Re: Auto routes


"Don B" <buroker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bob L wrote:
"Henry" <HenryNot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Don B wrote:
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The older Garmin 2610 if you can find one, and the 2820 will do this
within the GPS. You would have to convert the addresses to GPS
coordinates, which you can do on a couple of sites on the internet,
upload those to the GPS, pick a start and a finish waypoint, add the
others as vias, then tell the GPS to pick the optimum route. I have did
it with mine with six or seven points and it worked like a charm. I
would check with Garmin as to how many vias you can use because it
doesn't say in the manual.
BUY.COM has refurbished 2610 for $190 !
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90125935

You can buy a brand new Quest for that now. The 2820 costs $600-700.

Interesting that the Quest and 2610 came out about the same time but the
2600 series is long since discontinued while the Quest is still going
strong. Garmin still has nothing else with comparable features.

I asked a Garmin tech rep why they would discontinue a model as good as
the 2610, and the answer I got was because they replaced it with the 2820
which has quite a few more features then the 2610 had. She went on to say
that they came out with the Nuvi line, which she called a dumbed down
version of the Street Pilot, because many people thought the Street Pilots
were too complicated. Even the Quest models don't have many of the
features that the 2820 or even the 2610 has.

The Quest lacks the larger touch screen and upgradable memory but I think
the features are otherwise very similar to the 2610. The big advantage the
Quest has is it's shirt pocket size and 20 hour battery life. It's far more
suitable for pedestrian/hiking use and is more convenient to take on a trip
for your rental car.

I agree the Nuvi line is very much dumbed down.


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