Garmin 595 - what exactly can they do?

[2wheelsforme]

Choosing curvy road and hoping the unit tells you where to go is not what a GPS excels at. What it does excel at is you telling it where you want to go and on what roads and it will remember all your choices and lay them out in a planned trip for you to follow along with estimated arrivals etc. Looking at every road on Google Earth in you planning stages eliminates the need for a curvy road feature. Use it as an assistant rather than a guide. Yes there is a learning curve to build routes in Map Source because of the all the things they think you might want to do. Once you learn the basics of building your route on the home computer then downloading it onto the Zumo you are good to go, no way a phone can compare. A good GPS beats a phone like a phone beats a paper map like a paper map beats a friends voice directions. All do kinda the same thing in the long run.

[jmdaniel]

Choosing curvy road and hoping the unit tells you where to go is not what a GPS excels at. What it does excel at is you telling it where you want to go and on what roads and it will remember all your choices and lay them out in a planned trip for you to follow along with estimated arrivals etc. Looking at every road on Google Earth in you planning stages eliminates the need for a curvy road feature. Use it as an assistant rather than a guide. Yes there is a learning curve to build routes in Map Source because of the all the things they think you might want to do. Once you learn the basics of building your route on the home computer then downloading it onto the Zumo you are good to go, no way a phone can compare. A good GPS beats a phone like a phone beats a paper map like a paper map beats a friends voice directions. All do kinda the same thing in the long run.

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