I'm surprised if you have not noticed it.Peobody wrote: ↑26 Feb 2023 14:13I have seen numerous references to the XT changing the names of points but I have never experienced it. The above comment has me wondering what other method there is to create points in Basecamp other than the waypoint 'flag' tool, unless this name change issue is only associated with shaping points.
There are a number of ways that you can create a route point in Basecamp. The most common are
- Create and save the point FIRST as a Waypoint using the flag tool. This does not put it into the route, but it makes it available to use in a route later.
- Use the route tool to creat a route ad click where you want your route points. Some of these may land on known points (ie Garmin's saved Waypoints. Some may have a known label and will become Via Points by default, some will land on unknown points and be set as sahping points by default.
- Modify an existing route using the Insert tool. This is the one that I use most frequently, as it is the one that is most forgiving. I tend to make a few Waypoints (stopping places). Multi-select and create a route suing the selected route waypoints, and then use the insert tool to 'rubber band' new points onto the roads that I want. The dropped points can be affected in the same way as described when uing the route tool.
Whether a point is a shaping point or a Via Point has no effect on whether the XT changes its name.
It seems as though the name is changed if the XT recognises the location from its internal database. If it does, it changes it to that. If it doesn't it keeps the name that you give it.
I have illustrated this on this page - and provided a description. app.php/ZXT-P09 I notice the issue because I like to put numbers in from of my place names - so that I have a sequence. That number invariably disappears. Sometimes the name is the same as what appears in Basecamp, but the county initials (eg CMA for Cumbria) are added. Odd that, I didn't know that we had 3 letter codes for our counties.
My comment in an earlier post, that I was unsure about - turns out to be incorrect. I will go back and change it. I said that maybe the name doesn't change if the route is saved as a GPX file and then saved onto SD card. It does change it.
Here is an example I have just used. A BC screen shot of a route. I have changed all of the names of the route points.
THe GPX file is attached. Load it into your Zumo. You will see that every name has been altered.
These were all plotted on know locations ont he BC map, so they are probably in the Zumoss database too. Nevertheless, the get changed.
(Yes they are all Via points, but it wouldn't make any difference if they were shaping points. In the link above, some of the points there were Via points, they were changed. Some of the points (Via and Shaping) were first created as Waypoints. None of those were changed.