[BaseCamp] Way Point limitations Question

[Eric Bray]

The waypoint limit is a function of the specific GPS--every Garmin is
different.  Some count shaping points against that limit, others do not.
It is a constraint that you will have to deal with.

Eric Bray
Alexandria, VA

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:34 PM, DENNIS O'DELL <denniscodell at icloud.com>
wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> I am sure this has been covered before, but I do not seem to find anything.
>
> The question is regarding the number of way points allowed in a route. A
> friend created several routes for a trip we have recently taken. Each route
> is an average of 225 kilometers. He seems to really like the nice little
> default blue flag icon that Garmin uses for way points, so he has inserted
> 40 to 50 way points in each route. I asked why, but did not get a sensible
> answer.
>
> When I imported his routes into Base Camp (version 4.2.4) all is good.
>
> When I upload them to my BMW Navigator V (software version 3.40) I get a
> message that there is a limit of 29 way points per route and that the route
> has been split into two routes. The routes then show up as "Route ABC 1",
> "Route ABC 2”, “Route XYZ 1”, “Route XYZ 2” and so forth for each route.
>
> Each route calculates as expected when I load the route on the GPS for
> viewing/navigation. However, the fun comes when you reach the last way
> point in the active route. There isn’t any warning that I noticed telling
> me I’m at the end of the route. Therefore, I did not know when to switch
> from Route ABC 1 to Route ABC 2. This caused much confusion for me. It
> seems that I would get an "Off Route Recalculate?” message. I have
> Recalculate set to Manual, and so I would hit Yes. It seems that since I
> was now past the last way point in the route the recalculation would want
> to route me back to the last way point in the route. After awhile I figured
> this out and switched to the second portion of the route (Route ABC 2).
> Then, depending on how far past the first way point in the new route, the
> route picked up nicely or may not pick up so nicely if I was too far past
> the first way point. When it did not play nice I would get the "Off Route
> Recalculate?” message again, hit Yes and would be turned around again
> (which I learned to ignore pretty quickly).
>
> I have not had this problem with routes I create myself, but I always hold
> the number of way points to under 29.
>
> My friend’s very old Garmin Zimo (sorry, I don’t have the specs for it)
> did not encounter the 29 way point limit.
>
> We are both using Map Version "City Navigator Europe NTU 2018.1"
>
> I had considered deleting many of the way points to bring the number down
> to under 29, but that is a real PITA, plus I was concerned it may change
> the routing.
>
> If anyone can put some light on this to make life easier I would be
> greatly appreciative.
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards,
>
> Dennis C. O'Dell
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