2597 routes
Mon, 02/17/2014 - 7:21am
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I did a couple of routes with the 2597 and found out it's different then my old 855. I looked in the manual and unless I'm overlooking it I can't find what I ran into.
The first route I did in the GPS and when I was done it showed up in saved places with all of the Garmin offices. The second route I did with MapSource and sent it to the GPS. I had trouble finding it and finally found it under apps - trip planner. So the GPS is going to put the routes in two different places depending on how you do them with no option to put them all in one place?
@don
What are you calling a "Route"?
To a place?
or
To a place via other places?
see also
http://www.poi-factory.com/garmin/problemsolver
Route
I did a couple of routes with the 2597 and found out it's different then my old 855. I looked in the manual and unless I'm overlooking it I can't find what I ran into.
The first route I did in the GPS and when I was done it showed up in saved places with all of the Garmin offices. The second route I did with MapSource and sent it to the GPS. I had trouble finding it and finally found it under apps - trip planner. So the GPS is going to put the routes in two different places depending on how you do them with no option to put them all in one place?
Trip planner info is covered on page 11 "planning or scheduling a trip". Once you use Trip Planner on the GPS to make a route and save it. You will find it under Trip Planner.The way points you set for a route will also show under save places with the other ones(favorites).
Info from Garmin support.
To create a route on a nuvi 55, 56, 65, 66, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2405, 2407, 2408, 2505, 2507, 2508, 2707, 2708, 3400, 3500, 3507, 3508, 3700 series devices, LIVE 1695, LIVE 2300, RV 760, Camper 760, dezl 560, 760, zumo 350, or zumo 390:
Touch Tools or Apps
Touch Trip Planner
Touch the plus sign (+) in the upper left corner
Touch New Trip on some devices
Touch Select Start Location. (Please note that the Start Location is not necessarily the point from where you'll be leaving. The Start Location will be the first point you would like to travel to.)
Use the various search options to locate the desired starting point
Touch Select
Touch the plus sign (+) to add a second point
Follow steps 5 through 7 to locate and add up to 30 total points
To adjust the order of points as you add them, touch and hold on the point you'd like to move, then drag it to the desired location on the list
To remove points, touch the trash can and the point you would like to remove and touch Delete, repeat with further points if desired.
When all desired points have been added, touch Next
Type the desired name for the route, then touch Done. The route will now calculate
The route is saved to the Trip Planner automatically
To edit a route:
Touch Tools or Apps
Touch Trip Planner
Touch the name of the route you would like to edit
Touch the menu button (three horizontal lines)
Select from the following options:
Edit Destinations: Add or remove points from the route
Optimize Order: Have the device calculate the most optimum order in which to travel to all the entered points
Delete Trip: Removes the trip from the Trip Planner
Rename Trip: Customize the name of the trip as it appears in Trip Planner
Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
I have the same question,....
and look forward to your answer. Thanks.
RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot
The difference in creating
What are you calling a "Route"?
To a place?
or
To a place via other places?
see also
http://www.poi-factory.com/garmin/problemsolver
As I explained, The route that ended up in trip planner was one I created with MapSource using the trip tool and clicking a start and a finish, giving me a 68 mile route. I then sent it to the GPS. It didn't give me any save options. The trip that I accessed by choosing the saved option ended up along with the different Garmin headquarters under where to. This route was created by putting an address directly into the GPS
As you may know with the 855 the routes I sent from MapSource had to be imported and was then saved under routes. Apparently some software person decided to change the way it worked. it would be nice to have all routes in the same place. When I saved the one from MapSource I had to go look for it because it gave me no idea where it put it. I was expecting it to be in the same place as the one I had the GPS create.
Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
Unfortunately Garmin
Unfortunately Garmin destroyed routing. We have a 765 and a 1490 on the way because it's the only models, the 800 series probably did it too but I'm only familiar with these two, that support 'routing'. We bought a 3000 series, forget the exact model, and that had 'trip planner'. We also don't transfer using MapForce/BaseCamp but export them to gpx and copy them to the device via [GARMIN]/Garmin/gpx and they're available for import. If you use transfer it actually creates a tmp.gpx in that folder. You can do the same thing to later models but instead of having the entire 'route' it takes you from point to point even if you mark it 'shaping point/don't notify'. And if the point is not exactly on the road as you pass it you have to cancel the trip, select the next one in the trip and it will re-calculate. I've emailed Garmin about it and they like their trips and have no plan on supporting routing outside of trips so if you like that functionality I recommend getting the 1400 series asap.