No custom pois in itinerary on 37x0 and 1695

[EddyDC]

Hi,

Like with the 37X0 series, the 1695 doesn't allow you to have custom poi in an itinerary. I've reported this to Garmin and one acknowledged the problem. Since it's a rather long while that this problem occurs, I asked for an status update and the answer is now that the device wasn't designed for this and it will probably never become available. This is a rather stange statement, since old devices like the 765 has this functionality. What are your thoughts about that? What if we report this problem with several people?

Eddy

[jdgwinnell]

As far as I recall from using a considerable number of Garmin devices over a considerable number of years, it's never been possible to include a "custom POI" in an itinerary or as a destination, if by this we mean any locations transferred with the POI Loader application. There's possibly some confusion, introduced by Garmin themselves, between custom POIs and "Points of Interest" aka waypoints or, nowadays, favourites - the sort of thing you can send to a unit from MapSource or BaseCamp, which is included in the map.
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J D Gwinnell
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nuvi 3598LMT-D
Montana 650, Oregon 650

[EddyDC]

[jdgwinnell]

I stand corrected - I've never used the 7x5 series - but I wasn't surprised by the Garmin tech response which applies in my experience to almost every other device.

Again I'm not acquainted with the 1695, but you can exchange waypoints/favourites with the 3790 using both MapSource and BaseCamp - it's routes the 37x0 series is not currently accepting, though the functionality is promised soon, and already exists in the new 24x0 series. Having transferred favourites to the 3790, it's the routes that have to be constructed by hand - with an unhelpful outcome if you include any via points, as the routing often takes you to the first via and then gives up, unless you choose to ignore the via (which entirely removes the point of having it if you are not a delivery driver and want simply, in my case, to drive to the Channel Tunnel entirely on the M20 from the M25 north and not get routed via the A2/M2 which is what Garmin wants).

This applies to pre-planned routes; if you do it with "Go to" and add the intermediate point once it has calculated the initial routing, it works well - but it does mean that a library of complicated routes is virtually useless.
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J D Gwinnell
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nuvi 3598LMT-D
Montana 650, Oregon 650

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