Originally Posted by
oik01
Strava as far as I can tell produces the routes without a specific address target in mind. I already do that well. What I'm looking for is a solution to this: your done with your ride and your friend tells you to meet them at coffee shop A. On Google maps, it's as easy as looking up coffee shop A and pressing go ... Any way I can emulate that on the Garmin to navigate to that specific location ? I have the edge 530
It would be quite frustrating to enter an address using a few buttons. The 530 isn't really the appropriate device for that use. The 830 and 1030+ have touch screens which let's them use the screen as a keyboard.
Using Google is easy because the search is being done using fast (and large) computers with huge databases (Google searches are not being done on your phone).
One way to get a location on your Garmin is to use the sendpoints website on your phone.
https://www.sendpoints.us/
This lets you get a 4 digit number for an address you searched for.
You then enter the 4 digit number on your Garmin using an IQ app/widget installed on your Garmin.
There's a sendpoints app but the GRouteLoader app and widget do the same thing (and other stuff too).
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/search...art=0&count=30
You can use IQ widgets while recording a ride. IQ apps can only be used when not recording.