Help: making route from tracks

Former Member over 5 years ago

I’m using a drivesmart 65 gps and want to make a route from my tracks. I have a worksite I go to that is on and off road to get to. The tracks on the unit show the path I drive so I connected the device to basecamp, found the appropriate track and chose create route from track. Everything looked good in base amp but when I send it to the drive smart it only routes me to the point the road ends and then just draws a straight line. Is there a way to fix this so I can share the actual route with others? If not, Is there a way to share the track with another Garmin so maybe it can’t be “navigated/routed” but can be followed on screen?

0 SUSSAMB over 5 years ago

Simple answer is no. While your GPS can record tracks it cannot read them, converting them to routes as you've done enables it to do so, but then it needs a map that has that route in its data otherwise you get the straight line you're seeing. The only way forward would be to install a map that will route along the off road portion.