Garmin GPS - Garmin 2720

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Garmin 2720

tim fm ct

2008-02-03, 10:33 pm

While on the road, how can I avoid a particular highway?
For example here in Connecticut the Merritt Parkway goes to NYC from my
town. Also I-95 goes to NYC.
The Garmin plots out the I-95 route. I rather go the Merritt Parkway. If I
do go via the parkway the Garmin keeps trying to route us back to I-95.
How can I avoid that?
thanks in advance,
Tim fm
CT

sierra

2008-02-04, 4:33 am

See page 24 of the manual - Avoidances

Settings - Navigation - "down arrow" - Avoidance set-up - Add new
avoid road - select beginning and end of road you wish to avoid. But
you wouldn't want to do it whilst literally "on the road"

Edwin Pawlowski

2008-02-04, 7:33 am

Jack Erbes

2008-02-04, 10:33 am

tim fm ct wrote:
> While on the road, how can I avoid a particular highway?
> For example here in Connecticut the Merritt Parkway goes to NYC from my
> town. Also I-95 goes to NYC.
> The Garmin plots out the I-95 route. I rather go the Merritt Parkway. If
> I do go via the parkway the Garmin keeps trying to route us back to I-95.
> How can I avoid that?

If you're using the PC install of the mapping that came with the 2720
you can control your routing by creating routes on the PC and uploading
them to the GPS.

So if you build the route by placing via points in various places with
the Route Tool, to pass through, not to stop at, that will control your
routing. For example if you placed a point on I-95 and your
destination, when you start your trip it will take you to I-95 and them
the destination. If it does not go the right way, you can click on the
route you would have wanted to use and the routing will be changed.

It adds the via points in the order they are clicked and you can use the
route properties to change the order of the via points if it backtracks
between locations or does not proceed through them in the most logical
or efficient sequence.

You can do the same thing from the 2720 on the fly but it is easier to
build the routes on a PC in advance and store them on the GPS. The
Route Optimization feature on the 2720 will reorder the via points and
waypoints to put them in the most efficient sequence but in MapSource
you have to do that manually.

With the automatic route recalculation that is on the 2720, you may find
that you'll have to turn that feature off when using your uploaded
routes with via points. The reason for that is that if you get a little
ways off the the route and it recalculates it, it may not "honor" all
your uploaded via points if thinks it sees a better way to get there.

But if, on the PC, you first place waypoints with the Waypoint Tool,
then click those with the Route Tool to build the route, you'll get a
route that is much more likely to be "honored" by the routing algorithms
in the GPS.

When you build a route by clicking on spots on the map with the Route
Tool, the route is defined by "Via Points", not waypoints. The via
points seem to be owned more by the software and viewed as negotiable or
easily changed by the software. And you can't edit via points to change
locations or add comments to them like you can for waypoints.

Of course, by the time you get it all figured out on the PC, the
waypoints placed, the roads and turns are all pretty well learned. That
often draws comments like "why do you need a GPS if you know all that".
For me, there is an allure and satisfaction in being able to glance
over and see your progress and location even though you might be able to
manage it without it.

The 2720 is, in my book, one of the last great full featured GPS
receivers from Garmin. I hope I can find a refurbished 2720 or 2820
when/if my 2610 ever dies.

Jack

tim fm ct

2008-02-04, 12:33 pm

"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> wrote in message
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> "tim fm ct" <r.dolan@snet.net> wrote in message
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> Just stay on the Merritt and ignore the Garmin. Sounds like you know the
> route well enough.
Edwin,
Please. Hopefully, you are trying to illustrate a sense of humor
and will reply later.
As indicated in the post, that was "an example". The point being, parallel
roads, Edwin.
As in: while on the road, how can the one provided be avoided.
Tim fm CT

tim fm ct

2008-02-04, 12:33 pm

"sierra" <cfhughes@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> See page 24 of the manual - Avoidances
>
> Settings - Navigation - "down arrow" - Avoidance set-up - Add new
> avoid road - select beginning and end of road you wish to avoid. But
> you wouldn't want to do it whilst literally "on the road"

Thank you for your reply. I'll have to go to the Garmin site and get a
manual. The one that came with it did not even have 24 pages.
Thanks again, and no I won't do it "on the road".
Tim
fm CT

Edwin Pawlowski

2008-02-04, 10:33 pm

"tim fm ct" <r.dolan@snet.net> wrote in message
> Edwin,
> Please. Hopefully, you are trying to illustrate a sense of
> humor and will reply later.
> As indicated in the post, that was "an example". The point being,
> parallel roads, Edwin.
> As in: while on the road, how can the one provided be avoided.
> Tim fm CT

No, I'm serious. If you know a route well enough to know the Nav selected
route is not the best way, just go the way you want. While GPS is a nice
tool, it does not think, it does not know if you have preferences, it
sometimes makes odd choices because it uses algorithms, not brain cells.
From where I live, I prefer to use 84 going to NYC or NJ, but Garmin insists
I use 95. Having made the trip hundreds of times, I don't use the GPS for
that portion. Once I'm off the highway and heading to a destination I've
never been to, it is a very good device to get me there.

