

#Garmin basecamp create route serial
#Garmin basecamp create route series
"Your website is a mecca of valuable information and the (video) series is informative, entertaining, and inspiring!" Jennifer, Canada

"I for one always had an adventurous spirit, but you and Susan lit the fire for my trip and I'll be forever grateful for what you two do to inspire others to just do it." Brent, USA We found (the HU) site invaluable as an aid to planning and have based a lot of our purchases (bikes, riding gear, etc.) on what we have learned from this site." Phil, Australia "My friend and I are planning a trip from Singapore to England. "Thank you! The web site, The travels, The insight, The inspiration, Everything, just thanks." Colin, UK "This site is the BIBLE for international bike travelers." Greg, Australia By displaying both the track and the route on your GPS, you can easily see when the GPS tries to diverge from your original plan and you can decide, on the fly, if you want to keep with your plan (the track) or go with the GPS routing.Īh, thanks for the clarification Shu - I wasn't aware you could easily (one click) convert a Route to Track in Basecamp - I tend to just use it for storage and transferring files - so will check out that function myself now. Transfer BOTH the route and the track to the GPS.ĥ. This will give you the original route to go back to if your GPS starts to screw things up.Ĥ. Turn the route into a DIRECT ROUTE (one click in the drop down menu in the Route information box) before you transfer it. This is a one click operation on Basecamp, easy.ģ. include lots of waypoints, especially just beyond intersections.Ģ. All of these ideas mentioned above will help keep your route in shape.ġ. The GPS will always recalculate your route when you send it over from BaseCamp. Garmin may have a clunky user-interface, but generally speaking their mapping and routing is pretty accurate I've found. For example, I've come across this a couple of times on unsurfaced roads when I've ridden a trail I wanted to use (despite what the Garmin was saying in 'Routing' mode), only to find there was a locked gate and/or private property, despite the 'road' showing as a potential through route on the map. Note also that in some instances, Garmin will route around any seasonal closures and or what have been registered as non-through routes, even if it looks like they are on the map. Ultimately though, if you've never been that way before, then why not let the Garmin take you on a particular route - more often than not it's thrown up some real gems for me when I've trusted it - and if you absolutely want to go a certain way, then stick in another intermediate waypoint. Otherwise, as TheWarden suggests, you can create a Track rather than a Route (although doing that in Basecamp is laborious, routes are much better created by actually riding/driving the route and track-logging it in real time). Make sure you've not got any of the avoidance boxes ticked either - especially the unpaved roads box, if you are wanting to include trails in your route.

Hi Embee - the simplest way to do it is to just add a few more intermediate waypoints, and string them together in the create Route function. Irrespective of which one I choose, the route is not the one planned but what the unite decrees as most suitable to get from the start to the finish.Īre there any means whereby I can disable/remove the two routing options being displayed, allowing me to follow the route I have produced? Now when clicking on a route, two options appear 'Minimise Time' and 'Minimise Distance'. In the past, once transferred on to the unit the route would show as planned and could immediately be followed. When planning routes of Basecamp (v4.6.3) I plot the roads I wish to use with a number of waypoints, having set the Preferences on both Bascamcamp and the unit, a Garmin Montana 610 (Software v3.40 utilising CN Europe NT 2019.2 mapping).
