I a new user. I have a Dakota 20 for a couple of weeks now and am having great fun using it on the cycle trails through the woods where I live.
My issue is that some of the trails - including, most surprisingly, the local cycle track - are not on the local topo map that I have purchased from Garmin.
So no problem. I ride them,record them as tracks and they appear as such in Base Camp.
Now I want to incorporate parts of these tracks into the routes that I am planning. Unfortunately the "Auto-Routing" does not appear to consider tracks ans so does not produce routes along these recorded tracks. As I am new, I will not say if this is correct or not, but it does seem to me that if I have been along a track, I might want to go along it again and so the auto-route should pick it up
But still no problem. I divide my tracks into the segments that I need and convert them to routes (occasionally with a surprisingly large number of waypoints). I then create routes from map features for the segments that the map knows and have a series of routes which I can join as I wish. I use Auto-Routing for these Routes as I want them to follow the trails in the map - which they doi very succesfully
And now the problem begins. Joining routes is interesting. I know that the direction of the routes and the order in which they are selected is important (one of the other threads here has discussed this). What I am getting is very strange:
I have narrowed it down to an example of joining 2 routes
route A - converted from recorded track where no map feature was available
route B - selected from map features
Route A stops where route B begins (is there a way of ensuring this?).
Both routes are in the same direction
What appears to be happening is
Auto-Routing selected: Joins with the route A portion changed so that it follows trails on the map and route B portion unchanged
Direct: Joins with route B portion redcued to a series of sraight lines not following the trails
Neither is what I want
Specific Questions
Is there a way to force Auto-Routing to use tracks?
What must I do to get to routes to merge without the route changing in at least one of them?
Should I try the process of joining in tracks rather than routes? If I follow a track rather than a route will I still get directions as I cycle (beep)?
I know the workaround is to stop every so often to load the next route - which is not what I want as I cycle along.
Any suggestions - thanks for the patience.
