I read the stickies, and I believe this is the best spot for this question. Is there a definitive list of ALL garmin GPS that allow you to actually export routes out? I'm not talking the waypoints... I want to make a route in basecamp, send it to the GPS, then select it within the GPS, and be off. I'm not trying to get this to work with any specific piece of hardware, and since its not at all clear on the website, I'm hoping someone can help here, or maybe clue me in on where I actually should be looking in the specs.
Better question might be what doesn't BC work with (and what piece of hardware do you have in mind)? I'm not aware of any Garmin hardware it can't work with, but it can do more with the more recent hardware (OR, Etrex 10,20,30, GPSmap62....Montana). It also works with Nuvis. MapSource on the other hand is best used with older Garmin handhelds like the 60CSX and the older Etrexs.
I think you missed the most critical part of my post! I want to export routes to a GPS and not have to do *anything* fancy on the GPS side to get it to work. Try exporting a route to a 2350LMT, which supposedly supports routes. You cannot export routes from basecamp to the unit. You can export waypoints, but then you have to go and recreate the route on the GPS unit itself. Since I cannot trust garmin's listed specifications, I'm coming here asking for some help.
Unfortunately it's not that simple when it comes to the Nuvi, SELDOM. Used to be that you could go to Garmin's site and see which models supported route import. For example, the Nuvi 2x0, 2x5, 3x0, and 6x0 couldn't import a route while the Nuvi 7x0, 7x5, 8x0 and 8x5 could.
Now it's a mess. The 13x0 series cannot use routes but the 14x0 series can. All of the newer models (22x0, 23x0, 24x0, 24x5, 25x5, 34x0, 37x0) no longer use routes at all, they have something called the "trip planner" which behaves differently and has limited compatibility with routes. Even worse, I think a couple of those models will completely ignore routes sent from Basecamp. However, if you look at the Nuvi's on Garmin's site, it indicates all these models have the capacity for 100 routes.
Worse still, the models which CAN import routes CANNOT export routes back to Basecamp. It's a one way thing and routes sent to the device are converted to "trips".
I wish there was an easy way to sort this out, but there just isn't. It has been discussed extensively on many forums and is the source of much frustration.
Want a simple answer? Which current Nuvi's can use ROUTES (not TRIPS)? That's pretty easy - only the 5x0 and 14x0 series.
Just tried to send a route to my 1490, and I must be doing something wrong. There wasn't much room in internal memory, and I found the route in the Garmin folder on my microSD card. I can view the route on the card but can't find it in the Where To Select Routes on the 1490. When I do the Select Routes dialog I get the opportunity to "make one". Finally got it to work, but had to "import" the route once it was on the Nuvi. "Import Routes" is in My Data. It's way more intuitive on the 62s as described below.
However I was able to send a route to my 62s. BaseCamp permitted a File>New>Route to All Data on the 62s. The All Data folder was colored when the 62s was connected, but the All Data folder was gray when the 1490 was connected. Also the File>New>Route was gray when the 1490 was connected. So I'd say that the ability of BC to send routes to a 1490 is up in the air.
Yes, on the older Nuvi's when you send a route it's placed in a .gpx file (Temp.gpx I think) and you need to import it on the device to use it. You can only import 10 routes, however you can have more than 10 routes resident in .gpx files and choose between the ones you want on the device by deleting and them importing the ones you want. I agree, not too intuitive, but the routes generally work as expected.
Not sure about the 2350. When first introduced, I don't think it could import routes at all. But they may have added the capability in a firmware update. However, even if it did import a route, it would be converted to a "trip" and that's still kind of a can of worms. Trips behave like a collection of simple routes that only contain a start and end point. Say the route you create on the computer goes from A > B > C > D > E where "A" is the start and "E" is the end. When converted to a trip, the device will behave like B is the destination, showing your arrival time there. When you reach B, C will act like the new destination, then D and finally E.
In the original software, there was no way to even see what the arrival time at E would be until you reach D. This may have been corrected by a firmware update on some units however.
Anyway, if you want "classic" routes I think you'll be happier with a 14x0 device.
Finally got it to work, but had to "import" the route once it was on the Nuvi. "Import Routes" is in My Data. It's way more intuitive on the 62s as described below.
That's what I found. "My Data" just wasn't the first (or second) place I looked.:confused:
