[BaseCamp] Way Point limitations Question

[Tim Bowman]

Jerry,

Do you have a link for PONI Killer?  My Google Foo isn't working well this morning.  It points me to a ZUMO forum that I don't have access to.

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Basecamp [mailto:basecamp-bounces at lists.micapeak.com] On Behalf Of
> DENNIS O'DELL
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 9:35 AM
> To: basecamp at micapeak.com
> Subject: [BaseCamp] Way Point limitations Question
> 
> 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
> Hochstrasse 19
> 90429 Nürnberg
> Germany
> denniscodell at icloud.com
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> 
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> - Professor Irwin Corey
> 
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