[BaseCamp] Way Point limitations Question

[Ashley Horn]

Appears to be http://www.fes-software.nl/zumo/unflag.zip

Ashley Horn

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Tim Bowman <tk.bowman at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
> > Mobile: +49 175 855 6663
> > Home: +49 911 277 45370
> > Skype: diggertfu
> > Blog: http://www.diggersmotorradadventures.com/
> >
> > "If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going."
> > - Professor Irwin Corey
> >
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