Garmin Question

[diversion74]

I own a PDA with tomtom and can't afford a Garmin at the moment.
I know I can't convert the Garmin routes to Tomtom but have heard that I could run the garmin software on a pc for free.
This would enable me to look at a map of the routes and enter them into my tomtom.

Is this true and if yes can the software be downloaded?
If not ignore me as I will return to sulking in the corner and counting pennies.

Cheers.
Andy

 

[Tomcat]

The Garmin maps are not free (require unlock codes) so you can't run the Garmin s/w for free on your PC. You could try Microsoft Autoroute, which is inexpensive, and I think there are freebie utilities available to convert Autoroute itinerary/waypoints into a TomTom itinerary. Have a look here http://rjdavies.users.btopenworld.com/html/programs.html

I don't think you will be able to get the functionality of actually planning on the PC a route along specific roads, and then uploading to the GPS which is what the Garmin s/w provides.

HTH
TC