lkraus wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2024 1:31 pm
Does the XT2 have or recognize Basecamp's "Driving" mode?
Driving has always been my standard in Basecamp for both car and bike routing. I set it for Faster time, then make my own curvy road modifications to that initial route. Having different modes has always struck me as an unnecessary complication.
I don't know - but I suspect not.
The XT2 does not have a setting for a car. Or for an off road bike.
There is no 'Map & Vehicle' menu - just a 'Map Display' which contains much of the same options, but there is no 'Vehicle' setting.
It does not ask if you want to switch to car mode when you plug in the USB power lead !
Any route in the Zumo shows "zūmo Motorcycle" - and when you tap it - nothing happens. All other zumos have allowed you to change the vehicle so that the route could be calculated with a completely different set of preferences.
People seems to find it confusing that although you could set different preferences in Basecamp, none of these were ever transferred to the Zumo. All it got was Motorcycle and Faster time. And the exact plot of the route of course.
If the Zumo had to recalculate - it would use the settings that were in the Zumo for the vehicle defined in the route's gpx file.
So send a car route from BAsecamp, on recalculation the Zumo would use the Zumos car settings, not the motorcycle settings.
I can imagine that a lot of the tech support people would not have known much about this and would be stumped as to why a particular route was suddenly taking ferries. Some people don't use the Basecamp profiles- preferring the custom setting. The Zumo didn't recognise that so it would calculate it as a motorcyle using the Zumos motorcycle settings. Even if the Zumo was set in car mode.
The XT2 and tread circumvent all of this by allowing route segements (A segement is a term that Garmin have started to use to describe the part of a route bounded by two via points - including any shaping points in between). Each segment can have its own settings. Faster/Straight Line/ Shorter/ Adv 1, 2, 3, 4. Since these can be applied to parts of individual routes I guess there is no need for different profile settings for cars/ motorcycle.
There are overriding settings which allow the route to have a leaning towards Popular (Moto) roads, Michelin Scenic Roads, Hills and Curves. These seem to apply to all routes whenever they are calculated/re-calculated - although I haven't probed this except If I change them when editing one route, the settings remian the same for the next route. SO I guess that they are settings within the XT2 itself rather than for a particular route.
I do like the Tread app as a solution for people that live their life with a mobile in their hand. I often go out without my mobile. Its there for my safety and for my partner to contact me if she needs when I am on the bike. The Tread app is easier to use on the larger ipad screen, and it is very forgiving when making errors - you cannot easily lose the entire route and you can accept or reject the recent changes and later commit them to storage (save). So it doesn't immediately over-write the route you have transferred. Anything that you can do on the ipad screen, you can also do on the XT2 screen. IT is pretty well thought out.
But once saved it synchs with the database, there is no going back from there. So the copy facility is useful - especially since it will copy an imported Basecamp route into a RUT free XT2 route. Saving as a GPX file is no good - it only exports the route points in the correct order. No other details. Crucially for me. It cannot create a track of the route, and for that reason alone I will continue with Basecamp. I've got used to the fact that the XT will recalculate my route on a whim - so I plan accordingly. The track displayed in black behind my route is my safety net. I know from that where my route went when I planned it.
But Basecamp routes work perfectly well with the XT2. I doubt that I will bother with the adventurous etc. I do my planning at home poring over paper maps, checking on street view, checking online for road closures. I have been in situations where we have been cold and wet, overstretched ourselves not knowing precisiely where we are. Having a satnav that is prepared to take me 28 miles to reach a point that is just 2 miles away, simply because someone on put a road closure sign on the route that gave us a 2 minute detour - is not something that I want to have to rely on in such circumstances. So meticulously thought out Basecamp routes, thoroughly checked, and a track are what I need. And Basecamp will continue to provide that as long as Garmin keep the computer based maps available.
Give it a few years though !?
So - I don't think so, but No, I don't really know the answer to your question. I suspect that you would be interested in my disorganised thoughts around the topic.