[BaseCamp] waypoint naming rights

[Steve Bracken]

Yes, it should.

Try renaming from withing the route properties. You can do that by
double-clicking the wp in the route properties and the box allowing
re-naming should open.

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:56 AM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve
> Perhaps I was not clear in my explanation.  I did duplicate waypoints and
> the route.  BC automatically renames them by placing a number 1 after the
> original name but I went in and renamed them manually myself.  The new name
> is showing up in the List but it is NOT showing up in the route properties
> box.  It should automatically be there, right??  There is no other waypoint
> name in the List yet BC keeps the unchanged name in the route properties
> box.
> Joe
>
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Steve Bracken <twigg2324 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > BaseCamp has only one database, so if you rename a waypoint it gets the
> new
> > name everywhere.
> >
> > To do what you want to do you will have to create 2 waypoints in the same
> > place, and name them individually.
> >
> > The duplicates you created may have been given slightly different names.
> If
> > not, you have to do it manually.
> >
> > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:23 AM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > OK, I'm gettiing wrapped around the axle on this exercise.  See if you
> > can
> > > help untangle me.
> > >
> > > I have all the Tour of Honor sites loaded.  I created a Saddle Sore
> > route.
> > > I figured where my gas stops would be and created waypoints for those.
> > > Checked everything on Google Earth Pro.  So now I want to rename the
> > > waypoints SPECIFICALLY to this route, and do not want to mess up the
> > > original names or point locations.  So I created a new List and moved
> the
> > > route to that List.  The only thing I want in this List is things
> related
> > > to this route.  When I copied the route to the List, it also copied the
> > > waypoints.  So I selected everything and opted for Duplicate.   So as
> to
> > > not mess up the original names and locations, I selected each original
> > and
> > > clicked on Remove From List.  This left me with the duplicate waypoints
> > and
> > > route.  Everything has the original name followed by the number 1,
> > proving
> > > it is a duplicate. Good so far.
> > >
> > > Now I want to rename the waypoints so that I can name them
> > chronologically
> > > for this ride, starting with my first gas receipt as 001-Name, then the
> > > next stop would be my first TOH site so it would be 002-name, etc.....
> > > This way I can load the entire route into my GPS as well as load in all
> > the
> > > waypoints -- giving me flexibility to travel by the route or travel by
> > > point to point.  Still with me?
> > >
> > > OK, so I open the duplicate named TOH site, rename it, and close the
> > > properties box.  I do this for a few more waypoints before I realize
> that
> > > the changed name is sitting in the data box on the BC screen like it
> > > should, but when I open the route properties box the original name is
> > > there.  So I flip back over to the original List where all the TOH
> sites
> > > are located and I see the site name has changed there!!   Noooooo, I
> want
> > > the original List to remain unchanged and I want all the changes to be
> > > happening in the new List where I have all of the duplicated sites.
> > >
> > > Any ideas why I can't get the duplicated waypoint to have a changed
> name
> > > and have that changed name show up in the duplicated route properties
> > > box??  The changed name is showing up in the data box on the BC screen
> > but
> > > it won't transfer into the route properties box   I always thought this
> > is
> > > exactly what the duplicating process of waypoints was for - so the
> > > originals would remain as original and the changes could be done using
> > the
> > > duplicates.  Thus when I am done with this ride, I can delete the
> > > duplicates and still have the originals left in the original List.
> > > Unfortunately, it is not working out that way.
> > >
> > > Any help/insight would be appreciated,
> > > Joe Y
> > > western PA
> > >
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