Newbie basecamp question

Former Member over 12 years ago

I wonder whether someone can help. I have a Zumo 350lm. I have used basecamp to create a basic route with three way points. I transferred it to the 350lm and can see the waypoints in favourites and the route in Trips. So far, so good.

I have also tried converting a track to a route. In doing so I set the maximum number of via points to 10...(i also tried this with auto). However looking the route in basecamp it seems to be littered with little dots along the route ( I assume they are via points????). When I transferred this to the satnav it appears to have broken the route down into numerous sub-trips. Not ideal.

I have also tried importing a few GPX routes (down loaded from various websites) into basecamp and subsequently transferring them to the satnav. They too seem to be full of via points (??) and create multiple trips when transferred to the satnav.

What I'm I doing wrong?

Also when the sat Nav is connected to basecamp, why can't the routes on the sat be deleted via the PC?

Thanks. Jeremy

0 Former Member over 12 years ago

As suspected, the solution is simple. I tried the "shaping tool" previously, but it yielded the same issue of re-directing me to the missed way point -there wasnt any apparent difference between route point and shaping point. I dont use way points; seems redundant.

I did strongly consider the 660, but from the specs, viewed as an outsider, the 660 didnt appear to present much value. What are the actual differences/advantages over the 350?

0 MXCHNEY over 12 years ago

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I did strongly consider the 660, but from the specs, viewed as an outsider, the 660 didnt appear to present much value. What are the actual differences/advantages over the 350?

Glad you got the route planning sorted out. The 350 will route just fine if you prepare the route properly in BaseCamp.

350 and 660 are both fine GPS devices for MC riding. The 660 has an MP3 player and mobile phone connection. It is a matter of personal preference whether you would think that useful. The 350 lacks the ability to have tracks downloaded from BaseCamp. I use that function regularly on the 660 when I download both route and track for the same ride. The route may get recalculated, the track never will. If I get off course, I can see where I should have been.