Re: Which Units support MDR?



Jack Erbes wrote:

"The StreetPilot 2610 now includes a number of new and exclusive software features including:

Multiple Destinations — Do you want to find the most efficient route for deliveries or sales calls? Users can enter a series of destinations, and the StreetPilot 2610 will automatically sort them to provide an efficient route."

Supposedly, although I also believe you can rearrange the points if you wish and I think the initial sort is based only on airline distances.


So Garmin has included route optimization in their description of multiple destination routing. Their use of the words multiple destination probably contributed to my use of the phrase too. My abbreviating it as MDR goes to my desire to not have to type it all out.


That is my point. No clear definition making a checkbox worthless.

You lost me, what checkbox?

The original request was for a list of products that had this feature, i.e. for which this features was available, hence a checkbox. I wrote this to indicate that a checkbox approach by just asking for a thing called MDR was not nearly enough and at that level likely worthless as a spec.

Your 2610 is more the autorouting unit rather than the 76Cx although the later does have some minimal autorouting navigation capability.

We can agree to disagree on that. I can't think of a navigation related feature on the 2610 that is missing from the 76Cx other than the voice prompts. I think the 76Cx has a full autorouting capability, and it some ways it is arguably a more capable navigation unit than is the 2610.

For what kind of navigation. The MDR so called feature is for car navigation with autorouting. I agree that the 76CX is a great off road unit but is not the best car unit on the planet.

The 2610 has a faster and easier to use user interface, it speaks, has a larger display, and is a better choice for use in the car for all of those reasons.

Those are all good reasons and it has a few more autorouting features like via, avoids etc.

But the 2610 comes up short on track memory (2,000
points instead of 10,000) and in its ability to store track data.

Not an important feature in car routing units although I happen to like it. Most autorouting products don't ahve a track memory at all.

Tracks
have to downloaded from the 2610 daily (if you want to preserve trip data) whereas the 76Cx can store track data as long as their is free space on the memory card.

Very useful feature for off road and trail use but not nearly so important for vehicle travel.


When I have a route activated in the Follow Road mode, and the waypoints are placed on road vectors, I stay on the road in my lane and when I have passed by the waypoint it advances to the next waypoint. I think the logic for passing a waypoint in follow Road is is similar to that used for Off Road. Which manual is that in? I'd like to read that.

I have published a manual for Garmin units. Check my web site.

Dale

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