Send location

Hi folks,

What methods do you have for conveying a location over an inReach message? I was off-road cycling yesterday and had a flat tyre. As I was running late, I needed to give a revised location to be picked up from. Is there an easy way of doing this on the 700i? It's easy to send current location but I can't see an easy way of conveying another location.

Thank you,

Chris.

0 twolpert over 2 years ago

I was unable to find a way to do this. That doesn't mean you cannot - I just don't see the functionality.

I would have expected to start by tapping the desired location on the the map. This drops a pin. It also shows a "dashboard item" at the top of the map which reflects the pin. Tap that to see the coordinates and other information about the pin. This is where I would have expected to find a hamburger menu option to send the location. I do NOT see that. (You could, of course, copy down the coordinates and send them as text in a message).

I noticed that you can also create a waypoint from the pin. Looked to see if I could send a waypoint as a location. Did not find that, either.

Also tried it from the direction of "send message". That has a send location option. But that appears to be tied strictly to the current location.

I thought that perhaps I could fake out the send location message with demo mode. Apparently not. The 750i is still going for a GPS fix.

Basically got the same results when I tried it on a 66i. (I did not try demo mode on the 66i.)

0 700i Wanderer over 2 years ago in reply to twolpert

Hi, thank you for your response. I tried the methods you mentioned too but couldn't find anything. It would be a nice feature. I also tried the What3Words app but it only gives you the current location.

As you say, copying and pasting the coordinates is the only way to send.

I suppose another solution be that a route could have agreed RVPs and I could send a message to the other person asking to be picked up from, say, 'RVP 3'.

Chris.

0 twolpert over 2 years ago in reply to 700i Wanderer

Might want to place a formal suggestion here:

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/forms/ideas/

It does seem like an odd shortcoming for a "rescue" device.