Now We're Getting Somewhere...

• View, Create and Manage routes stored on your Garmin GPSMAP 66.
• A route consists of a starting point, a destination point, and may include additional via points in between.
• With 'Direct' routing enabled, the GPSMAP 66 is limited to a total of 250 points per route.
• While using any routing activity other than 'Direct', the GPSMAP 66 is limited to 50 points per route.
• Routes exceeding these limits will be truncated, and may not route or display as expected.
• Routes imported from BaseCamp can not be edited on the GPSMAP 66 unless they are first set to 'Direct Routing'.
  • Imported routes not calculated with 'Direct Routing' will be followed precisely and without recalculation.
  • Imported routes calculated with 'Direct Routing' can be recalculated on the GPSMAP 66 GPSr.
• The GPSMAP 66 can index a maximum of 250 routes.

 

 

Create A Route

• Create a new route from scratch directly on the device.

[+Create Route]	[Select First Point]	Choose category	Select desired location
[Use]	Selected location added to the route	[Select Next Point]	Choose category
Select desired location	[Use]	Selected location added to the route	[Select Next Point]
Choose category	Select desired location	[Use]	Selected location added to the route
Repeat [Select Next Point] for additional route points	Final route point added	Press (Quit) to save route	Newly created route added to route menu

 

 

 

Route Management

• Routes are listed in ascending order based on starting point distance from the current location.
• All Route Management functions can be accessed from the Information, Map, and Elevation Plot tabs.
  

Select desired route	Information Tab	Map Tab	Elevation Plot Tab

 

 

 

Information Tab

• View selected route summary and modify details as desired.

View route details (Guided routing)	View route details (Direct routing)	(Menu) [Edit Route]	(Menu) [Delete]
(Menu) [Change Name]	(Menu) [Reverse Route]	(Menu) [Save as Course]

 

 

 

Edit Route

• Add, remove, re-order and edit route point details.
• Press (Quit) when finished to save changes.

Select [Edit Route]	Scroll page to view additional route points	Select route point to edit	[Add Point]

 

 

 

Edit Route Point

• View, move or remove the selected route point, or insert a new point into the route.

(Menu) [Edit Route]	Route points are displayed	Select desired route point	[Review]
[Move Up]	[Move Down]	[Insert Before]	[Remove]

 

 

 

Review Route Point

• View map page and details for the selected route point.

[Review]	Route point displayed on map	Press (Enter) to view details

 

 

 

Move Route Point Up

• Move selected route point up one position in the list.

Select desired route point	[Move Up]	Route point is moved up

 

 

 

Move Route Point Down

• Move selected route point down one position in the list.

Select desired route point	[Move Down]	Route point is moved down

 

 

 

Insert New Route Point

• Insert a new point before the selected route point.

Select desired route point	[Insert Before]	Choose category	Select desired location
[Use]	Point inserted into route

 

 

 

Remove Route Point

• Delete the selected point from the route.

Select desired route point	[Remove]	Route point is removed

 

 

 

Add Route Point

• Append a new point to the end of the selected route.

[Select Next Point]	Choose a category	Select desired location [Use]	Point added to end of route

 

 

 

Delete Route

• Remove the selected route from device memory.

(Menu) [Delete]	Select [Cancel] to abort	Select [Delete] to confirm

 

 

 

Change Route Name

• Change the display name for the selected route.

Choose desired route	(Menu) [Change Name]	Edit route name	Route name is updated

 

 

 

Reverse Route

• Invert point sequence for the selected route.

(Menu) [Reverse Route]	Route is reversed	(Menu) [Reverse Route]	Route is reversed

 

 

 

Save as Course

• An identically named course will be made available in Course Planner.

(Menu)	[Save as Course]	Route export complete

 

 

 

Map Tab

• View selected route on the map.

[Go] to begin navigation	(Menu) [Pan]	Pan + zoom map as desired	(Menu) [Review Route]
Route details are displayed	(Menu) [Map Setup]	(Menu) [Restore Defaults]

 

 

 

Elevation Plot Tab

• View the elevation plot for the selected route.

Elevation plot displayed for selected route	Pan and Zoom Elevation Plot to mark desired location	(Menu) [View Map]	Selected elevation plot location displayed on map

 

 

 

Routing Methods

• Compare the same route, with identical start and finish points, where only the routing method has been changed:

Direct		Guided