Routing preference between Basecamp and gpsmap 62s

Even with the same preferences, the GPS has a mind/programming of its own, thus results can and will be different.

My best advice is to use via points at all the critical intersections and "force" the GPS to take the desired route, even when others are available and perhaps more "logical".

As SARLABS said, you have to use via points in your route in Basecamp (or Mapsource). Garmin's navigation devices never use the route as calculated in their PC programs. The navigation devices just look at the waypoints/via points and recalculate the route when you want to use it.

The route preference settings are never transferred to the navigation devices. You must set the route preferences on the device yourself.

...ken...

Thanks but....that's really s***s....(sorryr).

I've see in the preference of basecamp the software can put automaticaly some waypoint in the "filter route". Can we have this feature in the "normal route" ? Should by more easy. I'm living in Europe and when I choose "small road" it's very funny to follow those road, but if I need to put waypoint to make le device follow the same route that's mean lots of waypoint. Ok the 62 can handle 10 000 waypoints :) but I cannot :mad:

Thanks for your help

I do not use BaseCamp but this is where it should really shine. BaseCamp can read the map card in the gps so any route you plan on the computer using that map card should route the same on the gps using the same map card. Does that not happen??

It's unpredictable.

The developers of the navigation devices do not use the same routing calculations as the developers of Mapsource and Basecamp. So even with the same maps and the same routing preference settings you can still get different results if you don't do something to force the route to go where you want.

And because of the different development groups it's not always possible to make the same routing preference settings on the device as in Mapsource and Basecamp.

...ken...

Thanks but....that's really s***s....(sorryr).

I've see in the preference of basecamp the software can put automaticaly some waypoint in the "filter route". Can we have this feature in the "normal route" ? Should by more easy. I'm living in Europe and when I choose "small road" it's very funny to follow those road, but if I need to put waypoint to make le device follow the same route that's mean lots of waypoint. Ok the 62 can handle 10 000 waypoints :) but I cannot :mad:

Thanks for your help

I have "auto routing maps" and found that by setting a few key waypoints just past certain intersections I could force the route I wanted.

I recently forced a 100 mile route on my computer right where I wanted it with only 5 extra waypoints. I added them into my route as via points. I loaded the route into my 705 and it came out the same. It just puts the waypoints into the 705 and the 705 map software computes its own route. That is why it helps to have the exact same map in both places to get the exact same route.

Sometimes all you have to do is set one waypoint just past a key intersection to force a completely new route. Basically the software is like a blind robot mouse that just goes until it hits a wall and then bounces a new direction. The walls are your preferences. Extra waypoints are special walls that you set to over-ride the preferences at that one spot. I know...very simplistic.

Anyway, with some practice you might find a good process that will work for you. Not perfect but certainly workable.

When BaseCamp calculates a route, it sends the full route calculation inside of the GPX file. The GPS device has the option to read the full route calculation or to just grab the via points from the GPX file. Most GPS's just grab the via points, the Zumo is the only device family that I know of that preserves calculated routes.

We've suggested that the other device teams also make this change, but it just hasn't happened yet.

Most GPS's just grab the via points, the Zumo is the only device family that I know of that preserves calculated routes.

We've suggested that the other device teams also make this change, but it just hasn't happened yet.

Many, many dis-continued units preserve the routes. The gpsMap 276/376 and 378/478 all do, as do most of the Street Pilot series. There's a reason some of these units (276/376/478) are selling used on eBay for nearly what they were new. Personally, I wouldn't own a unit that didn't honor my route choices.

I have "auto routing maps" and found that by setting a few key waypoints just past certain intersections I could force the route I wanted.

I recently forced a 100 mile route on my computer right where I wanted it with only 5 extra waypoints. I added them into my route as via points. I loaded the route into my 705 and it came out the same. It just puts the waypoints into the 705 and the 705 map software computes its own route. That is why it helps to have the exact same map in both places to get the exact same route.

Sometimes all you have to do is set one waypoint just past a key intersection to force a completely new route. Basically the software is like a blind robot mouse that just goes until it hits a wall and then bounces a new direction. The walls are your preferences. Extra waypoints are special walls that you set to over-ride the preferences at that one spot. I know...very simplistic.

Anyway, with some practice you might find a good process that will work for you. Not perfect but certainly workable.

Well...I've already try this, but that's not so simple in Europe because we've lots of lots of small road and I reach the limit of 50 points very quickly :mad:

Thanks for your help

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When BaseCamp calculates a route, it sends the full route calculation inside of the GPX file. The GPS device has the option to read the full route calculation or to just grab the via points from the GPX file. Most GPS's just grab the via points, the Zumo is the only device family that I know of that preserves calculated routes.

We've suggested that the other device teams also make this change, but it just hasn't happened yet.

And where is the good place to send emai/phone etc... to make that happens ? I'm not a developper but it's not seem very hard to do.

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