BaseCamp, 3760t, Routes, MacPro

Sorry, 37xx doesn't support transfer of routes from BaseCamp nor Mapsource. Actually if you check menus in your nuvi you won't find routes at all.

This FAQ is for Mapsource, but the same is true for BaseCamp

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Will the nuvi 3700 series ever have the ability to transfer routes from MapSource into the device?


09/14/2010

At this time the nuvi 3700 series does not have the ability to manually receive created routes from MapSource or any third party applications.

Garmin intends to add this functionality into the nuvi 3700 series via a software update sometime in the future. Current plans call for the update to be released in the first quarter of 2011.

The nuvi 3700 series does offer the functionality to manually create multiple point routes on the device itself through the Trip Planner feature listed under the Tools menu.

Gentlemen:
Thank you. It has been quite a day trying to figure this out. When I tried to update the map on the 3760t over the web I some how blew away the City Nav NA. When I try to reload it after purchasing a copy from Garmin it tells me that there is not enough room on the GPS. It is never easy with Garmin.
Thank you
Steve

You might want to call garmin support when they open, I think they will get your maps back. They can take control of your MacPro if you allow to fix the problem.

I don't think you will miss uploading routes to your nuvi. Just drag the waypoints used to create the route from BaseCamp to your nuvi. The waypoints will appear in your favorites. It only takes a couple of taps to create your routes.

Gentlemen:
Again thank you. I shall give Garmin a call this AM. I just have not had much luck with Garmin Customer Support over the past 10+ years. I have already purchesed the replacement Maps from their site so I will bet I am stuck. O well I have my 24 Topo loaded on the Nuvi now. I think I can just get a SD and load it: we will see.

You are certainly correct: I do not think that I will miss being able to down load route, it is very easy to do on the Nuvi. I just could not believe that it was not possible so I kept trying to figure it out.
Thanks again
Steve

Just drag the waypoints used to create the route from BaseCamp to your nuvi. The waypoints will appear in your favorites. It only takes a couple of taps to create your routes.

I took this functionality for granted, since it woks in my 3 years old nuvi 205. I was wrong :mad:

Nuvi 205 optimizes active route when you add a via. You always get fastest/shortest route thorough all vias, no matter in which order you add them.

37xx doesn't optimize route. It calculate route to last added via first. Unless you exactly know in which sequence to add vias, you won't get usable route. And you should add them in revers order.

Basically nuvi 37xx support active route with single via, multiple via can give unpredictable results. This is poor addition to unusable trip planning.

Just an example of active route imported from 3760 to MapSource. 3760 created a loop to pass via in revers direction. That kind of silly routing would never happen in nuvi 205:



I'm deeply surprised at stupidity of this solution.

I took this functionality for granted, since it woks in my 3 years old nuvi 205.
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I'm deeply surprised at stupidity of this solution.

As a long time user of Garmin products this doesn't shock me.

I have a (now obsolete) GPSmap 76CSx that has far more functionality than any nuvi. Garmin's assumptions with nuvi's and newer products seem to be

1) Users are simpleton's so we'll make our products to match.

2) Since the money is in the features rather than the hardware we'll make lots of units that provide some feature but none that provide all. If you're an "advanced" user (e.g. want to pre-plan routes etc) you have to pay $$$ for the most capable device.

I've seen GPS become mass market and understand why they're taking this approach. It makes them money.

For me, if Garmin made a 76CSx with a larger screen, I'd only ever need one device (but then sales would suffer then right).

As it is my nuvi 1350 is pretty good (with my 76CSx as a backup) but I keep thinking about getting a 1490T just so I can create routes and use them like I have for years in my 76CSx.

Thanks for letting some of us know that the newest nuvi's are even more crippled. When 1490T's come down in price enough I think I'll get one.

The last time I checked Garmin was selling 59 models of on the road GPSs. Not really 59 models but for example 13xx with additional maps or features are added.

Granted 13xx without route upload is a goof but garmin is promising a fix soon. I think the goof came because of Trips implementation. The older Nuvi is great for trips from your current location but week for planning. Trips let you plan and store trips on the GPS but personally I prefer BaseCamp and if you are reading this post, you are probable the same way. I think Garmin will have a fix in the next couple of months.

I think I remember a geocache friendly Nuvi, in addition to trucker, biker, etc. Personally I prefer to buy a Garmin for the Road and a Garmin for the outdoors. For geocaching and the outdoors, I bought a Dakota for me and an Oregon for my wife. I think basecamp users are making a mistake if they buy the T models (topo maps installed.) For the same price, you can buy the GPS without maps installed and get a DVD with topo 100K and have the maps installed on BaseCamp and the GPS.

Granted 13xx without route upload is a goof but garmin is promising a fix soon.

I think you meant the 37xx series. There's no way Garmin is going to add routing capability to the 1350. They already have units in both the 13xx and 14xx line that have that capability.

I knew the 1350 didn't support routes when I bought it. At the time the 1490T was outside my budget but the price is dropping rapidly. A refurbished 1490T is about US$140 online. Adding lifetime maps puts you just over the US$200 mark. There's the 1490LMT but that only has maps for the continental US (48 states).

Another nice, but undocumented feature, of the 13xx and 14xx models is their ability to create detailed trip/track logs (point per second) and save them to GPX files just as my GPSmap 76CSx can do.