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Taking you at your word that you want to transfer "addresses" (as opposed to "routes"), we can surmise that you are wanting to turn "addresses" into "coordinates".

Turning addresses into coordinates is quite easy using Extra POI Editor (EPE)- software that was created by TurboCC, one of our members.

After opening EPE, you would ask to "Add new POI" which will open the "Edit" dialog, enter the address, have EPE "geocode" that address, then "grab" the coordinates. Note that the upper right pane of EPE "Edit" dialog is Google Maps - letting you zoom in and tweak the coordinates to your liking. Clicking "OK" at the bottom of the "Edit" dialog create a "waypoint" for you.

Repeating this process for all addresses you would save the results as a .gpx file which you could transfer (if your device is attached) directly to the devices's GPX folder - otherwise to somewhere on your computer.

Now, if this is something you think would do what you want, we can discuss it in more detail.

Google, in its quest to be a "closed garden" has disabled the interfaces that allowed applications such as Communicator to function. While I rarely used that function. I believe all the other online mapping applications have done the same. The transfer function works from Garmin's Smartlink application on a phone but that is only to the newer units.

Actually may not have been real clear, I do a lot of Yard sales etc so what I was doing was find the address, put it into Google maps then "SEND" it to the GPS, But at the same token a_user helped, They did do away with Communicator that handled this, OH Well. I guess I will have to figure out another way, The EPE may be a better way to go, Thanks guys.

"What Happened to Send to Garmin?

Friends,

Due to the fact that most modern web browsers are moving toward a plugin-free web browsing experience, MapQuest is no longer able to offer a Send to Garmin feature.

Have no fear, though! We've got a great alternative for your on-the-go navigation needs in our turn-by-turn, voice-guided, traffic-sensing navigation app for iOS, Android, and Amazon smartphones! Did we mention that it's totally free?

Click here to start your journey with the MapQuest app.

If you're interested in learning more about how and why plug-in support is ending, feel free to check out this Microsoft Dev Center help article.

Garmin's Developer Site also includes some information about this change that you might find useful."

My wife doesn't even bother taking one of our GPSes when she goes on trips. A standalone GPS is not even relevant to her world.

we just went to fort worth and back to houston over the weekend for graduation events at a couple of venues. if i could have used web searches and "send to garmin" it would have made life easier. so, i just set the phone down by the gear shift and fired up waze. i still kept the garmin on the windshield to see what the road looks like ahead but it is becoming less useful.

when i plan on taking the bike somewhere, though, i end up using mapsource to send points to it beforehand. it is certainly more clunky but using the phone is not an option just yet.

Google Maps is lightyears ahead of the HERE map running on BaseCamp in terms of internal POIs. I don't want to transfer addresses between the two platforms. I want HERE to have all the locations I can think of, built in to their map.

What prompted me to post is an upcoming trip to Seattle and Canada. Many of my destinations do not exist in the HERE map POIs, so I have to mess around with entering addresses or getting coordinates, while ALL of them are in Google Maps and Google Earth.

For example, Sixt Car Rental on 2nd Avenue in downtown Seattle is not in the HERE POIs, so if I search nearby in BaseCamp I get no hits.

Google Maps and Earth not only have the location; they have twenty photos of the outside and inside of the office and their rental cars! On Google Maps it took 30 seconds to find all this!

I hope Google plans to buy HERE and Garmin, because if they do not, Garmin will be going out of business and Smartphones & Tablets will be the only forum on this site!

dobs108

Map.google.com to locate a location that I will be going to.

I guess if you can't beat them, don't work with them (Garmin).

I think dedicated stand-alone Garmin automobile devices will eventually be replaced, not by smart phones and tablets: rather, by built-in nav systems in cars. For those who do not own the latest and greatest cars, Garmin stand-alone devices are superior, but many people are slaves to their phones, so who knows?

I currently have two different cars that have built in GPS systems. Both have maps that are out of date, you can't add but a limited amount of POI's, as there is no way to import custom POI's, and on more than one occassion, they have said unable to navigate, unrecoginizable road. The reason the maps are out of date, to update the maps costs $150 for the new map and $80 for the dealer to install it. The owner can not insatall the maps themselves, as they are proprietry. You can keep these built in sytems, eveytime I go on a trip I have my trusty Garmin on the dash, loaded with custom POI's, and routes.

The mfg gps are ok when new. I use my Garmin a lot in the city's, On the hiways i use the built in. The Major roads from one city to another dont change all that much. If i want to go around a city I use the Garmin.Not going to update the Built in for the Expence. Like you said. 200 usd plus install.

If it wasn't for the POI's for redlight cams, my Garmin would be covered in dust.

Many areas that I drive daily are not on the latest maps, and therefore I spend an inordinate amount of time driving on empty fields...way to go "Here/NavTech".

I have a GM nav system that I love. It was not as simple to learn as the Garmin but that is because it is far more sophisticated and offers more choices when you select a destination or route.

There are two things that I now cannot do without that my GM system has, the first is I do not have to mount and dismount the unit every time I park the car and most importantly is the nav info is displayed in the heads up windshield display in addition to the on screen and verbal instructions. Being able to see the turn info and distance without having to take my eyes off the road when in heavy rush hour freeway traffic is indispensable from a safety standpoint.

As far as map updates they are done by the user and take all of about 1 minute to complete. I have updated my maps 3 times and have the latest maps and the average cost has run me about $25 each time after selling the prior years map disc on eBay. The map DVD works in multiple model and year GM cars so it is easy to sell them.

I had not used my last remaining Garmin 3790LMT in over 6 months so just sold it a week or two ago so now I use my smartphone with Viago and HERE nav apps as a backup to my built in nav system.