Is it possible?
Is it possible?
I've recently crafted a day trip in Basecamp, comprising 38 via points. Would changing 9 of them into shaping points by setting them to non-alerting suffice for the XT to recognize it as a single route? This way, I can avoid the need to delete via points and manually create shaping points using the BC Insert tool.
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Re: Is it possible?
Welcome to the forum Max.
Short Answer - Yes.
The maximum number of Via Points, excluding start and finish is 29. After that the Zumo breaks the routes into chunks of 29+2.
The longer answer is a question.
Why do you want that many Via Points. You have to pass through Via Points before the satnav will navigate ahead. Shaping points are more forgiving. If say you have a route that is closed or diverted, and you miss out a shaping point as a result, as soon as you rejoin the magenta line after the shaping point, the satnav doesn't care and navigates you forward. If you miss out a Via point, you have to go back to it, or use skip.
Take a look at my pages here. There's a lot of useful info, diagrams and explanations.
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Short Answer - Yes.
The maximum number of Via Points, excluding start and finish is 29. After that the Zumo breaks the routes into chunks of 29+2.
The longer answer is a question.
Why do you want that many Via Points. You have to pass through Via Points before the satnav will navigate ahead. Shaping points are more forgiving. If say you have a route that is closed or diverted, and you miss out a shaping point as a result, as soon as you rejoin the magenta line after the shaping point, the satnav doesn't care and navigates you forward. If you miss out a Via point, you have to go back to it, or use skip.
Take a look at my pages here. There's a lot of useful info, diagrams and explanations.
viewtopic.php?t=1464
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Use Basecamp (mainly), MyRouteApp (sometimes), Competent with Tread for XT2, Can use Explore for XT - but it offers nothing that I want !
Links: Zumo 590/5 & BC . . . Zumo XT & BC