Nuvi 2455LMT Routes and POI

 

I have racked my brains out trying to figure a way to make a custom route and save to unit. Map source doesn't work. I ride a motorcycle and like to make my own routes. Also how about saving POI's to the unit. Any help will be appreciated.

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Nuvi 750 And a 2006 Star Venture between my legs.

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I assume that you have looked at
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/16400

What did not work for you in MapSource?

routes

Won't recognize it or let my put in the ID number Never had any problems with my Nuvi 700

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Nuvi 750 And a 2006 Star Venture between my legs.

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Harpo66 wrote:

Never had any problems with my Nuvi 700

What are you using now? Does this new model even support routes? If it doesn't support routes then no matter how hard you try it will never accept them from Mapsource, Base Camp or any other software.

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Box Car wrote:
Harpo66 wrote:

Never had any problems with my Nuvi 700

What are you using now? Does this new model even support routes? If it doesn't support routes then no matter how hard you try it will never accept them from Mapsource, Base Camp or any other software.

The OP's thread title mentions his model.

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1490LMT 1450LMT 295w

According to Garmin web site

According to Garmin web site this model DOES support 100 Routes and 1000 Waypoints.

Have you tried using BaseCamp instead of Mapsource.

Think you will need to be logged into MyGarmin to find it (i.e. Legit Garmin user).

Support is (has?) dropping for Mapsource I believe, and Basecamp supports newer devices.

Basecamp

Correction:

No need to login to myGarmin to get Basecamp;

Just go to the Support pages and Software:

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435

I am assuming Windows PC. If not, back-up a page.

Basecamp

Thanks I have base camp now and now it's time to figure it out. That is what I love about this site. Someone always seems to have the answer.

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Nuvi 750 And a 2006 Star Venture between my legs.

@harpo66

Garmin has some training videos on Basecamp at
http://www8.garmin.com/learningcenter/training/basecamp/

Mapquest.

You can also create a route on Mapquest (www.mapquest.com) and transfer it to your nuvi. Here is a basic outline of how it works with Mapquest:

1) Plug your nuvi in to the computer and go to www.mapquest.com.
2) Click on Get Directions. Put in your starting address as point A and your final destination as point B. Click Get Directions and Mapquest will calculate a default route and show it on the map with a blue line.
3) Add shaping points. This is basically done with "rubber banding" the blue route line. Zoom in on an area where you want to shape the route, grab the blue line, drag it to a road segment you want your route to pass through, and drop it on the road. This will put a red dot at this point and redraw the blue route line through it. Do this with each desired shaping point until the route is the way you want it.
4) Change the shaping points to "Stops". For each red dot on your route, right click on it and select "Make it a route stop" on the Mapquest pop-up menu. This step turns the shaping points into via's that will be recognized by the nuvi.
5) Send the route to the nuvi. On the Mapquest menu select Send > Garmin GPS > Route. Enter a file name for the .GPX file, select your nuvi and press Send.
6) Import route. Safely remove your nuvi from the computer, boot it up. On newer nuvi's with Trip Planner, wait a few minutes and your transferred route should be recognized automatically and show up as a trip in the Trip menu. On older nuvi's with Custom Routes, go to Tools > My Data > Import route from file. Select the file you sent from Mapquest, let it calculate and save it.

Note that the more shaping points you create in Mapquest, the more likely your nuvi will calculate the same route you created in Mapquest.

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon

Creating GPX files

I use Streets and Trips and I really love it. Now that MS discontinued it they say use Bing Maps. With the browser plug-in for MapQuest this put the file right where it was supposed to be in my 765t. The MapQuest is not as user friendly as Streets and Trips but it works and Bing doesn't.
Thanks for posting this Alan, I love making custom routes and this really helped me.

Thanks dejen3303

For the "official" version, see Charlie's FAQ: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/42698

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon