Trip planner You can use the trip planner to create and save a trip, which you can navigate later. This can be useful for planning a delivery route, a vacation, or a road trip. You can edit a saved trip to further customise it, including reordering locations, optimising the order of stops, adding suggested attractions and adding shaping points. You can also use the trip planner to edit and save your active route. To change the calculation mode for the trip, select Route Preference ( Changing the route calculation mode , page 8 ). Navigating to a favourite trip 1 Select Apps > Trip Planner > Saved Trips . 2 Select a saved trip. 3 Select Go! .
4 Select the first location to navigate to, and select Start . Planning a trip A trip can include many locations, and it must include at least a starting point and a destination. The starting point is the location from which you plan to start your trip. If you start navigating the trip from a different location, the device gives you the option to route to your starting point first. For a round trip, the starting location and final destination can be the same. 1 Select Apps > Trip Planner > New Trip . 2 Select Select Start Location . 3 Choose a location for your starting point, and select Select . 4 Select Select Destination . 5 Choose a location for a destination, and select Select .
6 Select Add Location to add more locations (optional). 7 After you have added all the necessary locations, select Next The device calculates a route from your current location to the selected location, and then it guides you to the remaining trip destinations in order. Editing and saving your active route If a route is active, you can use the trip planner to edit and save your route as a trip. 1 Select Apps > Trip Planner > My Active Route . 2 Edit your route using any of the trip planner features. The route recalculates each time you make a change. 3 Select Save to save your route as a trip, which you can navigate again later (optional).
Viewing Previous Routes and Destinations Before you can use this feature, you must enable the travel history feature ( Device and privacy settings , page 13 ). You can view your previous routes and places where you have stopped on the map. > Save . 8 Enter a name and select Done . Editing and reordering locations in a trip 1 Select Apps > Trip Planner > Saved Trips . 2 Select a saved trip. 3 Select a location. 4 Select an option: Select Apps > Where I've Been . Garmin Drive settings To move the location up or down, select , and drag the location to a new position in the trip. To add a new location after the selected location, select Map and vehicle settings Select Settings > Map & Vehicle .
Vehicle : sets the vehicle icon that represents your position on the map. Driving Map View : sets the perspective on the map. Map Detail : sets the level of detail on the map. More detail may cause the map to be drawn more slowly. Map Theme : changes the colour of the map data. Map Layers : sets the data that appears on the map page . To remove the location, select . Optimising the order of stops in a trip The device can automatically optimise the order of stops in your trip to create a shorter, more efficient route. The starting location and final destination are not changed when you optimise the order. ( Customising the map layers , page 10 ). Auto Zoom :
automatically selects the zoom level for optimal use of your map. When disabled, you must zoom in or out manually. myMaps : sets which installed maps the device uses. While editing a trip, select > Optimise Order . Discovering Attractions Along Your Trip The device can suggest interesting or popular attractions to add to your trip. 1 While editing a trip, select > Trip Settings > Suggest Attractions . 2 Select an attraction to view more information. 3 Select Select to add the attraction to your trip. Enabling maps You can enable map products installed on your device. TIP: to purchase additional map products, go to http://buy.garmin.com . 1 Select Settings > Map & Vehicle > myMaps .
2 Select a map. Changing routing options for a trip You can customise how the device calculates the route when you start your trip. 1 Select Apps > Trip Planner > Saved Trips . 2 Select a saved trip. 3 Select > Trip Settings . 4 Select an option: Navigation settings Select Settings > Navigation . Route Preview : shows a preview of the major roads in your route when you start navigation. Calculation Mode : sets the route calculation method. Avoidances : sets road features to avoid on a route. Custom Avoidances : allows you to avoid specific roads or areas. Toll Roads : sets preferences for avoiding toll roads.
To add shaping points to your trip, select Shape Route , and follow the on-screen instructions ( Shaping your route , page 7 ). 12 Garmin Drive settings