Rob
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Ok, I'll admit that I find gps and route planning confusing. For my smaller local rides I just plan it via the Garmin's screens and I'm fine with that.
Now for some longer trips, I want to plot it in Google Maps or Mapquest and import it. What I am finding is when I export the gpx files to my Garmin, it only takes the waypoint(s) and not the route itself.
So the problem I run into is I get directions from point a to point b in google maps or mapquest. I then drag the route line to make it go to the roads I want to ride - move it around big cities, etc. When I export this, the Garmin just grabs that one endpoint and plots its own route - which is often the original route from google maps that I spent time editing.
Does anyone know if it is possible to capture the route data and not just the waypoints?
It's looking to me like the only way to do this is to build a series of waypoints and import those as a custom route (or as individual waypoints). But to make it use the roads I want, I would need to use quite a few of them to make sure Garmin plots the path I originally intended. This seems kludgey and counterintuitive so before spending a lot of time doing so, I thought I'd ask you all as therem ust be a better way.
I was hoping BaseCamp would let me drag route lines, but that appears to only connect Waypoints as well?
Now for some longer trips, I want to plot it in Google Maps or Mapquest and import it. What I am finding is when I export the gpx files to my Garmin, it only takes the waypoint(s) and not the route itself.
So the problem I run into is I get directions from point a to point b in google maps or mapquest. I then drag the route line to make it go to the roads I want to ride - move it around big cities, etc. When I export this, the Garmin just grabs that one endpoint and plots its own route - which is often the original route from google maps that I spent time editing.
Does anyone know if it is possible to capture the route data and not just the waypoints?
It's looking to me like the only way to do this is to build a series of waypoints and import those as a custom route (or as individual waypoints). But to make it use the roads I want, I would need to use quite a few of them to make sure Garmin plots the path I originally intended. This seems kludgey and counterintuitive so before spending a lot of time doing so, I thought I'd ask you all as therem ust be a better way.
I was hoping BaseCamp would let me drag route lines, but that appears to only connect Waypoints as well?