Has anyone had Navigon tell them that their destination (in this case, my house) is in a restricted area? I have no idea what that means (couldn't find an explanation on Navigon's website). It's not a huge deal because it will still guide me home, but I find it annoying that it tells me my house is in a restricted area.
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Navigon says my house is in a "restricted area"
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You in District 9? Area 51?
Seriously, it's probably a subdivision that doesn't have true city/county/state roads. Like a private townhouse complex. It's like those folks who have revolted against Google's StreetView cars and won't let them take pictures on their streets.
Seriously, it's probably a subdivision that doesn't have true city/county/state roads. Like a private townhouse complex. It's like those folks who have revolted against Google's StreetView cars and won't let them take pictures on their streets.
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It's just how the road is classified in Navteq road atlas.
Any other GPS that uses Navteq (Garmin, etc) would show something similar.
If you go into route settings on the Navigon you will see that it will mark "pedestrian only" routes as "restricted". Turn that off and see if the location still shows restricted.
Any other GPS that uses Navteq (Garmin, etc) would show something similar.
If you go into route settings on the Navigon you will see that it will mark "pedestrian only" routes as "restricted". Turn that off and see if the location still shows restricted.
Just tried that - still saying Restricted Area. I guess I'll have to just live with it or pick another "home" destination nearby that doesn't come up as restricted.
Grab the GPS coordinates for your home, and email Navigon about it. See if they can fix the "restricted" thing on a future update, assuming that it's not the Navteq data that's bonkered.
I had it tell me the same thing when I was testing it out and set a route to go to the mall earlier today. I don't have it set up to avoid anything either, and the mall is on a heavily traveled road in my city. All it did was give me the warning before navigation started, and that was it. No big deal, just a little strange.
