Could anybody advise me on the best way to navigate for walking/hiking, based on my preferences and issues as described below?
I have an Etrex 30 and use Basecamp to create routes or tracks. Generally I will create a route initially because I like to be able to define the start and end points, then edit the automatically proposed route to suit my needs. The problem for me with routes is that if I miss a turn point or go off course, then the Etrex becomes essentially useless for the rest of that walk, unless I return to the point that I missed - perhaps I am missing some setup or functionality that could fix this issue, but if there is I am not aware of it.
I have also tried converting my routes to tracks, which are much more forgiving of the above issue, but don't offer the turn alert functionality which I would really like.
And lastly, just to complicate matters, we sometimes include a bit of geocaching in our walks, which often results in a significant deviation from the plotted route. When this happens I find that I need to use a track instead of a route, as a track will let me rejoin or start at any point along it's length, whereas a route tries to get me to go to the very start of the route.
So in summary, I think what I need is one of the following:
1. The ability to join or rejoin a route at any point after having gone off course, and to be able to ignore missed waypoints along a route so that if I miss one I am not prompted to walk back to it
2. The ability to add alerting waypoints to a track
I am sure that what I have written above will already have exposed me as a total newbie to using the Garmin, so I am very aware there is probably some functionality that I have not noticed or setup correctly, but I would really appreciate some guidance, as at the moment I am not able to get the best out of this fantastic device.
Many thanks for any help!
