Fastest Route doesn't look fastest to me.
Mon, 08/04/2008 - 10:05pm
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15 years
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I plan to take a trip from Gainesville, FL to Fair Play, SC this October (on a Sunday). From my own research and Google Maps, I should take I75 to Atlanta, then around Atlanta to I85 to SC. My Garmin Nuvi 760 wants to take me off I75 at Macon, GA and travel up 441 which I know can't be the "fastest route".
I know it will recalculate when I pass Macon, but I don't want it to try and pull me off I75 at every chance. I need the GPS to get me around Atlanta and I don't know if I can count on it.
GPS's will never replace
GPS's can't "pull" you off the road, and they will never replace human intuition. They only "know" how to route based on the information in the database. And even that information is only as good as the people who gathered it.
Suffice it to say, if you "know" the best route, you don't need the GPS to help. If you want to use it to "know" arrival time, etc, plot a via point that will coerce it into the route you'd like to take.
David
nüvi 200
Plot the route you want using Mapquest
You can also plot the route you want to take in Mapquest and then download the route to your 760.
Are You Sure?
Are you sure your route IS faster/better? Out of curiosity I compared the google maps route to the Garmin route using MapSource. The Garmin route indicates the total driving distance is 30 miles shorter than the google route, with both routes being about the same time.
But as others have said, you can always force the Garmin to use your preferred route.