!

From Gadgetrend product information on the nuvi 1460:

Garmin nüLink! Services: (receive accurate real-time travel information): no

FM traffic compatible: yes

MSN® Direct compatible: yes

XM® Navtraffic & Radio for U.S. compatible: no

If service is available you would still need a FM receiver accessory for your nuvi 1460 and a radio station broadcasting the information. Garmin GTM 35 FM Traffic Receiver is made for the job.

I got a reply from ESRI, will need to get adaptor for the 1460 for the traffic avoidance. Currently, the traffic avoidance system is undergoing testing and expected to be launched sometime next year, adaptor will be available early next year.

i gotta Garmin in the car but i forget the model, i noticed last time i came back from pattaya i turned it on (even though i know how to get home from pattaya-sometimes i turn it on just because i paid for it and never use it; anyways this time it instructed me to use the double decker express way thing instead of the shorter route i usually use that passes by the airport.. i was thinking maybe this is traffic avoidance because the other time iwas coming back it had me take the normal route

i gotta Garmin in the car but i forget the model, i noticed last time i came back from pattaya i turned it on (even though i know how to get home from pattaya-sometimes i turn it on just because i paid for it and never use it; anyways this time it instructed me to use the double decker express way thing instead of the shorter route i usually use that passes by the airport.. i was thinking maybe this is traffic avoidance because the other time iwas coming back it had me take the normal route

I'm experiencing the same as well, but the unit I have (Nuvi 1460) needs a special adapter for the traffic avoidance to work.

But it's been on Google Maps for a while now, check it out... maps.google.com

- Zoom into Bangkok.

- Enable the Show Traffic option. Can be viewed in either Map or Sattelite view.

- You'll see the roads light up in either Green, Yellow, or Red.

Also available on iPhone.

But, as the lady at ESRI explained to me, they are in the testing phase. They still need to pick providers, etc..etc..etc.

If service is available you would still need a FM receiver accessory for your nuvi 1460 and a radio station broadcasting the information.

How is this different from just turning on the FM radio in the car stereo?

If service is available you would still need a FM receiver accessory for your nuvi 1460 and a radio station broadcasting the information.

How is this different from just turning on the FM radio in the car stereo?

How would the digitally encoded and formatted data get onto your GPS map?

Quick Answers for Digitalbanana and InterestedObserver,

Q: How is this different from just turning on the FM radio in the car stereo?

A: Not sure exactly what your question is, but here goes: The FM receiver accessory would "hook" up to work with the GPS device, receiving traffic data. So, it wouldn't just work by "turning on" your FM radio in your car. The device has to be compatible to receive the data bits.

But if your question refers to listing to JorSoRoi (JS100), with an announcer getting traffic information from people, then this GPS system with traffic avoidance would be 1000% more accurate and more widely available. It's a computer input/process versus human input/process. This system is available in parts of Europe/USA, Singapore, etc. Also can be viewed using google maps.

Q: How would the digitally encoded and formatted data get onto your GPS map?

A: To answer this, let me get to the quick basics first.

The map in your GPS is static, meaning, it's no different than the printed maps you get at book stores (but obviously stored in digital format in your GPS). The little icons you see (gas stations, restaurants, ATM machines, etc) are dynamic information that can be inputed by the manufacturer or yourself (your home, work place, etc). Imagine the dynamic information overlaying (on top of) your map. So, let's say you want know how to get from point A to point B.... input it in your GPS and voila!, your GPS will give you a route from point A to B.

So how does this traffic avoidance system come into play and why is it such a big deal (for me ), I want to get to point A to point B, don't know if there is traffic jam in between. With traffic avoidance, the GPS will get the data via the FM receiver via data inputed from automated stations, and your GPS will automatically route you from point A to point B in the quickest manner.*

Back to your question, how does the data get onto your GPS map?, it's dynamic information received from the stations in which your GPS will automatically calculate to give you the best route, it will just overlay the information ontop of your map.

Hope I didn't make it more confusing. Here's the caveat, Traffic Avoidance is not 100% effective, just because you know where the jams are, does not mean you'll avoid it 100%. Imagine if your destination is actually jammed up... there would be no way to avoid that.

But here's the up side, use google maps and take a look-see how many roads there are in Bangkok alone, do you know all the soi's and main roads? I doubt it, not even the seasoned taxi driver would know all the soi's and main roads in Bangkok. Traffic Avoidance will actually let people make more use of the roads in Bangkok.

The system has been up and running in the major cities for several years now, and Bangkok has just started to get this now... I'm sure there will be some problems in the beginning (like our Easy-Pass), but I'm all hyped up about this... I just hate traffic and hopefully this will help with the problem.

Hopefully there are more advanced GPS oriented users in this forum that can add to this or correct my mistakes.

Merry X'Mas and a Happy New Year !!!!

Drive Safe