BaseCamp 3.2.0.10 Beta posted

One more voice in the request for this feature.

Many Garmin customers that are going to be using BC or Mapsource for trip planning would like to have more control over auto routing variables rather than less control.

Oh, and if you have any pull with the GPS software dev team's, let them know that most customers, of the On Trail and On Road brands that do routing, don't like the fact that most of the GPS automatically recalculate Custom Route's when imported/transferred to the GPS.

Re-calculated several times. No change, still a silly route.

Since it works for you I conclude therefore it's an issue with the (non-NT) 2009 maps, but for the beta version only. The route works fine in the release Basecamp using the same maps.

We are checking with our cartography team to see if routing on non-NT maps was somehow affected by their recent changes. Frankly, I would hold off updating until this has been resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience.

... Oh, and if you have any pull with the GPS software dev team's, let them know that most customers, of the On Trail and On Road brands that do routing, don't like the fact that most of the GPS automatically recalculate Custom Route's when imported/transferred to the GPS.

x2 for me. I spend hours in BaseCamp adding shaping points to routes to prevent recalc disasters once they are transferred to my nuvi 760.

-dan

Oh, and if you have any pull with the GPS software dev team's, let them know that most customers, of the On Trail and On Road brands that do routing, don't like the fact that most of the GPS automatically recalculate Custom Route's when imported/transferred to the GPS.

We clearly don't have enough or it would never recalculate the routes that are sent to the unit. We are working on it, but it never hurts to have customers make their needs clear by emailing customer support and using the new www.garmin.com/ideas portal.

We are checking with our cartography team to see if routing on non-NT maps was somehow affected by their recent changes. Frankly, I would hold off updating until this has been resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience.

No inconvenience, since the current release version works ok. Frankly, it's just nice to report issues and see you respond like this. At least I feel that it's being looked at. Can't ask for more than that with a beta.

We clearly don't have enough or it would never recalculate the routes that are sent to the unit. We are working on it, but it never hurts to have customers make their needs clear by emailing customer support and using the new www.garmin.com/ideas portal.

I hope they're ready for input...... I just dropped this link over at ADVrider.com. :eek:

We clearly don't have enough or it would never recalculate the routes that are sent to the unit. We are working on it, but it never hurts to have customers make their needs clear by emailing customer support and using the new www.garmin.com/ideas portal.

I confused, I thought most if not all of Garmins GPSs by design took the waypoints used to create the route and recalculated the route. Does Garmin make a GPS that can accepted a calculated route from BC? I know there is routing info on the maps but I thought the only way to get the same route in the gps as was calculated in BC was to have the option of selecting the same transportation mode and same routing preferences using the same maps. My Nuvi 1490LMT accepts routes from BC but unless I stick in 5 to 10 extra waypoints (500 mile route), I can't get the same route BC calculates even when uploading the route.

I confused, I thought most if not all of Garmins GPSs by design took the waypoints used to create the route and recalculated the route. Does Garmin make a GPS that can accepted a calculated route from BC?

IIRC, all of the Nuvi series re-calculates regardless. Possibly the Zumo series will accept routes without auto-recalculating and most of the gpsMap 60 and 70 series do too. This used to be normal behavior for all Garmin road based units and many portable chartplotters (dual marine/road usage). It's one of the reasons I purchased a second gpsMap 478 when they were discontinued. My units give me the option of A: Automatically re-calculating a route, B: Asking me (prompt) if I want it to re-calculate, or C: Never re-calculate. I would never buy a GPS that didn't have this option.... as well as others that are disappearing in the new units.

Feature/Function Request

The route continuation process involving the route properties window could be more user friendly for track pad users.

When creating custom routes, sometimes creating a via has unwanted results. Using "Undo" to negate the step results in the termination of the route at the last point. The only way I can find to continue or extend the route I'm working on is to bring up the route properties window which allows a continuation of the route using the route tool. This is where the problem starts for me. The properties window has focus so any keyboard input is there instead of the map. Since loosing the scroll/pan function (I know about the "option" key, as a long term Mac user I just find it counter intuitive.) I've come to depend on the arrow keys to move around the map while I'm routing and in order to resume navigation I have to activate the Hand or Selection key, click in the map area, and then go back to the route tool... Cumbersome.

Are there any plans to make the continuation of a custom route a bit more elegant? Possibly the same as MapSource where selection of the route with the selection too and a second click on the end point results in the tool changing to the route tool and the existing route being extended, not a new route started. The other, simpler solution would be to keep the route active after the undo with the route tool anchored to the last via/waypoint.

TIA

I confused, I thought most if not all of Garmins GPSs by design took the waypoints used to create the route and recalculated the route. Does Garmin make a GPS that can accepted a calculated route from BC?

I really can't believe you still don't get this.......It's been a Complaint since this forum was implemented.

The Zumo's certainly accept Custom routes from BaseCamp and do not change that route. Well when everything is done correctly and when the software works correctly, like MapSource properly supports this feature of the Zumo's.

And like Killtimer says, there are many older units that work that way.

Any unit that accepts routes should work that way.

Some units do not accept routes, those units will accept waypoints and then will recalculate the route using their own internal algorithm.

And the internal algorithm is not always the same as the algorithm that is used in BaseCamp, MapSource or whatever software used. And sometimes even the same unit will give you slightly different routes. Like BaseCamp and MapSource will also give different routes, occasionally.