[mkgmap-dev] Routing with the eTrex 30

Wed Oct 19 08:13:56 BST 2011

On Tue, Oct 18, Felix Hartmann wrote:

> As I already wrote long time ago on the Basecamp forum, I don't think 
> Garmin cares at all. Cause NO single map Garmin ever published does use 
> bicycle or related settings. Hence not mkgmap does something wrong, but 
> Garmin just eliminated sthg they never used. Probably in a few versions 
> the mode of transport will be gone from the GUI too.

That's my feeling, too. With the latest firmwares, my GPSmap62
avoids cycleways, even if in bicycle mode. Which leads to suggestions
for a 10km route as "fastest", even if there is a direct cycleway
4km shorter and 15 minutes faster. In shortest mode it prefers the
hiking track beside ...

  Thorsten

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