Garmin GPS12MAP - route creation to import into nroute or other routing solutions

Greetings,

I have a Garmin GPS12MAP which has served me quite well through the
years. I also own a copy of Mapsource Roads and Rec US and Topo's.

I downloaded and was dabbling with nRoute and my laptop - Garmin's
utility to create routes with spoken driving instructions, etc. Nifty
little program, except with my 12MAP, it will only create a route "as
the crow flies" because it uses Mapsource as its "engine" and
Mapsource doesn't supporting true routing.

I spoke with Garmin, and they said I could get a copy of City
Navigator, which they are currently bundling with a GPS18 - all for
the price of about 130.00 dollars. That would be one way to "solve"
my problem, but I'm looking for another approach, if doable.

The bottom line is this: If I could find an inexpensive (or better
yet - freeware) piece of software that would simply create a route
with way points which I could then export and import into nRoute -
problem solved. If this hypothetical software exists, I might even be
able to use it in lieu of nRoute altogether.

One last issue: Although I envision most of my routes I would use in
conjunction with the laptop, there are times I would simply want to
dump the route to the 12MAP and be on my way. Of course, I understand
I'd lose much of the functioning of having the laptop and software's
resources, I'd have the route in the 12MAP and could still use it
quite well, just without all the bells and whistles.

Does anyone know of software that might foot the bill for what I'm
trying to do? I know - I know - the 12MAP is old and things have come
so far since I've purchased it and I *should* upgrade. In time, I
will, but if I can get another year or two out of this solution, then
that would be great.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance - I know if there is a solution to my dilemma,
one of you ladies or gents will have the answer.

Regards,

LiRM

LiRM wrote:

Actually, it does. If you don't have MapSource 6.1.11, go to
and get the update. If you do have it or any reasonably recent version,
you are not using it correctly.

My procedure is to start MapSource and create a MANUAL route with the
waypoints I want to hit. Then
        Recalculate
and there's my route following roads. This works with Topo Canada.

Ted

Ted Edwards wrote:

[...nRoute]

No, it does not. Cause autorouting doesn't depend on the GPSR nor
MapSource, it's a map feature. And RuR is not able to autoroute.
Ted, you have to buy another map product to be able to make some
true routing.

Greets, Dirk
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