[Closed] Gps newbie question

Anyone help ?

If it's this [url= https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=6400&ra=true ]one[/url] the short answer is no.

The long answer:

The tricky bit is "can I download routes from the web straight onto it?"

You can download routes, convert them if needed, import then in to a mapping program (i use [url= http://www.tracklogs.co.uk/ ]Tracklogs [/url]) or possibly Gramin training center and then send them to the device but you will not the "turn by turn" navivawtion you would get on a TomTom or [url= http://sites.garmin.com/etrex/ ]eTrex[/url].

You would be better of thinking of the 205 and 305 as a very posh bike computer rather then a navigation device.

I used to use a Garmin Forerunner (until I lost it) - good for measuring distance and seeing where I'd been on the map. Once saved my bacon when I could back track a biscuit crumb trail even though there was no map.

Now I use a Satmap Active 10 - has full OS mapping (expensive tho). You can download routes, but it doesn't do turn by turn as it stores the map as a picture.

When I forget it, I use mapmyrun on my Iphone to record distance etc

Then put it all into Sporttrack.

GrahamA is right, a posh bike computer that doesn't need wires