fletchdude
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Does the Nav V work across borders? I live in the US and am planning a trip to Ontario and Quebec. I seem to remember the old Garmin gps would stop navigating as soon as I crossed the border.
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Does the Nav V work across borders? I live in the US and am planning a trip to Ontario and Quebec. I seem to remember the old Garmin gps would stop navigating as soon as I crossed the border.
The PC based routing program is Basecamp. It can be downloaded from the Garmin website for free. It allows you to create a route on your PC and then easily transfer to the Nav V. It is powerful and with that power comes complexity so there's a pretty steep learning curve. There are quite a few excellent tutorials on YouTube. The time invested in learning the software will pay dividends.How is the routing program? I was going to use google maps from my phone. Having routing on the Nav V would be better since my cell service would be on a temporary data plan for Canada.
As Larry and others have mentioned, all you need is the maps for the area you are wanting to travel. I too have used mine in several countries (10+).Does the Nav V work across borders? I live in the US and am planning a trip to Ontario and Quebec. I seem to remember the old Garmin gps would stop navigating as soon as I crossed the border.
Thanks folks. I put in Montreal and it gave me route from MD. Then I tried Mont-Tremblant and I got a route. Your right, my old Garmin must have only had the US map set. I'll check and see what version I have.
How is the routing program? I was going to use google maps from my phone. Having routing on the Nav V would be better since my cell service would be on a temporary data plan for Canada.
Just be sure to hook your GPS to your computer and update whatever they show as available for updating. It may take more than one time if you haven't done this for a while. Then your Nav will work fine for all of North America.
Be careful with USA cellphone roaming costs in Canada $$$$$
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These are also known as "Shaping" points (different from Way points) and are very useful for ensuring that you travel the course you intend to.... Many times you'll be frustrated that your Garmin will recalculate a route when it is brought up. In order to force it to maintain your planned route you'll need to add "via points" along the way...