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Topic: Importing a route |
cottonsocks
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:16 pm Subject: Importing a route |
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 exa ... |
Topic: Importing a route |
cottonsocks
Replies: 12
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:46 pm Subject: Importing a route |
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?
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Topic: Not impressed with the new Drivesmart 55 MT-D |
cottonsocks
Replies: 0
Views: 1794
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:03 pm Subject: Not impressed with the new Drivesmart 55 MT-D |
I've just taken delivery of a Drivesmart 55 MT-D but it's a big disappointment. Despite a Garmin video saying it plans routes using main roads, from a test route I created, it clearly does not and is ... |
Topic: Drivesmart 51 or Drivesmart 55? |
cottonsocks
Replies: 22
Views: 7290
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:52 pm Subject: Drivesmart 51 or Drivesmart 55? |
Disappointed with the lack of Garmin customer service . They haven't replied to my messages asking the question about the maps. I realise it was a holiday weekend, but a quick yes or no is all ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:32 pm Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
It opens with URL but not with IMG
Then I suspect that it is the host stopping embedding pics.
@cottonsocks.
I am not wrong.
Kremmen told you to add a square bracket at the start the end of ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:25 pm Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
@cottonsocks And please remove the totally unnecessary quote of the post with the pic.
Which post is that then? I wasn't aware I had quoted any posts containing a picture. |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:53 pm Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
I tried to 'correct' the link to the box.com images in my first reply.
It didn't work - presumably because the hyperlinks don't refer to the actual JPEGs; they refer to a web page that then displa ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:39 pm Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
Yes, he was giving you a link to amend by adding the brackets otherwise you wouldn't have seen the link, it would have been a photo :grin:But I already had the brackets in my original post, s ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:31 pm Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
I removed the other brackets on Kremmen's instructions, .He didn't tell you to remove square brackets, he told you to add square brackets at the start and end of his nearly complete link.
No, ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:24 pm Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
I removed the other brackets on Kremmen's instructions, so it must be because I was trying to link to a folder, rather than an individual image. I'll try amending later today to see I can get it to wo ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:19 am Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
The subject was covered two posts ago. Did you not read Kremmen's post telling you exactly how to do it?
TEST
https://i.imgur.com/FqVB2Mm.jpg
Then you did something wrong @cottonsocks
Can yo ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:17 am Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
The subject was covered two posts ago. Did you not read Kremmen's post telling you exactly how to do it?
If that answer was meant for me, it wasn't my question. So, I must assume that an image cann ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 9:07 am Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
I've modified the link to follow the pattern you showed, but it still doesn't work. |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 7:40 pm Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
I don't mind some country lanes, but the type I object to being sent down are those like in the examples I provided in my opening post. In my view, there is nothing sensible about being diverted off a ... |
Topic: A few questions about the new devices |
cottonsocks
Replies: 43
Views: 13013
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:57 pm Subject: A few questions about the new devices |
It's also a case that what some folks consider the 'better route' others don't. It might seem easy to design a satnav routing algorithm to suit everyone but it's not. You might say well give us the ... |
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