102 Re-Named Route Points

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Renamed Route Points How to Prevent the XT renaming Your Route Points. What is the problem ? The XT often alters the name of route points from those that were given in some route planning software - particularly Basecamp. This happens when the route is imported into the XT, after transfer.

See Pic 4.   In Basecamp, I had named all of the points (except the Start) with a leading 3 digit number to represent mileage. The XT has changed 2 of these - The Green Welly Stop and Hunters Quay.

Unaltered names usually show the lat/long coordinates. Altered ones often have a road, county or other address info,

To keep the names that you have given in Basecamp:
  • Select the routes you want to transfer in BC.
  • Set the map in BC to an earlier version. Recalculate the route(s).
  • Set the map in BC to the current version. Recalculate the route(s).
  • Transfer the routes to your XT.
The above method is worth trying , but it is not foolproof. If you have OSM maps available to Basecamp, switching to OSM maps and recalculating first seems to produce better results.

A foolproof way is to retain your route point names is to ensure that the named location appears in Favourites (Saved - USA).

To do this, make sure that they are created in Basecamp with the 'Waypoint' or 'Flag' tool.

The XT will not change the name of any point that is saved in 'Favourites' / 'Saved'.
Some routing software does not make use of Garmin's waypoints, so no ordinary routepoints are transferred to Favourites. (eg MRA). On the other hand, Kurviger creates every route point as a Garmin Waypoint, so all of them are listed in the XT Favourites / Saved.
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The information on these pages has been acquired from personal experience of using and testing the behaviour of Basecamp and my Zumo XT. I have no links with Garmin, and these pages should not be regarded as instructions. They are presented for interest only. The contents of these pages must not be shared, copied, transmitted, redistributed or re-published in any form without my permission. (C) JHeath 2021.