Re: Garmin 60CS and MapSource - a further thought

From: Yzf1kr (Yzf1kr_at_nospam.nl)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:47:35 +0000 (UTC)

simon@longnews.freeserve.co.uk (Simon Long) wrote in
news:891fd138.0407190114.4fb790b2@posting.google.com:

> This seems to me to be a *major* flaw. The removal of the ability to
> transfer complete tracks to a 60CS seems to have been done solely so
> they can sell CitySelect to people who already own MetroGuide. I've
> bought 2 Garmin products (eTrex Summit and Vista, and MapSource MG
> Europe), not to mention various accessories, and I would really like a
> 60CS - but I am not buying one until this is fixed. It would be a
> trivial software change to enable a full route transfer protocol.
>

This recalculating behaviour is a "bug", but Garmin still denies it.
The 76c does not recaculate, so it can be done properly.

Chris

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