Track export menu - "track to route", "GPX version"
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Hello (ahoj), I created track in mobile app, which I intend to use in my Garmin Fenix watch for navigation. In the export track menu there are two options, which are not clear to me - track to route (on/off) and GPX version (1.0, 1.1). Could you please advice me, what to choose to get most of the created track in my Garmin Fenix during navigation? thank you
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Hello, I don´t have a Fenix, but:
The option "Track to route" writes the track out as Route.
Normaly a Route on Garmin is limmited to a number of Points. (depending on which Fenix you have)
A Track can store more Points, than a Route, but a route can include turn directions additionally.
I would try to use GPX version 1.1. (some additional expressions possible)
Hello, I don´t have a Fenix, but:
The option "Track to route" writes the track out as Route.
Normaly a Route on Garmin is limmited to a number of Points. (depending on which Fenix you have)
A Track can store more Points, than a Route, but a route can include turn directions additionally.
I would try to use GPX version 1.1. (some additional expressions possible)
The export as route option exports a RTE indeed, but it contains all the track points are RTE points and it contains the navigation points are waypoints.
However, a RTE is intended to have a few waypoints only. I would find it more natural if the route export contains the shaping points and the via-points (the green triangles and blue squares in the route planner). Unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to export those.
The export as route option exports a RTE indeed, but it contains all the track points are RTE points and it contains the navigation points are waypoints.
However, a RTE is intended to have a few waypoints only. I would find it more natural if the route export contains the shaping points and the via-points (the green triangles and blue squares in the route planner). Unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to export those.
The reason why I think this could be a very valuable feature is the introduction of the new BMW ConnectedRide app and Motorcycle Navigator. For group-rides, I used to prepare routes in Garmin Basecamp. Carefully planned routes, with shaping points and waypoints for stops (fuel, coffee, lunch, etc.) This cannot be done in any online planning tool.
When sharing such routes with friends, you generally share the tracks, because that way, you ensure navigation is as close as possible to the intended route. Garmin systems will simply route over the track and if you deviate, you loose navigation (recalculation can be switched off) However, all TomTom devices, as well as the new BMW device, share the feature that they always re-route themselves (and Garmin systems do too, whenever a road is supposedly closed).
Given a track as input, these systems recalculate a new route trough all the track points and if you deviate from the route, they get you back to the nearest track point. This can be annoying.
Instead, having a proper RTE, encoding the exact shaping points and via points you define yourself in the app would allow the navigation system to follow the correct route, while still making local changes, for example to bypass traffic.
The reason why I think this could be a very valuable feature is the introduction of the new BMW ConnectedRide app and Motorcycle Navigator. For group-rides, I used to prepare routes in Garmin Basecamp. Carefully planned routes, with shaping points and waypoints for stops (fuel, coffee, lunch, etc.) This cannot be done in any online planning tool.
When sharing such routes with friends, you generally share the tracks, because that way, you ensure navigation is as close as possible to the intended route. Garmin systems will simply route over the track and if you deviate, you loose navigation (recalculation can be switched off) However, all TomTom devices, as well as the new BMW device, share the feature that they always re-route themselves (and Garmin systems do too, whenever a road is supposedly closed).
Given a track as input, these systems recalculate a new route trough all the track points and if you deviate from the route, they get you back to the nearest track point. This can be annoying.
Instead, having a proper RTE, encoding the exact shaping points and via points you define yourself in the app would allow the navigation system to follow the correct route, while still making local changes, for example to bypass traffic.
@Rostislav: I can recommend the Locus Garmin addon and the Locus CIQ app. With this combination, you can send your tracks from Locus to your Fenix directly via Bluetooth.
@Rostislav: I can recommend the Locus Garmin addon and the Locus CIQ app. With this combination, you can send your tracks from Locus to your Fenix directly via Bluetooth.
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