Having problems creating a new course, I've made them before and never had any problems till now. The "change location" isn't working and "stay on roads" isn't either... :confused:
I am totally new to all of this. However, my first created map went flawless, and was sent to my edge 800. My next attempt I was having the same problems as above - primarily the "stay on road." It will not stay on the road and does direct lines from point to point.
Same problem here. Made a course last week and everything was fine. Tried editing one yesterday and could not do it. Tried making a new course and "stay on roads" was not working. Hopefully they get this fixed quickly as I'm in the mood to map out some new routes.
First thing I noticed was when I saved a activity from someone in town here as a course and afterwards altered the start and finish location and save.
When sending it to the device (edge 200) the location of the start was the original as in the activity where I started from. Nothing of my changes were transferred to the device.
Second problem: I found a course on the web by the organizers of a big cycling tour. Converted the GPX to a TCX (GPX would not import in connect) and imported it as an activity, after that saved it as a course and sent to the device. (course, original activity)
When riding the track some parts of the track were skipped en a straight line between 2 points were made wich was not funny when riding on a road bike when it wanted me to ride a field. :D In that track of 65 kms 3 such straigt lines were found, when returning home I opened the course on connect and ther it seemed fine. (course)
Is there BTW no other way in getting a course imported other then via an activity? Strait import as a course from a GPX would be very nice.
I'm new her so I hope my questions are in the right place, if not, please let me know.
First thing I noticed was when I saved a activity from someone in town here as a course and afterwards altered the start and finish location and save.
When sending it to the device (edge 200) the location of the start was the original as in the activity where I started from. Nothing of my changes were transferred to the device.
Second problem:
I found a course on the web by the organizers of a big cycling tour. Converted the GPX to a TCX (GPX would not import in connect) and imported it as an activity, after that saved it as a course and sent to the device.
(course, original activity)
When riding the track some parts of the track were skipped en a straight line between 2 points were made wich was not funny when riding on a road bike when it wanted me to ride a field. :D
In that track of 65 kms 3 such straigt lines were found, when returning home I opened the course on connect and ther it seemed fine. (course)
Is there BTW no other way in getting a course imported other then via an activity?
Strait import as a course from a GPX would be very nice.
I'm new her so I hope my questions are in the right place, if not, please let me know.
BTW, Course creator is NOT WORKING!!!!! (Garmin Connect)
You can import courses from many sites, the trick is to eventually end with a TCX file. Some web sites only export GPX so you have to translate to TCX... GPSies.com does that; TCX converter also does it, RideWithGPS exports directly to TCX
Other are:
MapmyRide (classic)
BikeRouteToaster
1-Go to any website with the route you want, export it to your desktop.
2-Import course to another site if needed to translate to TCX or to your desktop app like TCX Converter.
3-Save new file as TCX, (download file if using a website); open in GTC by importing file; view course; save.
4-Connect your device.
5-Send to device from GTC
NOTE: After you get it converted to TCX, import to Garmin Training Center and view the course to make sure it works the way you want it. If you need to edit the course, bring it into BaseCamp as a track OR you can also use TCX Converter to remove segments, join segments, add points, etc
I am having the same problem. I have tried this on multiple browsers, computers, and operating systems. Here is the reply from Garmin, which did not help me.
I am sorry for the troubles. I tested the Course creation in IE 8,9,
Mozilla Firefox 8, 9 and Chrome with no problems. This page uses Java
Script extensively so make sure you don't have any extensions or plugins
installed that disable Java or Java Script. Some Internet Protections
software may disable this by default. Suspending the protections status
of those programs should allow the page to work properly. Please let us
know if you have any other questions.
Garmin is working hard to find a solution to the problem with Course Creation button Stay on Roads not funtioning correctly. As soon as a resolution is found the issue will be corrected, however, it is not happening with every user. We are trying to isolate whether it is an issue with the page itself, the map, or some kind of information on the account that could be causing the problem. I will update as soon as I can with any information.
If anyone wonders why there is no elevation data when creating a course in Garmin's own course creator, I had the following reply from Garmin support...
Thank you for contacting Garmin Europe. I am sorry for your difficulties. I am afraid you will not get elevation information when creating a course in Garmin Connect. You will only be able to analyse the elevation information once you have recorded the activity and uploaded it to Garmin Connect. I am sorry I cannot more assistance.
