Basecamp: Disable "intelligent routing" completely?

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi

I'm creating routes in Basecamp for motorcycle use on various ZUmo devices.
Sometimes i have quite some problems creating some parts of a route as Basecamp simply routes another way then the one i selected, and that is even with setting points at short interval.
Sometimes i can also have a route that cross's a earlier part of the same route.

I don't think that i'm doing something illegal routing, but it is as Basecamp sometimes just decides on it's own.
I have disable all "avoid" options so those should not interfere with the routing.
Then there is the three ways of routing: Shortest, fastest and curvy roads. I believe those have influence on how the routing is done.

So isn't it possible to disable all intelligence so a route is just drawn following the points i place (on the road of course)?

As far as i remember back then Mapsource had not those intelligent behaviours.

br Lars

0 SUSSAMB over 8 years ago

Well both BaseCamp and Mapsource use the same maps installed on your PC and will route according to those maps. I don't understand what you mean when you say a route is 'just drawn following the points I place'.

Both programs join points based on their routing algorithm and the map selected. If you simply want a route that joins the dots you place then use direct activity, but I don't really think you want that?

The best way to create a route is to create a start and end point. Let BaseCamp/Mapsource calculate the route between them and then 'rubber band' it to make it go the way you want.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

The routes are used for cycling races, and has to be exactly as the race organiser has published. So it is not just a route from A to B and then let Basecamp decide the route.
In cities especially there can be quite a lot of turns, and it happens often that Basecamp here decides a better route than the one i have drawn, even though i have points at each turn and some in between also.

It is long time since i used Mapsource (as it has not been update for years), but i don't remember that i had such issues in Mapsource, so i still believe that there is more "intelligence" build into Basecamp.

0 SUSSAMB over 8 years ago

I don't believe so but you can always use Mapsource if you wish, it still works.

I understand you need to follow an exact route but rubber banding should allow you to do that.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

Since you are dealing with Zumo devices why not just make a Track in BaseCamp, transfer it to the Zumo, and then have the Zumo make a Route from the track? The Route from Track function on the device will create a Route that is exactly faithful to the Track.

This might also work if you create the Route from a Track in BaseCamp assuming all the Zumos have the exact same map installed and the same routing options selected.