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| Posted by jimw_wood3 Alternate route possibility On a recent trip back from Jacksonville, Florida my Nuvi 285W GPS directed us thru Asheville, NC on I-40. We discovered there that a rock slide had closed I-40 west of Asheville blocking us from N I-75 to Michigan. We tried following the DOT detour signs but after a long day it just didn't work. After fumbling around while getting darker and more lost we decided to pack it in, stay the night and figure it out the next morning. Question...is there some way to let the GPS find us an alternate route in such a situation?? Software? We were able to follow the DOT signs the next morning after some local help but lost a lot of time and milleage.! Did eventually hook up with I-75 somewhere farther north. THNX for any suggestions... |
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| Posted by johmazz2006 Re: Alternate route possibility There is a program called MapSource, which allows you to set /plot the route you wish to use, and then load into the GPS. Great program and VERY helpful. john |
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| Posted by jimw_wood3 Mapsource Thanks for the source. I downloaded Mapsource and got a very blank page with cross hatching. Tried their "Help" but not much help. What can I do with it?? How to start? |
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| Posted by GDT More... Some posts are not listed here. See all posts here: Alternate route possibility GPS Data Team |
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| Posted by wpociengel Re: Alternate route possibility
Not sure how this would help if the GPS didn't allow multiple routes. |
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| Posted by Red Yes, create bogus waypoints on another road When my Nuvi (or software on my laptop) insists on going where I don't want to go, I create a waypoint that is off that route--and tell it to make a new one using the new waypoint. So if there's a road closed, look at the map, zoom out, look for some alternate road that heads in the same direction. Set one or more waypoints on that alternate road and create a new route, which will use the new waypoints. And since they are not on the blocked road--the Nuvi will usually provide a whole new route using the alternate road. As far as I can tell, there's no way to tell a Nuvi "Don't go here" when you're in the car using just the unit. It isn't as smart as full-blown routing software running on a PC. |
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| Posted by LMOF Alternate route Hello, well I just want to say that in my GPS I have one option to find one alternate route, is very nice and easy. My GPS is the garmin 1340 Nuvi when I am driving to my route, I just have to click in the gps and select the option "alternate route" ( This in my language Portuguese), in English I do not know, but I think that it will be the same, and the GPS calculate a new route from the next roads ahead. |
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