Handheld GPS

RevSmoke · 07-11-2011, 08:46 AM

Well, ended up getting the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. Used it on vacation. If there is one feature that I would like to have had on there, it is the ability to type in the name of a restaurant/point of interest/etc... and not simply just search those areas to see what is locally available. It would have been nice to look for a Big Boy in Ignace while still in Traverse City (Pauline had a nostalgic hankering for Big Boy, and we figured that Ignace was the right place, in regard to travel distance, for our lunch) that way, while traveling, we could have known if we should look for one closer or futher on our route.

I know where to enter an address and execute a search in that manner, but I 'd like to do it without knowing the address, just knowing the name.

Anyway, just a small issue, but one that would have made it a nicer unit.

Or, maybe I just need to figure out how to do a specific name search.

Thanks for the help and suggestions as I did the investigative process before purchase.

07-11-2011, 08:46 AM	#9
RevSmoke Ain't Never Gonna Leave Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Todd Location: Northcentral woods of Wisconsin Posts: 6,875 Trading: (51)	Re: Handheld GPS Well, ended up getting the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. Used it on vacation. If there is one feature that I would like to have had on there, it is the ability to type in the name of a restaurant/point of interest/etc... and not simply just search those areas to see what is locally available. It would have been nice to look for a Big Boy in Ignace while still in Traverse City (Pauline had a nostalgic hankering for Big Boy, and we figured that Ignace was the right place, in regard to travel distance, for our lunch) that way, while traveling, we could have known if we should look for one closer or futher on our route. I know where to enter an address and execute a search in that manner, but I 'd like to do it without knowing the address, just knowing the name. Anyway, just a small issue, but one that would have made it a nicer unit. Or, maybe I just need to figure out how to do a specific name search. Thanks for the help and suggestions as I did the investigative process before purchase. __________________ Todd__ "Smoke what you like, and enjoy it!"