Crazy routing

Does anyone know what is causing this crazy routing?

The route was created in BaseCamp and has always worked fine. I have used it many times. But now something appears to have changed. I reinstalled the maps in the device, and this has not solved the problem.

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K-Wool over 4 years ago +1
For other people who have this problem: the issue is not with the device, but with the .gpx route file.

I solved this problem by:
1. Deleting the offending routes from the GPS device;
2. Opening the route in…

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0 Garmin-Andrew over 4 years ago

Have your Routing settings changed? If you go to Main Menu > Setup > Routing, is the Activity type, Lock On Road, and Avoidance Setup configured the same as before when the route calculated properly? These articles from the Support Center may help: Routes Not Following Roads or Trails on the GPSMAP 66i/86i/86sci, Route Calculation Error on an Outdoor Handheld

0 K-Wool over 4 years ago in reply to Garmin-Andrew

No, the Routing settings have not changed.

The crazy routing appears regardless of whether 'Lock on Road' is on or off; and regardless of the Avoidance Setup settings.

+1 K-Wool over 4 years ago

For other people who have this problem: the issue is not with the device, but with the .gpx route file.

I solved this problem by:

Deleting the offending routes from the GPS device;
Opening the route in BaseCamp;
Deleting the first and last points in the route;
Re-adding the first and last points in the route;
Sending the routes to the GPS device again.

Hopefully this saves someone some headache.

0 twolpert over 4 years ago

There is not enough info in the screen shot to tell for sure. But - if the route displayed on the device "mostly" follows roads with straight-line excursions to points on the route, the problem is likely your routing settings. If the route should be off-road/off-trail and you want to follow the route itself, be sure you select direct routing.

This might be completely off-base because I can't see enough detail on the map.