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- Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: Garmin Basecamp for PC
- Topic: BaseCamp and Announced Route Points
- Replies: 10
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Re: BaseCamp and Announced Route Points
Jfheath, Thank you for the pdf. A wealth of tips and tricks Additional questions: If I make a route only with "via" points, the simple act of returning a point via "unannounced" automatically turns it into a simple "shaping point" that can be renamed or passed without w...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:44 am
- Forum: Garmin Basecamp for PC
- Topic: BaseCamp and Announced Route Points
- Replies: 10
- Views: 846
Re: BaseCamp and Announced Route Points
Hi jfheath, Thank you for your reply. Regarding the naming of the waypoints, it's complicated between the English and French versions and Garmin hasn't done anything to simplify things. In Belgium or France, we do not talk about "Via Points" or "Shaping point". On French-speaking...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: Garmin Basecamp for PC
- Topic: BaseCamp and Announced Route Points
- Replies: 10
- Views: 846
Re: BaseCamp and Announced Route Points
For multi-day trips with one route per day I use the naming convention of D#_##_WaypointName. So, I would name waypoint number two in day two "D2_02_WaypointName". On my XT, this will be announced as "Dee two zero two waypointname". Leading zeroes will not be announced, so for y...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Garmin Basecamp for PC
- Topic: BaseCamp and Announced Route Points
- Replies: 10
- Views: 846
BaseCamp and Announced Route Points
Hello, To minimize recalculations on routes in my new XT2, I am multiplying the announced waypoints which according to what I have read will not be deleted, nor modified during the transfer in the gps. I've also read that some, for a better ranking of these points in BC, associate numbers with names...