Issues with route converted from track
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 7:48 am
In Basecamp, I converted a track to route.
The new route is exactly where the track is - logically and as expected.
When looking a the new route's properties, it only has a start and end point, but it still follows the many roads from the track. So, obviously the route has more waypoints/shaping points than it shows. I exported the route, and yes, it sure does have a lot of intermediate points during the way.
It may work like this, but the route takes more space than my custom made routes, having all these hidden shaping points.
Basecamp needs a "shrink route" function.
More interesting, I wanted to modify the new route using ALT while dragging the route.
This cannot be done without destroying the route, because this route modification works as if there are only the two visible waypoints (the start and the end points), not the many hidden points. In other words, modifying the route this way, will create a much changed route, with only three points (start point, new waypoint, end point).
Thinking about it, It makes a bit sense, as a bunch of the many hidden points would have to be deleted, for the modified route to make sense. Garmin could have built this into the source code, but didn't.
So what do the rest of you do - never convert a track to route?
The new route is exactly where the track is - logically and as expected.
When looking a the new route's properties, it only has a start and end point, but it still follows the many roads from the track. So, obviously the route has more waypoints/shaping points than it shows. I exported the route, and yes, it sure does have a lot of intermediate points during the way.
It may work like this, but the route takes more space than my custom made routes, having all these hidden shaping points.
Basecamp needs a "shrink route" function.
More interesting, I wanted to modify the new route using ALT while dragging the route.
This cannot be done without destroying the route, because this route modification works as if there are only the two visible waypoints (the start and the end points), not the many hidden points. In other words, modifying the route this way, will create a much changed route, with only three points (start point, new waypoint, end point).
Thinking about it, It makes a bit sense, as a bunch of the many hidden points would have to be deleted, for the modified route to make sense. Garmin could have built this into the source code, but didn't.
So what do the rest of you do - never convert a track to route?