Garmin has a FREE program that can create routes and send them to your Gramin device. It is called BaseCamp. If your device can store routes you can use BaseCamp with that device. Also, after your routes are created before sending them to your device the routes can be viewed in Google Map. All you do is select Google Map from a drop down in BaseCamp.Download BaseCamp Here; BaseCamp

That's cool. BaseCamp is the latest iteration of Mapsource which used to be only available when you had a Garmin device. I like the ability to map out a route in BaseCamp and then click on a button and have that route show up in GoogleEarth.

But will the stupid Garmin GPS follow that route, they will not follow the route created on Mapsource. I even called Garmin about that and was told that is normal and when I asked why should we create a route on Mapsource & put it on the GPS if it will go the way it wants and they could not answer that question. :)

tvman44 wrote:But will the stupid Garmin GPS follow that route, they will not follow the route created on Mapsource. I even called Garmin about that and was told that is normal and when I asked why should we create a route on Mapsource & put it on the GPS if it will go the way it wants and they could not answer that question. :)I've not had that issue when using Mapsource with my SP7200. I believe this can be an issue if the maps installed on your PC are a different level than the maps on your GPS.

It won't follow the route from BaseCamp/Mapsource if the options on your GPS are different from the options in the program. That was one of the things I don't like about the Nuvi 465T: it won't route you over some roads if you're using the "Truck" profile.F'rinstance if you have "Toll Roads allowed" in Basecamp/Mapsource and "Toll Roads not allowed" in your GPS and the route uses a toll road then it will be different. Or "Truck Routes" or "Avoid Freeways", etc.

You can also create routes in Streets & Trips and import to "some" Garmins. Our 1450 works fine.Jim

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strollin
Explorer
Jul 30, 2013
tvman44 wrote:
But will the stupid Garmin GPS follow that route, they will not follow the route created on Mapsource. I even called Garmin about that and was told that is normal and when I asked why should we create a route on Mapsource & put it on the GPS if it will go the way it wants and they could not answer that question. :)

I've not had that issue when using Mapsource with my SP7200. I believe this can be an issue if the maps installed on your PC are a different level than the maps on your GPS.
tvman44
Explorer
Jul 30, 2013
But will the stupid Garmin GPS follow that route, they will not follow the route created on Mapsource. I even called Garmin about that and was told that is normal and when I asked why should we create a route on Mapsource & put it on the GPS if it will go the way it wants and they could not answer that question. :)
fj12ryder
Explorer III
Jul 30, 2013
That's cool. BaseCamp is the latest iteration of Mapsource which used to be only available when you had a Garmin device. I like the ability to map out a route in BaseCamp and then click on a button and have that route show up in GoogleEarth.

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