GARMIN EDGE 705

TYR100
TYR100 Posts: 2
edited August 2009 in Road buying advice
Can anyone help I want to plan road routes on mt Laptop XP software and transfer the to the Edge to folow however trying to understand how to do this or what type of maps to use os very difficult Garmin do not seem good on user manuels . They seem to have a software package TOPO DVD that may do this ?? or Wigge offer Memory Maps but it is confusing as to what to purchase with ease of use :? :

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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    If you're doing road routes then the Garmin City Navigator maps are what you want. Best to buy on DVD (even though the SD card version is cheaper) so you can have the same maps on your computer. You could use OpenStreetMap (Google it) instead for free, but there are still many, many missing roads on the maps. Memory Map will not work on an Edge.
    More problems but still living....
  • dag_on_a_bike
    dag_on_a_bike Posts: 581
    Check out http://frank.kinlan.co.uk/?page_id=920 for some of the best advice I've been able to find
    There's no such thing as too old.
  • cdgreen
    cdgreen Posts: 44
    Use bikehike site on the net, send the GPXX file (not GPX) to your Edge and it will be navigate you round a set route utilising the Edge mapping software that it came with (if you got the road performance package). Also as previously stated, Frank Kinlan's site is superb.
    Hope this helps.

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