How to Send Routes to the Garmin

When traveling around a city running errands, making deliveries or working in sales, deciding on a route to optimize your time is important to maintaining your schedule. If you own a Garmin GPS, you can send routes from websites such as MapQuest to your GPS device. Simply attach your Garmin to your computer with a USB cord to send the routes. This way, you will be able to maximize your time and spend less of it driving.

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  Open an online mapping website that has the route feature, such as MapQuest or Google Maps.

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  Enter the starting address in box "A" on the provided form, followed by the first stop on your trip in box "B." Add more destinations by clicking on "Add Another Stop" until you have listed all your destinations. You can enter up to twenty-six stops on MapQuest.

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  In the next section of the form, click the box to select whether you want to keep the stops in the order you entered them, or you want the program to reorder them to create a shortest time or shortest distance route.

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  Click "Get Directions." Another page will load outlining the route you entered.

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  Click on the "Send To" box above the route. A list of options will appear. Click on "GPS." Make sure your Garmin is attached to your computer using the USB cord. Click "Send Route." The route will arrive on your Garmin shortly.