Comments on: Multi Destination Routing – Muliple Vias

By: dave (australia)

dave (australia) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:22:48 +0000

i use a navman s80 (aussie) in my courier work. it multiple routes & also logs for download to my computer (navdesk) (good for tax deductions). i understand navman has stopped providing the multiple stop feature on their new models. could you advise me of any gps (in car) units that offer both these features, & if possible route optimisation?

By: gatorguy

gatorguy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:29:04 +0000

Yes, Garmin has several models that offer that function. The most common are any of the 7xx series nuvis. Even the new Garmin “live” 1690 would work for you. That device has a lot of funcionality not offered by any of the other major guys.

By: don

don — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:12:55 +0000

Is there any gps out there that you can route optimization? Buy downloading a list into the gps?

By: PAPICANTE

PAPICANTE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:17:14 +0000

I am a sales person,

I do sales from Alaska down to San Diego and more. I got my first GPS 2 years ago, it was a SONY. I loved it. I used to input 20+ addresses and my SONY used to organized them by however you want: by distance or by time. It made each individual stop like a regular stop, giving you the travel time everytime you arrived at an address. At the end of the trip it told you the total driving time and distance. Not only that but I was able to see POIs all the way during my driving.

To make this short my SONY GPS stop working (charging) and they not longer make GPSs, so the guaranty of the store gave me a Garmin, then a Tomtom, then a Magellan, then an Insignia, and now a pay more to get a Garmin nuvi765t, I ready used for couple of days, and I am not happy with it. It optimize the addresses and will use them as Way-Points, so if you miss the screen cause you were driving, forget about, it wont tell you that you have arrive at one of your stops. To bad for $300+

Where is the software that SONY had on their GPSs? How kill the SONY GPS?

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:52:36 +0000

I do real estate appraising, and own a MIO C520.
I use multiple stops daily; the 520 does not properly “optimize” a multi-stop route, and appears to get confused by more than 3-4 stops.
Worse yet, it frequently forgets a stop in the sequence.
I see the Garmin 7xx series *and* 5xx series (? Did I get that right?) have route optimization that works well.

I wonder why the manufacturers don’t come up with a specialized (premium-price ?) unit that really does this extra job right.

I’m certain there is a strong market for this. 100,000 appraisers in USA for starters, surely 5x that many Truckers, Delivery People, etc., and then the Realtors!

By: Tony Mevlubin

Tony Mevlubin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:38:15 +0000

I am looking for a GPS to which I can upload from my computer a list of destinations. Typically, I have about 25 destinations per day to upload. I would prefer if the GPS optimized the route for shortest travel time, but this freature is not essential as I already have computer software that performs the same function. Thank you for your time.

By: George

George — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:40:25 +0000

We are a florist. We have 15 deliveries to make in a route. We use streets and trips and it works fine. I would like to download the optimized route from Streets and Trips or some other software into a GPS unit and then have the GPS unit navigate my driving.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:12:35 +0000

Microsoft Streets and Trips..Or Delorme….I like the Streets and Trips better because it is easier…

By: John Kim

John Kim — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:51:04 +0000

I run a delivery route with about a 100 stops per day and would like to use a GPS. But I was wondering if there is some type of computer software out there that would allow me to input all 100 addresses via a keyboard (laptop) instead of inputing them all into a GPS system with multi destination routing.

By: trey

trey — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:52:17 +0000

Hi, I have a Garmin c330, and looking to upgrade soon. One complaint I have with the c330, is the ‘route via’

enter a route from a to b, but enroute I do a search for gas station or some other POI. The C330 won’t distinguish between POIs that are enroute vs. ones that I have to circle back to.

Which GPS will route me to one that is still within my current route, and wonn’t take me backwards.

Trey