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5.06 Test Route 04 - Wpt / Via

The Route - Test 04 - Via Points / Waypoints

Route created from Saved waypoints and created as a GPX file and place in Interal Storage/GPX folder
8 Waypoints set as Via Points - no shaping points
All Route points given a name starting a number 01, .... , 08.
The XT2 is not linked to the Tread App for this test

The Test

To see if route point names change
To see if the route changes
To see whether route points move
To observe different behaviour between Via and Shaping Point
To see if there is a difference when Waypoints are used instead of ad-hoc route points
To observe any differences if Tread is involved.

The Results

Pic 1: Shows the original route point data compared witht he list from the XT2 screen immediately after importing the route.
Pic 1: All Via Points ahve retained the name given to the waypoints.
Pic 2: The Via point flags which are part of the route coincide with the yellow waypoints
Pic 2: The Waypoints (blue triangles) are part of the route. In this test the via points are in the same location as the waypoints

Pic 1: Test Route 04 - All Waypoints, All Via Points

The list of 8 Via Points created in Basecamp

The XT2 list showing the same 8 Via Points

Pic 2: Test Route 04 - All Waypoints; All Via Points

Route 04 - 8 Waypoints, all Set as Via Points - Tread Active

Ater Synching Route 04 with Tread.

The route contains 8 Via Points and no shaping points
No waypoints are used in this route - but waypoints are used on the display to show the original locations of the route points.
The Route was imported and allowed to synch
Not all syncronisation happens immediately so I waited and then forced synch on the phone app AND on the XT2.
Waited for at least two orange Explore synch symbols and two blue circle synch symbols
Android Tread version 3.00.06 17 Feb 2026

The Results - Tread Active

Pic 3: Shows that the via point names are altered.
Pic 4: Shows that all via points seem to be in the correct location relative to the waypoint markers.
Pic 4: Shows the route is plotted along the roads that I intended
Pic 5: Shows a close up of the area where the previous test route ahd moved to the M6. No such change here.
The route has not changed much at all. Further inspection revelaed that route points HAD moved - but only slightly - 0.01 minutes longitude. About 1.5 metres !

There is no difference between this result and the one at the top of the page. This test has Tread actively synching. The one at the top of the page did not. Bothe routes used Waypoints which were set as Via

Pic 3: Test Route 04 - 8 Vias, All Waypoints - Tread Active

The list of 8 Waypoints created in Basecamp - and set as Vias

The XT2 list showing the same 8 Via Points

Pic 4: Route 04 - Map showing the entire route.

The Via point flagpoles all seem to be planted in the top of the Waypoint triangle. It looks promising in this view - but zoom in to check on the likely suspected changes. See Pic 5.

Pic 5: Route 04 - Detail of Shaping Points 04 and 05

The Via Points and Waypoints have stayed together in exactly the same location.

5.06 Test Route 04 - Wpt / Via

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