60csx + Metroguide 5 = No Routing?

[+TheWilkens]

Hi, I have a 60csx and Metroguide 5. I can select maps to send to the garmin unit but the box that enables me to send down routing information with those maps is grayed out. Is this a limitation of the software or am I missing something somewhere?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Keith.

[+whitecrow]

Metroguide 5 & up do not autoroute, you can do a goto, but it will be a straight line. I sold mine & bought CS7.

Edited February 18, 2006 by whitecrow

[+Creakhead]

I too have metro 5 and when I was in mapsource i created a waypoint to my uncle's house and then selected to go to that point, the autoroute page came up when I was hitting the page button on the gps. So I think i might do autorouting, but I am not sure how well

[+drbugs]

Metroguide 5 & up do not autoroute, you can do a goto, but it will be a straight line. I sold mine & bought CS7.

 

From the garmin site:

MetroGuide® - This CD offers similar coverage as City Select, including points of interest. MetroGuide North America and Europe provide automatic route calculation for select products on the PC, while MetroGuide Canada offers autorouting on both the PC and compatible Garmin units. The main difference is its compatibility with Garmin units that do not have automatic route capability.

 

Garmin Mapping Software Link

[Neo_Geo]

Any autorouting done on the GPSr with MetroGuide maps from version 5 and up will be done with the GPSr's basemap. An autorouting basemap is for routing on major roads between cities - NOT for going form point A to point B. So while your GPSr will APPEAR to autoroute with MetroGuide maps, you really wouldn't want to follow such routes as they'll take you insanely out-of-the-way.

[+whitecrow]

"MetroGuide North America and Europe provide automatic route calculation for select products on the PC"

I used Metroguide 5 ( leftover from my Etrex legend days) on my 60cx, it did not autoroute. I then bought CS7.