Just as we offer customers and truckers very simple and clear directions to
our plant, some insist on using a GPS and don't want to bother taking notes.
Fine. Then they call because they can't make a turn in a big rig or they
did not use the warehouse address and can't figure out how to get around
back.

If you know enough about the route to choose a particular road, you don't
need a GPS for that portion of the trip. .

sierra

2008-02-05, 7:33 am

One of the apparent failings of Mapsource is it's inability to
download avoidances from PC to GPSr. It's much easier to prepare them
on a large screen, but I've found no means of transferring them.

Nick Danger

2008-02-05, 10:33 pm

"tim fm ct" <r.dolan@snet.net> wrote in message
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> While on the road, how can I avoid a particular highway?
> For example here in Connecticut the Merritt Parkway goes to NYC from my
> town. Also I-95 goes to NYC.
> The Garmin plots out the I-95 route. I rather go the Merritt Parkway. If I
> do go via the parkway the Garmin keeps trying to route us back to I-95.
> How can I avoid that?

Get the traffic receiver antenna and subscribe to the service. I'm not sure
how much of I-95 is covered by the traffic service or how well the service
works (too cheap to subscribe myself) but you can be fairly well assured
that if the service is accurate, it will route you to somewhere other than
I-95 at least 99% of the time. I don't think I've ever seen a time when the
stretch of I-95 through Fairfield County didn't have a major traffic backup
somewhere.

You do bring up a good point though about it trying to reroute you.
Sometimes she gets really fixated on one particular road, and even when you
are miles away from that road, she'll still want to take you way out of your
way just to get back on her favorite road.

Joel

2008-02-06, 4:33 am

"tim fm ct" <r.dolan@snet.net> wrote:

> While on the road, how can I avoid a particular highway?
> For example here in Connecticut the Merritt Parkway goes to NYC from my
> town. Also I-95 goes to NYC.
> The Garmin plots out the I-95 route. I rather go the Merritt Parkway. If I
> do go via the parkway the Garmin keeps trying to route us back to I-95.
> How can I avoid that?
> thanks in advance,
> Tim fm
> CT

You just need to learn not to listen to what you don't want to hear, or if
you know the way then just ignore Garmin or any GPS suggestion. That's it!

tim fm ct

2008-02-09, 4:33 am

"Joel" <Joel@NoSpam.plz> wrote in message
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> "tim fm ct" <r.dolan@snet.net> wrote:
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> You just need to learn not to listen to what you don't want to hear, or if
> you know the way then just ignore Garmin or any GPS suggestion. That's
> it!
>
Thanks for your replies:
FYI: I talked to Garmin tech support. The procedure posted by sierra was
repeated by the tech. Garmin is sending me the full manual. If you are
interested, it can be viewed and do/low from Gamin. Go to Gamin site and go
to discontinued units. Click on the 2720 and you'll find the full manual.
Mine did not include a full manual. It only had a very brief basic manual.
Hope this is helpful.
Tim fm CT

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2008-02-09, 10:33 am

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As the above poster said...ignore the GPS. Drive the route you want to
drive and use the GPS for position location. When you get closer to your
destination input the address you are seeking and follow the directions at
that point. I did just that the other night. I knew how to get close to
where I wanted to go but did not know the directions to the exact address.
When I got to the vicinity of the address I was seeking I used the GPS for
final directions.

Joel

2008-02-09, 10:33 am

"tim fm ct" <r.dolan@snet.net> wrote:

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> "Joel" <Joel@NoSpam.plz> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your replies:
> FYI: I talked to Garmin tech support. The procedure posted by sierra was
> repeated by the tech. Garmin is sending me the full manual. If you are
> interested, it can be viewed and do/low from Gamin. Go to Gamin site and go
> to discontinued units. Click on the 2720 and you'll find the full manual.
> Mine did not include a full manual. It only had a very brief basic manual.
> Hope this is helpful.
> Tim fm CT

I don't own 2720 but I believe you can download the PDF manual of most
products these days, including Garmin GPS. Since I have been using Garmin
GPS for nearly a decade or so, so I only read the manual of the 1st and 2nd
GPS, but not the 3rd and 4th GPS to even know if they came with manual or
not <bg>

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