Re: reaching back a route after leaving it
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:15 pm
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!
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!