garmin

Now that I'm home I can't pull up any data from my travels in Mexico (routes, speed, elevation of places I rode with the GPS on) Once I crossed back into the US the GPS did keep a log.
Any ideas?

The Garmin Nuvi 50LM has been a blessing this trip. Used to be I'd be lost most of the time in Mexico, now I'm only lost finding exact destinations. The Nuvi gets me to the ballpark.
There's much to learn about it, but it sure beats maps.

I am not sure which NUVI you have or what the settings are. Sometimes they can be set up by distance from a certain point - so if you are not close enough the place you look for may not appear. Not all NUVIs do the same thing. There are many models. If the hotel does appear when you get closer it may be your settings or something to do with that particular model. If the hotel is on the list it should show up. Many places are not listed because someone has to tell Garmin or whoever provides the data that they are there. Many places are simply not listed. But if they are listed then I could be something to do with settings and distance. I just fooled around with my Streets & Trips (not my NUVI) and set from my location to 1 mile out and got one hotel - changed my setting to 50 miles out and got 482 hotels. Yesterday we were looking for a store with NUVI - we knew there were two in the area - NUVI only had one - and it was the one that is further away - S&T did not have either one of them. No GPS is perfect and maybe they never will be. We do the best we can with what we have. Imagine if we did not have any of this technology. When I drove trucks all over 48 states 30 years ago all I had was an atlas with maps of each state - no city maps - and no local streets. I had to stop and go to a pay phone and call to get directions. For almost 10 years of driving I found my way everywhere I had to go without a GPS. Now I can't seem to find my way around the block without my GPS. I used to be very good at math until they invented the pocket calculator and computers - now I rely on devices and my brain has ceased to function as it once did. But when I really need to I can find the math I need somewhere back there in my brain. Technology is a great help but we need to remember to use the old brain sometimes too.

The Nuvi has found one hotel so far. It's always the same; As I approach the city I stop and check for lodging nearby. Invariably, the hotel I am looking for isn't on the list. I often hire a taxi to lead us to the hotel, and once I get there the darned hotel is on the list.
We're on a heavy motorcycle, and at the end of the day it's tough wobbling around in heavy traffic - stop and go and always a chance of tipping over.
Is my Nuvi possessed by evil spirits?

Chris,

What I had done was found Zertuche on my Streets & Trips and then Google Earth and GE Street View to confirm what I was looking for. I then entered the Lat Lon in the Garmin to get the location. The picture I had came from Google Earth. I often takes several tools to find the correct location in Mexico. Our dash computer hard drive quit working a few days ago so I have no dash Streets & Trips so even with the Garmin we seem to be lost without of Streets & Trips. I will get a new Solid State Hard Drive and install it as soon as we get back to AZ. I am so used to being able to see where we are going and searching the big picture with S&T I find anything else lacking. The new Garmin is great and we are glad we have it in the car but in some techno areas the Garmin can't compete with S&T. Personal opinion of course - having use both extensively.

crandle wrote:
My work around has been to look up the address on Google Maps and then enter the nearest intersection into the Garmin. That gets you close.

I'll try that. Thank-you!

My work around has been to look up the address on Google Maps and then enter the nearest intersection into the Garmin. That gets you close.

Brian,

I was impressed with your GPS when we went to Guadalajara. It took us right there and even had a picture on your screen of the business.

We have found no GPS that does well with addresses in Mexico. They have to have a data base to use for addresses and maybe there isn't one available for Mexico? I have no idea. Maybe someone at Garmin would have an answer?

I'm touring by motorcycle in Oaxaca - Thank God for GPS... Now, when entering a city I can find my way out of the other side.
One problem I'm having is entering an address to find a restaurant or Hotel... The Nuvi doesn't recognize addresses even though I am entering the address correctly. Maybe the problem is street addresses and abbreviations for streets, roads, boulevards.
Anyone have any advice????