Originally Posted by Ken in Regina Gosh, I haven't done it in ages so I'm really stretching here. The simple answer is no. Sort of. If you mean plan a route with some other tool and load directly into the PND. However, Basecamp is free and it accepts interchange formats so you can use other tools as long as you can save into gpx or kml/kmz formats. Or a format that can be input to an online converter to get into one of those formats. ...ken... |
Originally Posted by GoneNomad IOW, it's should be possible to export GPX from S&T (for example), import that into Basecamp, check the routing, and then download to the USB-connected Garmin PND? ...with the reasonable expectation that the Garmin PND will follow the same route as in BaseCamp. |
Originally Posted by GoneNomad And then I realized that being capable of linking to a Smartphone apparently still does not make it any easier to transfer trips planned with anything other than BaseCamp to it. |
Originally Posted by Boyd AFAIK, the smartphone link has nothing to do with transferring custom routes from Basecamp - see this: https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/111441 |
Originally Posted by GoneNomad Thanks. I had come to the conclusion that the "S" suffix PNDs (the so-called "Smart" devices) don't use the smartphone link or the companion app to do anything I'm interested in. Also, apparently quite a few long-time Garmin PND users aren't too happy with newer models forcing them to use the Smartphone link to receive traffic data |
Originally Posted by GoneNomad Ken, After looking up the Nuvi modle you mentioned above, I noticed that it appears to be part of a fairly new series of "Advanced" Garmin PNDs, one of which also happens to be this RV-specific model |
Originally Posted by Boyd I just stumbled across this device while looking for something else, and am just amazed I've never heard of it even though it was introduced in 2016. https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/553790 Now it is intended to be used with their dog tracking systems via a bluetooth link, but I think you can just turn that off. And what you get is a device very similar to their standard 7" DriveSmart 70 with an included 100k Topo map... |