Garmin Edge 705 and Mapping Software

Tried mine out for the first time this morning. Everything seems to work nicely. Really nice having the HR on bike rather than on my wrist. Although I will say that the calorie count is way different than my polar HR monitor. Despite having the save data programed into it.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/10609915
 
I decided to just wing it today and use my so-so knowledge of the area I was riding in combination with the compass and the NJ topo map, plus my experience in being able to look at a road and know it's not going to go anywhere. It worked out really well. I'm very happy with it and can't imagine paying for a Garmin version. It's very solid.
 
Norm said:
I decided to just wing it today and use my so-so knowledge of the area I was riding in combination with the compass and the NJ topo map, plus my experience in being able to look at a road and know it's not going to go anywhere. It worked out really well. I'm very happy with it and can't imagine paying for a Garmin version. It's very solid.
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Even with the two lettered road names?
 
ArmyOfNone said:
Even with the two lettered road names?
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Totally.

There are 2 scenarios. You know the road you're looking for, or you don't. The 2 letter road names will tell you enough, if you know the name (if I'm looking for Bungalow Terrace then B... T... does the trick) but if you don't, it might as well be in Japanese anyway.
 
Norm said:
Totally.

There are 2 scenarios. You know the road you're looking for, or you don't. The 2 letter road names will tell you enough, if you know the name (if I'm looking for Bungalow Terrace then B... T... does the trick) but if you don't, it might as well be in Japanese anyway.
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Fair enough. I guess the point is to see where the road goes and if it will get me to where I need to go. So I guess it doesn't matter to much of what name it is.
 
ArmyOfNone said:
Fair enough. I guess the point is to see where the road goes and if it will get me to where I need to go. So I guess it doesn't matter to much of what name it is.
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The screen is too small to see that. What you can see is if the road immediately does a 90 degree turn and goes the wrong way. It's more useful than I thought it would be. I had a general idea where I was which helps.
 
I just spent AN HOUR AND FIFTY MINUTES on the phone with Utah trying to get a map he created on google maps onto his new 705.
After all of that, I'm almost completely convinced now that nobody is using their Garmin to it's full potential, since it's so freakin hard to create a map and then put it on there.

Tell me this, when you create the route that you want, can you adjust what color the route shows up on your garmin? Does it look like a pile of useless crap unless you are zoomed far in? Does it beep beep and tell you about the impending turn? Can you turn off the Navigation if you want to and leave the map with your route highlighted on the screen?

You should be able to do all of that, if not you are doing it wrong 🙂

And seriously, bail on those free NJ maps. They are great because they are free but the torrent sites have the garmin ones which display the names correctly. Not that you need the names, but I can't stand the screwed up names taking up room on the tiny screen.
 
It takes me 9-10 secodns to upload a course. And yeah, it is kinda hard to follow because the course is an enormous purple line on the map. It gets confusing when I'm riding by the purple water sources in the state. Last week I fell into the Passaic.

It beeps by default. It tells me which way to turn no matter what screen I'm on. I haven't tried to turn it off, nor adjust the color.

Personally I don't need the street names. It doesn't do me any good. In fact, the way it's setup now, for me, lends me a good balance of adventure plus security.
 
I'm not able to install Mapsource because it says a previous version was not found...anyone else get a similar error?
 
Thanks for the help luke. Despite the hour plus figuring out how to get a nice looking track, I think the result was worth it. It looks much better without the stupid purple line. We tried it 20 different ways, in the end, google maps, to gpx, to bikemaptoaster, to 705 worked the best.

I will say that I have spent more time setting up my 705 to get me to point plesant than will probably take me to ride there.
 
Deezel you have the upgrade file for mapsource, you need the original install file. I think it's hidden on the internet somewhere or if you are lucky it came with your garmin.

Norm, what are you using to create your route? I can do a how to on how to make that work better. Once you get it as a ride instead of a course it works 100 times better.
 
I use bikeroutetoaster. But I have no problem with it, so I'm not sure what problem you'd be trying to solve. The purple line is perfectly fine for me.
 
Don't these look better? When navigating it looks like this, and then when an turn comes up a pop up window shows up and tells you what to do.
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city maps
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wawayanda in green with the race loop in red
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same thing in topo
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Road - not really. Purple, red, green, what's it matter?

I will say the Wawa map you did with the red/green for race course & non was well done. That I'd be interested in. So go for it, school us on how to do this.
 
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