This discussion has been locked.

You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Default Starting Point for Course Planning

It would be really good if every time I plotted a new course on Garmin Connect (which I do 5-6 times a week), it didn't open the map centred on Garmin's HQ in the US, but instead at the point I'd previously used as my start point (as, I think, it used to do). I appreciate that not everyone starts every ride from the same point, but even less start every ride from Garmin HQ.

Every other map-based site I use seems to use this behaviour by default, so I'm not sure why Garmin decided not to.

Neil

Top Replies

All Replies

0 Dr Phil over 7 years ago

Maybe check your regional settings in the OS? Mine always seems to open in my location.

0 NeilJonesOnline over 7 years ago

Hmm, that's odd - I'd assumed it was the same for everyone. My region's set to UK though, and I'm not blocking cookies from Garmin or anything like that. Maybe I'll delete the GC cookies in case they're corrupted and try again.

Edit: though thinking about it, I plan routes on both my home computer and my work one and have the same issue, so it's unlikely this is any 'local' issue on my computer(s)

0 Dr Phil over 7 years ago

This from two minutes ago -
ciq.forums.garmin.com/.../1337688.png

0 SUSSAMB over 7 years ago

I'm in UK and mine always open at my home location.

0 AllanOlesen67 over 7 years ago

My map starts at the centre of the country I live in. That is more or less equally useless, compared to starting at Garmin HQ. It is still too far to scroll and zoom, so I always type the name of my town in the search box instead.

1 vote from me for starting at the last used location.

0 NeilJonesOnline over 7 years ago

I wonder if it's something to do with what privacy settings you're using. I have my courses set to private by default, how about all of you?

0 AllanOlesen67 over 7 years ago

Private.

0 chunkywizard over 7 years ago

I’m the same, mine centres on Garmin HQ. It would be great to centre on my home...

0 ASmugDill over 7 years ago

This was from twenty minutes ago:

The map of Garmin HQ only flashes up for a moment, before getting replaced by a map of Sydney.

0 NeilJonesOnline over 7 years ago

OK, looks like this could depend on workflow. I have a courses "tile" on my dashboard, and I create a new course by clicking the '+' button at the top of that tile which takes me to Garmin HQ. However, if I do what you do (i.e. select Training>Courses from the sidebar), it takes me to a zoomed out view of the world. I suspect that if my only courses/activities were in the UK, it would be zoomed to that, but as I've also got courses as far away as Seattle, I think it starts with this very zoomed-out view just to capture the spread of all my courses.

So, at least I've found a way of not starting at Garmin HQ every time, but it would be good if I could start zoomed in on my home location - as it is I'll still have to type in my postcode or click away to get there.