Interstate Rest Areas

        We have a Nuvi 265T which we like. Question I have, is there a way to
have it show the rest and/or service areas along the Interstate
highways? We once ate our picnic lunch in a small town parking lot only
to find that three miles down I-95 there was a lovely rest area we could
have used.

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:04:23 -0500, plmarkovic


No guarantees, but have you tried this?

Tap 'Where To' and select 'Points of Interest', then scroll down and
select 'Auto Services'. On my Nuvi 760, there's a sub-category called
'Rest Area / Tourist Info'. Does that show what you need?

Sunshine-

That appears to work on both a Nuvi 350 and a Nuvi 1490T. I found two
interstate rest areas about 5 miles away. By looking at the map of
each, I see that one is for north bound, the other for south bound.

Rest areas (and Tourist Info) further than 50 miles away were not shown,
even after entering a destination 150 miles away. You might have to
wait until you get closer to where you want to take a break, before
looking for the rest area. At least it will give your co-pilot
something to do!

Fred

Yes, that does work and is one of the obscure capabilities of the unit.
It would be nice if the routing map would show the location of the
rest or service areas by some symbol, maybe a future enhancement???


On 12/5/2010 12:25 PM, Sunshine wrote:

Our old Garmin StreetPilot GPS shows rest areas on the map as we
drive, but our Nuvi doesn't.

Apparently, removing that useful information from the map was an
"enhancement".

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Dave