import kml files from Google?

In MyMaps on Google, you can export your custom route into a KML file. BaseCamp can import that and display the route properly. When that route is copied to my Nuvi, it has no waypoints, but is merely a route and while the Nuvi previews it correctly, it runs a point-to-point route based on the Nuvi defaults. Is the lack of waypoints the problem? If so, how do I get waypoints from MyMaps?

0 SUSSAMB over 3 years ago

Your best bet is to use that as a guide and create a new route in BaseCamp that follows the imported one, and send the created route to your device.

0 sbrogden over 3 years ago in reply to SUSSAMB

Using BaseCamp to create routes is as tedious as pulling your own teeth. The level of detail I need is NOT available in BaseCamp, to boot.

0 SUSSAMB over 3 years ago in reply to sbrogden

Really? I find it very easy. Which map are you using? Bear in mind if you cannot create it using the map in BaseCamp then it's not going to work on your nuvi anyway as any route loaded to it has to be able to use the map on the nuvi, and you should be using the same map in BaseCamp.

0 sbrogden over 3 years ago in reply to SUSSAMB

Thanks for your assistance. I plan routes on paved roads that are fun for motorcycle riding. The Nuvi has, in the past, taken routes created in Google maps and found the back roads I chose. Google keeps changing their map program, making it nearly impossible to export the data. BaseCamp simply shows empty space where the road is I want to use.

0 SUSSAMB over 3 years ago in reply to sbrogden

Well if it's not on the map on your nuvi it won't route on it regardless of what you send to it. It's one reason why many motorcyclists use Zumos. You can send tracks as well as routes to them and tracks aren't recalculated based on the map and the settings on the Zumo.

0 sbrogden over 3 years ago in reply to SUSSAMB

Zumo is too expensive for me. I am experimenting with several tools to create mulitpoint GPX files. If I keep the points less than 30, it ought to work. Will run a test this afternoon and let you know how it goes.