+crash331 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I never thought of this feature before, but I recently ran into a closed bridge. I couldn't figure out a way to get the Garmin 60CS to reroute and not use that particular road. I just had to take a blind route and wait for a detour with the routing. Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 There is no way that I know of to mark a road as closed, but you can add a waypoint to the route that will force the GPSr to go through that waypoint, and thereby end up picking a route that avoids the bridge. Its a little hard to do this "on the fly," but now that you know the bridge is closed, you can probably find a suitable spot on the map to mark the waypoint, Quote Link to comment
BilgeRat Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 (edited) I run Mapsource 6.01 wuth CitySelect for my 60c, and if you go to edit/preferences/routing and then click on "Manage Route Avoidances" button in the routing panel, I believe that will do what you want. Play with it a bit and try it out. Tom Edited November 13, 2005 by BilgeRat Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 "Manage Route Avoidances" button in the routing panel That only applies when computing a route in MapSource. The info is not downloaded to the GPS. Quote Link to comment
CenTexDodger Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I think the newer Garmins will allow you to avoid certain areas. IIRC that started with the Quest. The 60 and 76 series do not have this feature. THey tend to update Mapsource to have the features of the latest models. Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I think the newer Garmins will allow you to avoid certain areas. IIRC that started with the Quest. The 60 and 76 series do not have this feature. THey tend to update Mapsource to have the features of the latest models. I can confirm that the Quest allows one to program custom avoidances for road sections and/or areas. It's news to me that the 60 and 76 series don't do this; I thought that aside from the Quest's voice prompts that the implementation was the same. Quote Link to comment
CenTexDodger Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I think the newer Garmins will allow you to avoid certain areas. IIRC that started with the Quest. The 60 and 76 series do not have this feature. THey tend to update Mapsource to have the features of the latest models. I can confirm that the Quest allows one to program custom avoidances for road sections and/or areas. It's news to me that the 60 and 76 series don't do this; I thought that aside from the Quest's voice prompts that the implementation was the same. No, they don't do avoidances. About the most you can do is avoid toll roads, dirt roads, major highways, and carpool lanes. Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 ...and I should have added, "You learn something new every day." I wasn't intending to challenge you (even though my post could be read that way). It's a nice feature (customized avoidances) and a great way to handle the situation the OP described. It's in there for all route creations for as long as--and no longer--than the user wants. Still, even lacking the feature, the 60 and 76 series afford a nice level of route customization. Quote Link to comment
CenTexDodger Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 ...and I should have added, "You learn something new every day." I wasn't intending to challenge you (even though my post could be read that way). It's a nice feature (customized avoidances) and a great way to handle the situation the OP described. It's in there for all route creations for as long as--and no longer--than the user wants. Still, even lacking the feature, the 60 and 76 series afford a nice level of route customization. No, not taken as a challenge! . simply confirming and providing more info. It would be neat to do custom avoidances on the 60cs, but the unit still does a good job without it! Quote Link to comment
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