Originally Posted by
thebulls
Please try it and report back. I don't think that this will help. I'm not talking about situations where the GPS computes the wrong route and you mistakenly follow it.
Heh... I'm writing here from an abundance of trial and error. Yes we're not talking about the same thing. I'm saying that without precise use of shaping points, the eTrex 20 will route you anywhere based on its routing algorithm, which involves a lot of calculus and may or may not reflect what you programmed into Basecamp. It particularly thinks that MUP's are toxic or something. Basically unpredictible. Then there's the limit on how many shaping points the unit can handle, where it refuses to offer *any* route. I struggled with the issues long enough to throw in the towel and use tracks for all my rides. But as you mentioned, if the Garmin designers had kept the option to disable autorouting on the newer model, the problem would not exist.