Transferring routes via the Drive app
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:28 pm
The below quote is from an unrelated discussion but the subject is one that I have recently tested and wanted to comment one.
The fact that you can not, from the XT, delete any route transferred to it via the Drive app should be considered not only from the value of it being available for import again, but from the detriment of it not being easily removable. A transfer via the Drive app is written to the Internal Storage/GPX folder on the XT with a filename in the form of "shared_from_phone_<date>_<time>.gpx". Additionally, if you submit multiple routes and/or tracks to the Drive app at one time they are written to the XT combined into one of these .gpx files. The functionality of getting routes onto the XT via the Drive app is great but best I can tell, when you do so with a route that you then decide you want to remove, it is a challenge to delete it from the XT. Hopefully there is a trick that I haven't discovered.jfheath wrote: There are a couple of ways of getting the route into the XT, all of which are under the save menu.
- Create a gpx file and download it. Your android/Ios will save it in its download area - wherever yours is located.
- Send it by email. This is particularly useful when using A PC with no way of talking wirelessly to the XT. E-mail it to your phone. Open the attachment in Drive and send it to the XT. Much quicker than transferring via USB cable, less wear and tear ont he USB socket, and this method by-passes the issues with temp.gpx. Routes are stored in separate files in the Internal Storage/GPX folder, so they remain their unti you delete the file. This makes itpossible to delete your trips in trip planner, knowing full well that they will be there to import again.