Routing on Sat Navs - how to do it

[Stuff24]

I've put together a three part tutorial on YouTube which describes how to do this, as I know it is a confusing topic for many.

Routing explained, particularly for Garmin Nuvi 700/800 series, using free software and services
What is routing? GPX Files, TomTom ITN files
Preparing routes on the device and using software

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laay3AOjFr4
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL3qh2tdSaE
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV0kg4CaaZk

Check them out.
Thanks

[cwog]

Thank you for creating the videos.

What I did not follow was how you created the GPX file from the route on the Google Map. Could you please expand (in a reply - not a video update) what one does to create the GPX file

Thanks

[cwog]

Thanks to your video I have discovered a few things.

I used GMaptoGPX to create the GPX file from the Googlemap route.

I had to then save it to the hard drive with no line feeds and with a GPX name.

I could then open the GPX file in BaseCamp and display the route on the maps in Basecamp - so checking that the route is readable, I then copied and loaded it into the SatNav a nuvi 775. Where it then worked.

As an aside using Basecamp (a Garmin supplied program) may in some circumstances be a better option - you do not get the variable routing option that you get in Googlemaps but you get a one step update to the Satnav using Mapinstall which is called by Basecamp - ensure that you deselect the install Maps etc.

Again thanks for your prompting to get to know more about the intricacies of the nuvi

[Stuff24]

[cwog]

Thanks - I didnot connect that tyre did the direct conversion - however tyre is a 'doze only program - my workaround works on all operating systems (I think) as the conversion is done via the URL of the GMapToGPX site

[Stuff24]

have done a quick 5 min vid showing the process in more detail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOBjKxrmbf8

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