I've been trying to plan a trip in Basecamp, and have the navigation preferences set to Motorcycle>Curvy Road with avoidances of Interstates and Major Highways. Basecamp keeps sending me on interstates. Why is it ignoring my routing preferences?
They are preferences and only that. Maybe it's the only way to route you? It will also depend on which map you're using. Perhaps you could confirm which map and give an example of the route otherwise figuring out why is a bit tricky.
BTW, I'm an airplane pilot, with a complete Garmin panel installed in my twin. They own the light Aircraft Avionics market, and deservedly so; their equipment is the best: reliable, well-conceived, and most important, superb operating logic. HOWEVER, their weak point has always been the MacOS-based external software used for updating databases & system. I've had to resort to using Windows through a boot camp drive.
I'm wondering if the Windows version of Basecamp had the same issues I'm experiencing?
My zumo 660 doesn't recognize the curvy roads pref, so there's no point in using it and anyway, I find that fastest time all by itself is much more reliable.
So my advice would be to select Fastest Time and un-check EVERYTHING else in the preference pane. Let BC create a route, which will include too much slab, as you note. Then use enough shaping points to force the route you want. Yes, it's a pain, but I've found that you need to do so much pre-flight on routes anyway, you might as well custom build them from the get-go and thereby have full control. Curvy will miss lots of good stuff (I venture down to the NC/TN mountains every year from my home on Cape Cod and have created dozens of routes that are definitely "curvy").
I just tried your addresses and BC's initial take is what you posted -- lots of slab. But to be fair, the choices for good riding are way out of your way and so an unlikely "guess" on the part of any software. If it were me, I'd head up into the Hudson Valley, east across Route 2 in MA, then into NH and back roads to Brunswick. To force BC to do that will require dragging its suggested route and adding some "forcing" points to make sure it survives a recalc in your GPS.
Innocent, because there are a number of state highways that are excellent for riding. And what I failed to mention is that this problem just started to pop up recently. The program was honoring the preferences before and creating off-highway routes as instructed.
My zumo 660 doesn't recognize the curvy roads pref, so there's no point in using it and anyway, I find that fastest time all by itself is much more reliable.
So my advice would be to select Fastest Time and un-check EVERYTHING else in the preference pane. Let BC create a route, which will include too much slab, as you note. Then use enough shaping points to force the route you want. Yes, it's a pain, but I've found that you need to do so much pre-flight on routes anyway, you might as well custom build them from the get-go and thereby have full control. Curvy will miss lots of good stuff (I venture down to the NC/TN mountains every year from my home on Cape Cod and have created dozens of routes that are definitely "curvy").
I just tried your addresses and BC's initial take is what you posted -- lots of slab. But to be fair, the choices for good riding are way out of your way and so an unlikely "guess" on the part of any software. If it were me, I'd head up into the Hudson Valley, east across Route 2 in MA, then into NH and back roads to Brunswick. To force BC to do that will require dragging its suggested route and adding some "forcing" points to make sure it survives a recalc in your GPS.
-dan
You have a good point about that particular route. There are a bunch of good North-South roads through CT, but you have to dig deep to connect East-West!
Yes, I've been forcing BC off the interstates by plugging in waypoints, but in the past, the curvy road option was a good starting point. I think something went sideways in the program. I may try a delete/reinstall.
