* Bjarke M. Christensen wrote, On 6/18/2007 1:29 AM:

Thanks for the response ...

My almost new (and cheaper) Garmin 292 can hold 50 routes.

Yes, it seems like they decided that too many routes are bad - they
certainly can't save much money by only giving me 20.

Don't know how to add a wpt in the route using the table,

At least you get a table! Leaving this out seems to be a signal that
routes are considered bad.

but it's quite easy i the graphic
mode. Show the route on the screen, use the cursor to mark the "sub-leg"
where you want insert af wpt. Press enter and use the cursor to place the
new inserted wpt.

This works on mine for inserting a wpt between two existing, but not
for adding on the end. Without reversing routes, wpts get used in
multiple routes, so moving them to insert others is not a good
solution either.


You can use the mapsource PC program to reverse routes, but I think your
right it becomes a seperate route.

Yes, but since all charts are built in (i.e. already paid for and no
PC software) I don't have that option, unless there's a way to get
MapSource for free. In fact, the cheap Waypoint Manager does not list
the new products in its compatibility chart. I was able to use
Coastal Explorer to patch up my favorite routes, but that requires
having a PC connected to the GPS. I don't think I can transfer gpx
files with the SD card, and I haven't found any freebe software that
works with the Garmin format on the SD.

Have you tried the trackback function ? It might meet your need.

It might, if I had Traceback! That's another feature Garmin decided I
don't deserve!

This has led me to believe that my old way of using the GPS may be
"obsolete." Perhaps routes shouldn't be reversible because the new
GPS is accurate to each side of even the narrowest channel. The track
display is so prominent that a traceback function might not be needed.
And the screen display is so large and fast that finding the next
mark to go to is not an ordeal.

But still, it seems like Garmin wants us to use routes as disposable,
one time entities, not something to be refined and reused over and over.