CannonTracks - Great Divide Ride - Page 4

Pantah · 10-05-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by wbbnm

congratulations on your ride and GPS experience.

I just knew you were on the wrong map page when you started describing your panning problems. Glad you figured it out okay. I went thru the same angst a couple of times.

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Now I just create a route in Mapsource and manually draw the tracks using the track tool. Once they are drawn they are ready to share. This is also a bit tedious, but it goes fast and is a good way to spend a cold winter day.

Thanks for the congrats and I'm pleased to know I am not the first to make that map page error.

I have a Mac so I have to use a software similar to Mapsource called RoadTrip. I haven't been able to find a track tool on it yet. I can import tracks created by my GPS or others, but I haven't been able to find a way to actually create a track route on the software. Hopefully there is a way to do it or there is an update that offers that improvement.

wbbnm · 10-07-2011, 09:56 AM

You could try to live with routes instead of tracks when you can't get tracks. I would certainly think your software can create routes.

I tried to use routes for navigation for almost 10 years and finally gave up. Every time I tried, something would go wrong. A big problem is that the GPS unit will not neceessarily choose the same route that you see on the computer. As a minimum you have to ensure that the routing options on the unit are the same as on the computer. These are things like not avoiding dirt roads, shortest distance/time, etc.

I use lots of waypoints. I make hard waypoints so they always show as opposed to the via points created by the Mapsource routing tool. But on my 60 there is a limit of 50 waypoints per route.

I also dislike some routing features like auto-zooming, auto-recalculation, etc. I have recently learned that you can turn these off.

I believe I am in a minority, but I always use track north. It is confusing when you are heading mainly south, but I don't like the display rotating whenever I go into a turn. It is too hard to reorient myself.

theBikeman · 10-09-2011, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pantah

I have a Mac so I have to use a software similar to Mapsource called RoadTrip. I haven't been able to find a track tool on it yet. I can import tracks created by my GPS

RoadTrip is outdated go to Garmin's site and get the free BaseCamp for Mac it does tracks and many other things RoadTrip doesn't. Not as good as MapSource but usable.

Pantah · 10-10-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by theBikeman

RoadTrip is outdated go to Garmin's site and get the free BaseCamp for Mac it does tracks and many other things RoadTrip doesn't. Not as good as MapSource but usable.

Thanks - I downloaded BaseCamp. I need to fiddle with it. I saw the tracks tool so I guess I can now draw my own tracks. For some reason my maps are not showing the detail I need, though. I didn't have much time to play with it, but I will tonight. I tried both the global map and my Citynav North America. I don't think the latter loaded, though.

Thanks again!

Edit: All better now. BaseCamp works with the detail of my NA maps. Will learn the tracking tool next.

Cannonshot · 03-04-2013, 02:25 PM

Great Divide Ride

Planning File

Contains a variety of tracks FOR PLANNING.

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Cannonshot · 03-04-2013, 02:26 PM

Ready to load and ride (20 tracks).

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Cannonshot · 03-04-2013, 02:27 PM

Ready to load and ride (20 tracks) - revision 3.

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Lonestar2112 · 03-04-2013, 04:39 PM

Col,

Thanks for your hard work. I am going with another group this summer. Heading out early August from South to North Going to hop on somewhere in Northern NM and take it as far as vacation time allows.

Cannonshot · 03-04-2013, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Lonestar2112

Col,

Thanks for your hard work. I am going with another group this summer. Heading out early August from South to North Going to hop on somewhere in Northern NM and take it as far as vacation time allows.

Thanks. I'm envious of your trip. Hope you have a blast!

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10-07-2011, 09:56 AM	#47
wbbnm Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Abq NM Oddometer: 1,236	You could try to live with routes instead of tracks when you can't get tracks. I would certainly think your software can create routes. I tried to use routes for navigation for almost 10 years and finally gave up. Every time I tried, something would go wrong. A big problem is that the GPS unit will not neceessarily choose the same route that you see on the computer. As a minimum you have to ensure that the routing options on the unit are the same as on the computer. These are things like not avoiding dirt roads, shortest distance/time, etc. I use lots of waypoints. I make hard waypoints so they always show as opposed to the via points created by the Mapsource routing tool. But on my 60 there is a limit of 50 waypoints per route. I also dislike some routing features like auto-zooming, auto-recalculation, etc. I have recently learned that you can turn these off. I believe I am in a minority, but I always use track north. It is confusing when you are heading mainly south, but I don't like the display rotating whenever I go into a turn. It is too hard to reorient myself.