Probably another stupid question (Garmin Quest)

[fimlimbimjim]

Hi, all just bought a quest. unfortunately I live about half a mile off the roads on the map. Can I add my road/house to the mapsource maps ?

thanks

 

[richie]

All you can do is add a waypoint to your house. Then it'll know where you are. You cannot really add a road or path to your house. The GPS will autoroute to your house using the waypoint. Then for the last little bit you'll be on your own.``

 

[Stella]

And you can customise that waypoint icon to show a likkle piccy of a house too.....then go to options and set that W/P as 'home', then when you press and hold 'find' for a second, it'll route you there in one button push from wherever.

As Richie says though, you can't actually add the road.

 

[sniper]

when you get within half a mile of your house you should be able to find your way home, if not ask your neighbour for directions

 

[Droopy Dick]

Ahem ....

I was always taught that there is no such thing as a stupid question, merely people who are too stupid to ask questions when something crops up that they don't understand.

 

[Jon]

fimlimbimjim,

You have got Mapsource set to the highest detail setting, haven't you?

Or are you saying that your house is kinda down a track that's not on any maps?

 

[fimlimbimjim]

off route

Yes my house in in the white bit to the north.
Just had a look at the gpsmapper site that seems interesting.

http://gps.chrisb.org

 

[BurnieM]

With the free version of GPSmapper if you modify your current City Select/City Navigator maps and save them then you will lose the auto-routing data and POI

With the paid version you will still lose the auto-routing data but will retain the POI (I believe).