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Garmin Routes
This weekend I installed a new GPS on the boat - a Garmin GPSMAP 545.
This is the first new GPS I've had in 10 years - the old one is a GPSMAP 175, a handheld mapper that relies on obsolete chart chips. The new machine is awesome! Bright, crisp 480x640 color display, all US charts built in, fast processor. The problem I have is that the software seem a bit brain-dead compared to my old unit. I wasn't that surprised that it had very few configuration options - the old 175 actually too many. But I was rather dismayed at the lack of functionality with Routes. First of all, it only holds 20 Routes. This is not a big problem, but still rather surprising. But then I discovered that Routes are not reversible, meaning that I would have to enter two routes for every commonly used path. And while editing I discovered that this is quite limited - it was impossible to add a waypoint to the end of a route! And finally, this is no "table display" that shows a list of the waypoints along the route, with useful bits of information like distance, time, heading, etc. Frankly, I can live with the limitations, but I can't help but wonder why they took a major step backwards in this area. Am I missing something? Is there a magic button the opens up the functionality, or some option I have to buy? Or do they think Routes are a bad function they would prefer to phase out? |
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