Explore app - courses, routes, tracks…

I don’t get it… what’s the difference between the 3 options and why is there only ‘courses’ on my watch?

I still haven’t found distance to next waypoint - is not possible to have?

I find the integration between the explore app and the watch to be very unintuitive… and the same goes for the Explore app itself.

I just want to be able to create, say 3 waypoints, and point my nose in the direction the watch tells me, and the walk. How can I do that???

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silentvoyager over 3 years ago +2

I find Garmin Explore confusing too. Keep in mind that it was created for handheld navigation devices, and now Garmin is trying to make it work for Fenix and a few other watches too.

Regarding courses…
Dan.Boilermaker over 3 years ago in reply to Hawk +2

Hawk said:
difference between Routes, Courses and Tracks?

I'll take a crack at this one. It is unfortunate that it is this difficult to work through the terminology. There are a few threads in the fenix…
#Matthias# over 3 years ago +1

Maybe this helps a little bit:

support.garmin.com/.../

support.garmin.com/.../

Additionally, courses theoretically allow turn by turn navigation. But it seems like (according to a report in the Garmin…

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0 #Matthias# over 3 years ago in reply to bluefish

In Version 3.0 of the explore app (at least on Android), Create Route was replaced by Create Course. On firmware 19.20, the course then needs to be copied as Track or Route to get it to sync with the Fenix.

When i first created a course in v 3 of the app it displayed a warning that i cannot sync it unless i update my firmware or copy it as route or track.

0 Daworp over 3 years ago in reply to Szunyog007

Click on point you want to change, and then on the name.

0 Szunyog007 over 3 years ago in reply to Daworp

Yes i did that but it doesn't save when I go back and there is no save option. However when I edit the symbol that is save.

0 #Matthias# over 3 years ago in reply to Szunyog007

For me it saves when I hit the blue tick symbol on the bottom right of the keyboard. Have you tried that?

0 bluefish over 3 years ago in reply to Hawk

0 Szunyog007 over 3 years ago in reply to #Matthias#

Hahaha I was trying everything except that. Stupid

Thanks mate

0 Dan.Boilermaker over 3 years ago in reply to Szunyog007

Not stupid. It's not obvious. I still screw it up.

0 Daworp over 3 years ago in reply to Dan.Boilermaker

Dan.Boilermaker said:
shows the next waypoint name and distance to waypoint. I'm about a mile from my living room to the first waypoint

Can you see all points, names and distance to points, or just first (and last) one?

0 Hawk over 3 years ago in reply to bluefish

Hi, I check Activity -> Course. But nothing will show unless copy as track. I guess it’s just because of not having fw 20.x.
Still nobody who wants to take a shot at difference between Tracks vs Routes (Explore app)?

0 #Matthias# over 3 years ago in reply to Hawk

The main differences I see are:

Tracks show an exact path to follow, routes are a set of waypoints that are only connected with straight lines. Tracks do not have waypoints at all, routes do.

Here the same course as route and as track