[BaseCamp] How do I join routes?

[Tim Bowman]

With the current discussion about joining routes, it's important to note
some shortcomings of joining routes and a few other route matters.  Keep in
mind that I do join routes, but I try to be sparing in doing it.  Here's
what I've found:

- Longer routes can take much more time to recalculate on the GPS if the
rider deviates from the route.
- If the route includes too many waypoints, it can be silently truncated
losing some waypoints.
- The longer route may be harder to edit on your GPS device (if you are
inclined to do so).
- Joining routes helps to provide a big picture of an intended ride.

For my LD riding, I try to shorten the route to 1/2 day in length; and
depending upon the number of waypoints, I may make it a day in length.
Often I find myself routing from waypoint to waypoint to keep the routing
simpler.  Also, since I use a Garmin Montana, I save one copy of the route
on my PC with the route preferences set as DIRECT.   This route when
transferred to the Montana allows me to edit the route 'on the fly'.  Using
other profiles doesn't allow me to edit the route.

Tim Bowman
Burien, WA


-----Original Message-----
From: Basecamp [mailto:basecamp-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of Greg
Horodeck
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 7:27 AM
To: 'BaseCamp'
Subject: Re: [BaseCamp] How do I join routes?

Additional comments on joining routes. Note, this applies to the most
current Windows version (4.4.6), I cannot confirm Mac behavior.

The routes will be joined in the sequence they were selected using the
Ctrl-Left Click and more than two routes can be selected.

Before joining, Basecamp displays a dialog which allows you to rearrange the
sequence of routes to be joined.

After joining, Basecamp displays a dialog asking if the original routes are
to be retained or deleted. So it is not necessary to make duplicates of the
originals prior but is certainly a very good practice.

If your original routes have different Activity Profiles, the original
Activity Profile will be retained between the waypoints of the original
route in the new joined route. You will see "Mixed Travel" as the profile
for the new route.

The original routes do not have to be contiguous (ie, ending and starting at
the same waypoint); Basecamp will "fill in the blank" between the two
original non-contiguous route. It appears that the "fill in the blank"
segment assumes the Activity Profile from the trailing or second route in
the joining sequence.


In the same manner, it is possible to join tracks.



Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Basecamp [mailto:basecamp-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of saddle
sore
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 11:52 AM
To: BaseCamp
Subject: Re: [BaseCamp] How do I join routes?

John
your email didn't come through.  I only saw the reply from Chris.
Hmmm.      Anyhow, how I make two routes into one combined route is:
1.  select the first route desired, right click and Duplicate.
2.  select the second route desired, right click, select Duplicate.  Thus,
the originals are preserved.
3.  highlight one of the duplicates, then hold down Control key and left
click the mouse over top the other duplicated route.  Now both are
highlighted.
4.  right click over either one and select Join The Selected Routes.
Presto, chango, it's done.
Joe Y
western PA



On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 9:04 AM, <crasmussen at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> John,
> Not an expert bu I think that you would have to do it manually by 
> adding the fewer waypoints of the two routes into the other route.  Of 
> course if you want to just add the start point of the second route to 
> the end of the first then it's just a matter of complete the first 
> route and then starting the second one...
> Another way maybe doable by ammending the data file outside of basecamp.
> Move the route to a file and open it in Excel and then open the second 
> route  in excel and cut and paste???  Have to play with it but that 
> might work...
>
> Did a google search and found this (as well as other posts)
>
> http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?35429-Merging-Garmin-GPS-tra
> cks-waypoints-routes-into-1-Master-gdb-file
>
> Hope that helps...
> Chris
> Spring has Sprung!
>
> ---- John Zabelle <sarhog44 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to join to previously
> created routes.
> > For instance, I have a route from Molino, Florida going generally
> northwest connecting all of the Mississippi Tour of Honor locations.  
> I also have a route running roughly west to east across Tennessee 
> connecting each of that state's Tour of Honor locations.  How do I 
> make that 1 continuous route?
> > Surely this is do-able, right?  How??
> > I'm on a Mac, using the current version of Basecamp (4.4.6).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John Z
> > Molino, FL
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >
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