Shaping Your Route - Garmin DriveSmart 50 Owner's Manual

TIP: To create complex routes with multiple destinations or
scheduled stops, you can use the trip planner to plan, schedule,
and save a trip (Planning a Trip, page
1 From the map, select
2
Search for a location (Finding and Saving Locations,
page 7).
3
Select a location.
4 Select Go!.
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Select an option:
• To add the location as the next destination in your route,
select Add As Next Stop.
• To add the location to the end of your route, select Add
As Last Stop.
• To add the location and edit the order of destinations in
your route, select Add to Active Route.
The device re-calculates the route to include the added location
and guides you to the destinations in order.

Shaping Your Route

Before you can shape your route, you must start a route
(Starting a Route, page 4).
You can manually shape your route to change its course. This
allows you to direct the route to use a certain road or go through
a certain area without adding a destination to the route.
1
Touch anywhere on the map.
2 Select .
The device enters route shaping mode.
3
Select a location on the map.
TIP: You can select to zoom in on the map and select a
more precise location.
The device recalculates the route to travel through the
selected location.
4
If necessary, select an option:
• To add more shaping points to the route, select additional
locations on the map.
• To remove a shaping point, select
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When you are finished shaping the route, select Go!.
Taking a Detour
You can take a detour for a specified distance along your route
or detour around specific roads. This is useful if you encounter
construction zones, closed roads, or poor road conditions.
1
From the map, select
TIP: If the Change Route tool is not in the map tools menu,
you can add it (Enabling Map Tools, page
2
Select an option:
• To detour your route for a specific distance, select Detour
by Distance.
• To detour around a specific road on the route, select
Detour by Road.
Stopping the Route
From the map, select
Changing the Route Calculation Mode
1
Select Settings > Navigation > Calculation Mode.
2
Select an option:
• Select Faster Time to calculate routes that are faster to
drive but can be longer in distance.
• Select Off Road to calculate point-to-point routes (without
roads).
Navigating to Your Destination
5).
> Where To?.
.
> Change Route.
10).
> Stop.
• Select Shorter Distance to calculate routes that are
shorter in distance but can take more time to drive.
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 customize it, including reordering locations, optimizing
the order of stops, adding scheduling information, and adding
shaping points.
You can also use the trip planner to edit and save your active
route.
Planning a Trip
A trip can include many destinations, and it must include at least
a starting location and one destination. The starting location 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 location first. For a round trip,
the starting location and final destination can be the same.
1 Select Apps > Trip Planner >
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
> Save.
8 Enter a name, and select Done.
Navigating to a Saved Trip
1 Select Apps > Trip Planner.
2
Select a saved trip.
3 Select Go!.
4
Select the first location to navigate to, and select Start.
The device calculates a route from your current location to
the selected location and then guides you to the remaining
trip destinations in order.
Optimizing the Order of Destinations in a Trip
The device can automatically optimize the order of destinations
in your trip to create a shorter, more efficient route. The starting
location and final destination are not changed when you
optimize the order.
While editing a trip, select
Editing and Reordering Locations in a Trip
1
Select Apps > Trip Planner.
2
Select a saved trip.
3
Select a location.
4
Select an option:
• 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
.
• To remove the location, select
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).
> Create Trip.
> Optimize Order.
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