Confused when to use routes vs tracks

Leigh 2 months ago

I am new to Basecamp and am confused as to when to use a route or a track.

I have a GPX file for a long trip I am breaking up into roughly 70km segments, Where necessary I need to alter the routes so each segment is in a town. This means while 99% of the route/track is present when I import it, I need it to create directions for the last 1%.

If I add points in a track, I get a straight line which is not what I want. So should I be using a route? As far as I can tell when I import the GPX file and don't change it, there is no difference.

This is probably obvious, but when I first open the the GPX file, I couldn't split it. when I imported it it gave me a track and I could split it. When I converted a track to a route, I then could not split the route. So do I need to spit it up first, then convert to a route, then adjust where needed?

Thanks.

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0 SUSSAMB 2 months ago

What device do you have because many devices cannot read tracks. Routes created in BaseCamp can be split, I do it all the time. Where did your long gpx route come from? If not created in BaseCamp that can cause issues.

0 Leigh 2 months ago in reply to SUSSAMB

I have an edge Explore 2. The gpx came from here: https://cycle.travel/map/journey/33522 happy to re-convert them later if needed, For now I'm just planning and learning to use the software as much as anything.

0 SUSSAMB 2 months ago in reply to Leigh

Ah OK. No knowledge of Edge devices although I'm aware they handle tracks and routes slightly differently to hand held and automotive devices. Hopefully someone else here can help or maybe try asking on the Edge forum

0 JungleJim 2 months ago in reply to Leigh

For the Edge series of devices it doesn’t really matter if you use a route or track. Both are converted by the device to a Course on startup after putting the GPX file in Garmin\NewFiles folder.

So judging from your post a track would be most convenient.