[BaseCamp] tracks converted to routes

Sat Dec 22 10:34:51 PST 2018

 Great to read you got it sorted out!
So, the built-in Goldwing GPS ideally wants 'routes' and 'trackpoints'.  The *only* way I was able to sort it out was a combination of messing around with the output of GPSBabel, then feeding those into both BC and the bike.  That took me *weeks* to get smart enough to do that.

Regards,

--Ken

    On Saturday, December 22, 2018, 7:15:30 AM MST, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:  

 Ken
Thanks for the GPSBabel idea.  I've not played around with it ever before.
So after multiple tries to figure out what exactly GPSBabel was doing (it
was not user friendly or intuitive to this user) I got it to work!!  Their
user guides that I could find on-line seem to be a bit on the technical
side of the explanation.  Since I don't use these things enough to often
remember from time to time how I got what I wanted the last time, I jotted
down the "instructions"  for myself and saved them.  Here's the process I
used to successfully convert track points to way points.  Jerry, check it
out!!!  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uogp_l6PMrzqhz_UZjRtqAqRTUEhhg-E
Thanks for the help!!  Joe Y.

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On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 12:10 PM Ken Thompson <kwthom at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> The user guides & glossary on-line really explains things quite well.
>
> You still have the knowledge of the logic behind "turn X into Y", so it
> may be something to check out.
>
> I had a similar issue with the GPX formatting my Goldwing's neutered
> Garmin GPS liked best.  So, a combination between GPSBabel and Basecamp
> made it easy enough for me to do my routing for my 48-in-18 earlier this
> year and use the bike's GPS.
>
> GPSBabel official download <https://www.gpsbabel.org/download.html>
>
> Simply pick the OS of your choice; both versions are included in the
> download.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --Ken
>
>
>
> On Friday, December 21, 2018, 9:57:01 AM MST, saddle sore <
> ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Ken
>
> I've heard about GPSbabel, and it seemed heavy on the user needing
> programming knowledge.  True?
>
> My programming days ended back around 1980.  I hear there is a Quick
> version and I've seen images of GUI templates that make it look stupid-user
> friendly (that would be me), but I can't find any downloads specific to
> that.  The download on the GPSBabel site doesn't indicate which, so I
> haven't done the download yet.
>
> Joe
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> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 11:44 AM Ken Thompson <kwthom at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  GPSBabel does conversions between the various types of data points in a
> GPX file, so it could do what you're needing to accomplish.
>
> https://www.gpsbabel.org/
>
>
> --Ken
>
>
>    On Friday, December 21, 2018, 8:27:35 AM MST, Jerry White <
> jerrywhite518 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Pretty sure you’ve described exactly how it works. You’re going to have to
> make your own waypoints. I haven’t found a way to convert a track point to
> a waypoint. But it’s easy enough to drop one on top of a track point.
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!!
> Jerry
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 6:35 AM saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Viewing a track on BaseCamp, I see the track points (via points??) as
> black
> > dots along the track.  Converting the track to a route, then opening the
> > properties box, none of those track/via points are converted to waypoints
> > except the beginning and ending points.  Yet, the turn by turn directions
> > indicate every track/via point registered in the track to route
> > conversion.  The map will show that the route line follows the track line
> > exactly.  But the properties box does not give me that confidence.
> >
> > Is there a way to get those track/via points to become waypoints?  Since
> I
> > use older GPS devices, for now, I am manually dropping in enough
> waypoints
> > onto the route to ensure my device does not 'recalculate' and get me off
> > the intended route, which is the original track.
> >
> > Thanks,  Joe Y
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