[BaseCamp] track to route to turn-by-turn

[John Zabelle]

I think converting it to a route is a mistake.  Your GPS will try and find the best "route between your waypoints and shaping points.  That may or may not be similar to the track.
My "limited" experience with tracks is to import it to your device as a track and just visually follow it.  That's the only way that I know of to preserve each and every turn.
Good luck.
John Z
Molino, FL
Sent from my iPad



> On Feb 22, 2017, at 6:38 PM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Solving the Google Earth viewing problem has moved me far along in my
> project.  My deepest appreciation to you all for helping me solve that
> error.  THANK YOU!
> 
> I was provided a track for a possible ride down in WV.  (Never messed with
> tracks before).  I imported it to BC, then right clicked and created a
> route from the track.  There are no waypoints other than start and finish
> when you open the route and view the Properties tab.  There are excellent,
> very detailed turn by turn directions provided in the Route Directions tab
> though.
> 
> Some of the turn by turn directions include statements like "Leave road".
> This occurs multiple times, often one right after the other.  Now that I
> can view the route through Google Earth, it is pretty obvious that the
> original GPS, while traveling, must have lost satellite signal in track
> mode.  The route follows the road on GE while the track is straight lines
> between track points, missing quite a few of the turns and bridges, jumping
> down into the creek  (I know the original rider did not jump down into the
> creek).  But the route on GE follows the road perfectly, even though the
> turn by turn directions read "Leave road".
> 
> Question 1:  Since the route follows the road, I would like to eliminate
> from the turn by turn directions those statements "Leave road" as those
> will only cause confusion for other riders reading the directions.  Can
> these be deleted?
> 
> I tried just highlighting them in the turn by turn directions and hitting
> delete, but nothing happens.  When highlighting them in the directions,
> they appear on the map as a circle.   So then I right clicked on those
> circles on the map and selected Remove Shaping Point, but again nothing
> happened.  Delete has not effect either.  How can they be deleted, if at
> all?
> 
> Question 2:  When I follow the route that was made from the track on my
> Garmin device (a 478 in my case) will Ms. Garmin's voice be heard just as
> if I had made a route in normal fashion (rather than from a track)?  Or
> does the fact that this route was made by converting a track to a route end
> up muting the voice?  I'd hate to have her constantly repeating "Leave
> Road, Recalculating, Leave Road" as I travel on down the road.  She can be
> annoying when she thinks she is correct.
> 
> It's my first experiment with tracks so I appreciate your guidance and
> patience.
> 
> Thanks,  Joe
> 
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