Timeline for Are there any bike GPS computers / devices that can create routes themselves out on the road?
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| Jul 14, 2020 at 18:46 | vote | accept | CuthbertAnnihilator | ||
| Jul 14, 2020 at 18:45 | comment | added | CuthbertAnnihilator | Having bought a 530 I can confirm that it can route to a destination out on the road. As @AdamRice says, you can't enter an address, but you can position the map to the desired location and it will then calculate a route to it. Also if you deviate, it will will recalculate. | |
| Jun 29, 2020 at 18:18 | comment | added | CuthbertAnnihilator | @AdamRice that would be an OK compromise to be honest, as long as I can do that entirely from the device itself (I just checked the companion android app and my phone is too old to install it). | |
| Jun 29, 2020 at 17:59 | comment | added | Adam Rice | With the 530, you can drop a pin on the map and route to that point, but apparently it is true that you can't enter an address and route to that. So perhaps I should put an asterisk on the 530. | |
| Jun 29, 2020 at 17:14 | comment | added | CuthbertAnnihilator | Is that definitely the case with the Garmin 530? I found this review on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=zh6vcJlkGGM&feature=youtu.be&t=278 and he says at 4:38 that it does not have select address navigation. It's implied that the 830 might have (he just says it's better). | |
| Jun 29, 2020 at 7:16 | comment | added | Chris H | Even Google maps is an option if you're using a phone, and you can cache the maps for a given area (though search is limited). It's not great for planning real routes but more than adequate for getting you to the nearest open bike shop/supermarket/station. So it's good for unplanned issues, and passable for adding a day's sightseeing in the middle of a tour | |
| Jun 29, 2020 at 2:53 | history | answered | Adam Rice | CC BY-SA 4.0 |