Shaping Points Created in Basecamp are announced while running the route

Former Member over 12 years ago

I'm running Basecamp 4.1.2 on a Mac running OS X 10.8.3 and have a BMW Motorrad Navigator IV (same GPS as a Zumo 660). When I create a route in Basecamp and change the the via points created by dragging the route (while holding down the Option key) with the Selector Tool to Shaping Points those shaping points still get announced on my GPS while running the route.

Some might say that the Navigator IV's firmware changes don't support shaping points not being announced but here's the catch -- when importing a GPX file created using Map Source on Windows that has shaping points I do not get announcements of the shaping points. I import the GPX file into Basecamp and then Send to the Navigator IV and everything works as it should. I even edited the route in Basecamp after importing the GPX file and the 1 point that I created by Option-dragging the route was announced (even though I edited that point in the route's Via Point tab to be a shaping point) but none of the original shaping points were announced.

If anyone has any suggestions or if they can confirm that they too have or do not have this bug I would appreciate it.

0 JaVaWa over 12 years ago

Only the zumo 340/350 supports the shaping points option from BaseCamp. MapSource doesn't support the new concept of shaping points at all.
However, it depends on where you put your via points whether they will be announced or not: via points placed on intersections or on road segments without addresses won't be announced. When you import a route made in MapSource with via points on those places in BaseCamp, those via points are automatically set to shapings points in BaseCamp.
So, manually setting via points to shaping points in BaseCamp doesn't work with your Nav IV; placing them on the right spots will.

0 Former Member over 12 years ago

When you import a route made in MapSource with via points on those places in BaseCamp, those via points are automatically set to shaping points in BaseCamp.

Interesting. I've always placed via's in MapSource at intersections or on road sections so I guess that's why they've always been "shaping points" to me. In fact I think such "via's" in MapSource are technically "Map Points" or "Map Lines".

0 Former Member over 12 years ago

Only the zumo 340/350 supports the shaping points option from BaseCamp. MapSource doesn't support the new concept of shaping points at all.
However, it depends on where you put your via points whether they will be announced or not: via points placed on intersections or on road segments without addresses won't be announced. When you import a route made in MapSource with via points on those places in BaseCamp, those via points are automatically set to shapings points in BaseCamp.
So, manually setting via points to shaping points in BaseCamp doesn't work with your Nav IV; placing them on the right spots will.

Thanks - it seems like most of the road segments I'm using have addresses. I'll try placing the via points on intersections and see if that prevents the points from being announced while running the route.