A couple of specific questions about the Zumo 500

[Splat]

Hello, newbie here and I don't even have a GS.

But since this appears to be a very knowledgeable community about the Zumo 550, please allow me the privilege of your comments. I have a couple of issues I'm not sure the Zumo can deal with.

First is whether you can have two (or more) variants for a route. For instance when going from A to D, I need to have a segment from A to B, then two (or more) possible segments from B to C, and finally a segment from C to D. These will be planned beforehand on the computer. All this because a characteristic of my riding is that time at point B is generally unpredictable: weather is of course one reason, but I also stop to take photographs or may make an unplanned detours, or not. In the car, congestion on the way could be another reason. Note that what I am asking for is quite different from an unplanned diversion.

The second requirement is to be able to add POIs on the fly. Ideally, it would some thing along the lines of: press POI button; record brief message -- all while, errr, NOT moving of course . I would then complete the newly recorded POIs on the computer at home. Any allegation that this has to do with the fact that I take the same motorway in France several times a year and the Gendarmes site their mobile speedtraps at the same spots will be very strongly denied (there are other reasons too).

Experiences, comments, pisstake gratefully received.

 

[Popeye]

Yes you can do all of that.

Each of the "segments" will need to be saved as seperate routes. So route 1 will be A-B, route 2 B-C route 3 C-D. If you click off autoname in the route properties can call each route whatever you want.

As far as recording POI's on the fly. Touch the screen and it will record where you are with a number, which you can then edit later with a name of your choice.

 

[Splat]

Thanks for that. I suspected segmenting using a series of separate routes was the answer, and it's a workable solution.

As for the POI, is there a way to distinguish them on entry other than by number? Being able to enter them at all is good. But for instance the "cattle grid at exit of blind bend" POI is not quite the same as the "nice landscape, should come back at dawn" POI. I'm thinking of categories that you can select when entering the POI.

 

[Popeye]

Once you've saved a POI you can edit it's properties on the Zumo, ie change name, map symbol, phone number.

In mapsource you can edit further and add a category, but I'm to new to Zumo to know whether Zumo can handle waypoints with different categories - I don't think it can but STBC.