Tracking With Laptop And Garmin Nroute

[+kevin917z]

ok, now that garmin stopped allowing tracking in the mapsource program and created nRoute, I am lost! I have created a route in nRoute but how do i get the real time tracking and having it tell me which way to go when i am in the car? This is really frustrating, ive been playing around with this for a couple hours now and cant figure it out!!!! I am leaving sunday morning for a trip out of state and using my laptop to navigate with the GPS would be greatly benifitial!

 

I think im going to be looking for the old updates and reinstall all my garmin software but i really dont want to do this!

 

I am using mapsource metroguide version 5 and a rino 130

Edited May 27, 2006 by kevin917z

[+LandRover]

The way I understand it any US version of Metroguide newer than 4 does not support autorouting so if you try to route someplace it will only show a straight line.

I could be wrong (it happened once before) but thats my understanding.

 

[EDIT]

After a little more research it appears that MG will auto route on the PC but not on a GPSr so I'm not sure why you are having problems. I use nRoute and City Slelect on my laptop and have no problems autorouting.

Edited May 27, 2006 by LandRover

[+kevin917z]

The way I understand it any US version of Metroguide newer than 4 does not support autorouting so if you try to route someplace it will only show a straight line.

I could be wrong (it happened once before) but thats my understanding.

 

[EDIT]

After a little more research it appears that MG will auto route on the PC but not on a GPSr so I'm not sure why you are having problems. I use nRoute and City Slelect on my laptop and have no problems autorouting.

 

Can you tell me what im doing wrong, i can create routes just fine in both mapsource and nRoute, but how do i start it navigating so i can get turn for turn directions and have the computer speak to me? Im just not seeing how to start telling it i want to go somewhere

[+mncanoeist]

Nroute will not give turn by turn directions with Metroguide it will only show where you are and have been. You need city select or city navigator.

[+kevin917z]

Nroute will not give turn by turn directions with Metroguide it will only show where you are and have been. You need city select or city navigator.

 

so i just have to just look over at the laptop where the route is highlighted and try to stay on it myself?

[+mncanoeist]

Thats about it. You could get microsoft streets and trips for 30-40 bucks and use your 130 and get turn by turn with voice prompting, alot cheaper than city select which I dont believe will work with your 130.