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When Editing the Trip on the XT Screen .....

....there is an issue. You have a route loaded from Trip Planner on the XT. It contains a Start, an End and a mixture of Via and Shaping Points. If you have been following the plot, you will have more Shaping Points than Vias. You can use the Trip Planner on the XT screen to move points around, add new points and delete old ones. You can also change Shaping Points to Via Points and change Via Points to Shaping Points.

It is that last operation that presents a problem. Changing a Via Point to a Shaping Point is likely to change the route, and change the name of the route point.

Here is one of many examples that I have produced for Garmin:

The picture below shows a simple three point route with a start point and an end point. A Via Point (orange flag) is placed at a cafe in Addingham. I have named this "XT Midpoint".

I decide to use a Shaping Point for XT MidPoint at Addingham. The reason is that a Via Point will insist that I visit it, but if I use a shaping point, then if I choose not to to stop for coffee the XT will not direct me back to it, once I have rejoined the magenta route.

I can change the Via Point to a Shaping Point by tapping the orange flag in the trip planner. When I do this, the route is recalculated and the Orange Flag changes to a blue disc to indicate that it is now a shaping point.

Like this Good - The Orange flag has changed in Trip Planner and on the map. It is now a blue disc.

But there are problems:

• Look at the name in the trip list above. The XT has changed "XT Midpoint" to "A65"
• Look at its location of the blue disc on the map above and on the more detailed map. It has moved.
• I placed the point to mark an optional coffee stop in Addingham. The XT has shifted it to prevent me from going anywhere near it - onto a faster road to point 05.
  
• Changing a Via to a Shaping Point will often move the point, rename it and may alter the route.
  
• Changing a Shaping Point to a Via Point does not do this. It keeps the name and the location

This was recognised as a fault by Garmin when I reported it in September 2021. It is still present.

The issue was last checked and verified on my XT in January 2024

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