A couple of years ago I started a thread about Garmin Connect not distinguishing correctly between bridleways and footpaths. For off-road cyclists in the UK (at least England and Wales) this was a recipe for trouble - conflict with landowners, footpath users and possibly the law. I was using third-party apps to get round the problem. Garmin said they were looking into the problem and I heard nothing more. I tried creating an off-road cycling course in Garmin Connect today and was surprised to see that the software now automatically routes off-road cyclists away from footpaths and along bridleways and allowable cycle tracks.
Does anyone happen to know if this a recent change that has passed me by or is it a silent, undocumented improvement that Garmin has made to its routing algorithm? If anyone else has noticed the same behaviour change, have they had a chance to test whether it is implemented in the 830 software, so routing done on the fly is similarly correct on these machines?
It is a very useful and welcome - if unexpected - change. I know this was similarly an issue for a small number of other off-road cyclists posting here and thought they may not have been aware of it either.
