Importing a route

cottonsocks · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 29, 2010 Posts: 189

I have a couple of questions about route planning:-

1) Can a route be created in something like Myroute-app, saved as a .gpx file and then imported into a Garmin sat nav, e.g., a Driveluxe LMT-D?

2) If the answer to question 1 is yes and the start of the route is not where you are currently located, how does the route appear on the sat nav?

sussamb · Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:11 pm Post subject:

Yes if the gpx file is valid and like any route if you're not at the start then you'll get directions to it ... but ... and it's a big but ... whether a Garmin or indeed any device will follow the exact route is doubtful, as it will have been created on a different map with different routing algorithms.
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cottonsocks · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 29, 2010 Posts: 189

sussamb · Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:50 pm Post subject:

I can't really predict that, best you could do is try it and see. I use Garmin BaseCamp to avoid those sorts of potential issues.
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PhilHornby · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:33 am Post subject: Re: Importing a route

Kremmen · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:41 am Post subject:

I still use Mappoint 2013 for just this.

Yes, the mapping is old but the 'rubber banding', as Suss calls it, works far better. The last time I tried this in Basecamp it kept producing loops taking me back to where I was trying to avoid instead of rerouting.

Once created, Mappoint can create a GPX that works on the Garmin.

I find this perfect for seeing the traffic for the whole of 'my' route.
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sussamb · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Importing a route

BigJohnD · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:55 am Post subject:

molerat · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:44 pm Post subject:

sussamb · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:05 pm Post subject:

Really? Garmin are generally a few months behind as that's how long it takes to prepare, codify, check etc the Here map but that should be all, what do you mean by some time ago?

Where I know things have changed they've always been in the following map update, and in a couple of cases in advance of roads being opened!
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molerat · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:21 pm Post subject:

The 2 new roads I reported to Garmin just after 2020.10 came out. One has been changed over 2 years and was on Here mapping at least a year ago and the other changed this May and is on Here maps.
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Kremmen · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 5:07 am Post subject:

I get the impression from the above posts that if map errors or changes are reported they are acted on.

So any long standing errors may not have been reported ?
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