A 2-years-later submission...
I stumbled on this forum a few days ago with Lots of useful information, in particular from jfheath, thanks!
I encounter the same problem (question) with my Zumo 350: once you have deviated from a track-trip and you restart the track-trip, the magenta line goes to the end point as if it were a (single) waypoint according to the navigation settings, completely ignoring the track.
This is annoying when a road on the track-trip is blocked, or you have to deviate for another reason, but you want to follow a remainder of the track-trip.
I found the following remedy:
- On the map, display the track from which the track-trip was calculated (the track has to be stored on the device - select a clearly visible color fro the track, I use yellow);
- Manually select a point on the track where you can pick up the track again;
- Start a new trip to that point (destination), possibly with the advanced detour option in case of a blocked road ahead of you;
- Once you have arrived at that point (trip completed), start the track-trip again.
I discovered, as you did, that the Zumo will navigate according to the track-trip again once you are back on the track again (any point of the track).
The remedy is a bit cumbersome, but it works for me.
I tried the same in a somewhat different manner by adding the manually selected point on the track as an additional(way)point to the still active track-trip (this would be simpler).
That did not work for me: having arrived at the added point, my Zumo 350 seeks to continue to the end of the track-trip as a next (way)point according to the navigation settings, again completely ignoring the track...
I have to restart the track-trip again anyway.
Do you have any suggestions? Better remedies?
As I understand, the XT would do the trick, but I am still happy with my Zumo 350 (it took me a while to discover and effectively use all its functionalities).
FYI: I always navigate on the basis of tracks (converted to a trip) because that's the most accurate (almost 100% I would say).
The inconvenience: the planned stops (coffee, lunch, gas, etc.) cannot be included in the track-trip (at least not on my Zumo 350).
I recently found the following solution: download the planned stops as custom POIs, you even can get an alert when approaching!
reaching back a route after leaving it
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Re: reaching back a route after leaving it
Welcome @GeePee and thank you for your contribution.
That is an excellent way of picking up a track-trip that you have deviated from. I've never set eyes on a 350 - although I suspect there are many similarites with the 590 and 595 - both of which I still have.
I believe that you can pick a track-trip up at any point - you don't have to pass through the start - which would be why you can navigate to a point you have created on the map and then restart the track-trip.
That is an excellent way of picking up a track-trip that you have deviated from. I've never set eyes on a 350 - although I suspect there are many similarites with the 590 and 595 - both of which I still have.
I believe that you can pick a track-trip up at any point - you don't have to pass through the start - which would be why you can navigate to a point you have created on the map and then restart the track-trip.
Have owned Zumo 550, 660 == Now have Zumo XT2, XT, 595, 590, Headache
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 . . . Navigating with Zumo Booklet
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 . . . Navigating with Zumo Booklet
Re: reaching back a route after leaving it
Thanks jfheath.
I can definitely confirm that you can resume (pick up again) a track-trip at any point on condition that you are within a relatively small range within the track (the track-trip to be resumed). The latter is critical. I suppose the range is about 30 meters, the same as that for a POI with respect to the track that is followed for the POI to generate an alert (no alert in case of an "offset" of more than 30 meters).
In the case of a blocked road, the trip to the point where to you expect to be able to pick-up the track-trip again may initially include that blocked road (as the track-trip does).
You can then use the "advanced detour" option (must be enabled), it's among the Navigation settings on my Zumo 350.
From the map, you can then select detour by clicking on the "horizontal stripes" icon and select a distance (that of the blocked road, an estimate).
The Zumo 350 then calculates a different trip (route) to the point where you expect to pick-up again, avoiding the blocked road.
I have set the "advanced detour" as an icon on the map (on the right): double arrow, left right <->.
Note that, on my Zumo 350, the "advanced detour" option gets you wrong when you have not defined a pick-up-again point.
The device then calculates a route (modified trip) to the end of the track-trip as a (way-)point, indeed avoiding the blocked road, but also completely ignoring the track-trip you had; you have lost your track-trip...
I have had this experience
I can definitely confirm that you can resume (pick up again) a track-trip at any point on condition that you are within a relatively small range within the track (the track-trip to be resumed). The latter is critical. I suppose the range is about 30 meters, the same as that for a POI with respect to the track that is followed for the POI to generate an alert (no alert in case of an "offset" of more than 30 meters).
In the case of a blocked road, the trip to the point where to you expect to be able to pick-up the track-trip again may initially include that blocked road (as the track-trip does).
You can then use the "advanced detour" option (must be enabled), it's among the Navigation settings on my Zumo 350.
From the map, you can then select detour by clicking on the "horizontal stripes" icon and select a distance (that of the blocked road, an estimate).
The Zumo 350 then calculates a different trip (route) to the point where you expect to pick-up again, avoiding the blocked road.
I have set the "advanced detour" as an icon on the map (on the right): double arrow, left right <->.
Note that, on my Zumo 350, the "advanced detour" option gets you wrong when you have not defined a pick-up-again point.
The device then calculates a route (modified trip) to the end of the track-trip as a (way-)point, indeed avoiding the blocked road, but also completely ignoring the track-trip you had; you have lost your track-trip...
I have had this experience