[BaseCamp] Way Point limitations Question

[Jerry White]

Thanks for the follow up! And I'm glad you didn't have to mess with
Unflag/Poni Killer. It's just another layer of complexity to get around
Garmin's wierdness.

Jerry

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 6:08 AM, DENNIS O'DELL <denniscodell at icloud.com>
wrote:

> As a follow up to the more than 29 WPs question I have tried the following:
>
> Deleted all routes, tracks and favorites on the BMW Nav V
> Connected the BMW Nav V to the Mac
> Copied the GPX folder to a memory stick (as a back up)
> Deleted the GPX folder
> Emptied the Trash
> Double checked the disconnected Nav V to make sure there are no routes,
> tracks and favorites
> Restarted the computer
> Launched BC
> Connected the Nav V
> Selected a route with more than 29 WPs and changed all of them (except the
> first and last) to “Don’t Alert”, i.e., shaping points
> Uploaded that route to the Nav V
> Uploaded another route with more than 29 WPs to the Nav V (the WPs were
> left as WPs)
> Both uploads prompted me with: "the routes have been created with another
> map not installed on this computer” "Recalculate Yes or No” I selected Yes
> (this is still a mystery to me as the map versions used to create the
> routes is the same version as is installed on my computer, with the
> exception that the original created routes were on a Windows machine and
> mine is a Mac)
> Disconnected the Nav V
> Turned on the Nav V
> Was prompted that there are new routes and do I want to install them?
> Selected Yes
> Routes installed very fast - less than 30 seconds
> First route that contained Shaping Points installed as a single route (it
> had not done so prior to changing the WPs to SPs)
> Upon opening the route I see only two WPs - first and last - as expected
> Second route installed in two segments, as before.
> Looking at the second route I see all of the WPs
>
> My takeaways are:
> First, that at least for a Nav V, changing the WPs to SPs will solve the
> over 29 WP problem.
> Second, with a rout that has over 29 WPs you could always select, say
> every other one and change to a SP. That might be useful - or not.
> Third, I have learned something new, thanks to you folks!
> Fourth, Garmin is consistent and successful in it’s mission to confuse me.
>
> Sorry to be long in the email, but hope it might make some sense.
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards,
>
> Dennis C. O'Dell
>
>
> > On Jul 20, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Stephen! <ldrider at imagesdesavions.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On July 20, 2017 10:21:45 AM CDT, Carroll <carrollwalker at cox.net> wrote:
> >> Stephen or anyone, is it possible this truncation problem is limited to
> >> either 29 waypoints or 100 directions depending on which comes first?
> >
> > Unknown.  However, 29 waypoints only averages less than 3.5 direction
> entries over 100 turns.  Unless all 29 happen to have less than 3.5 turns
> between them, you will hit 100 turns long before you get to 29 waypoints.
> >
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