yet another GPS question

[Bob Myers]

I have several GPS units, the favorite being a Nuvi 760. It will do the "route" mapping but you must input each waypoint(or POI) either via physical address(usually impossible, most covered bridges and monuments off the main road don't have address), or via Lat/Lon coordinates.

Sounds easy enough, right?

What I want to do is develop a map either in HD tripplanner, Honda tripplanner or Google earth, and be able to load it directly into a route. I have been struggling with this for over a week and nothing I can find will allow you to save to the "route" section of the GPS. If you save the .gpx file to the GPS then it breaks the trip into how ever many "stops" or "waypoints" you have and to continue you must scroll back into the menu and select the next point of interest. Just no way to transfer the whole trip as one trip, as it was saved.

I really hate to but yet another GPS but I will if a mapping program cannot be had that will transfer correctly. I suspect the GPS is going to have to be the answer.

[Atoolnut]

I use HD ride planner as well...using garmin 765.. I had same problem ..I found best way was to make each stop a location then when finished change them to waypoints...this stops program from taking different routes other than what you want..this gives 1start. 1 finish point...then import to GPS using HD ride planner method with garmin communicator .then find route in GPS data...seems to work for me

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Bob, I dont do GPS route planning on a computer, so I cant help with that part.

 

But on any of my Garmins, while in route, I can add existing waypoints (or cities or addresses) to any route I am currently following, right from the device itself.

 

I assume you have done this and its not what you want it to do?

 

[Bob Myers]

I'll try changing to way point and see if it then will stop breaking up the trip.

 

Brian, I have and can do the manual input but for some of the things I want I must have Lat/Lon to complete the poi, some I could do the mundane "spell city/enter house number/ enter street/ etc. When working 10 or so poi that gets very frustrating.

[djh3]

Bob I have been using TYRE ever since I got my 765T. You can easily (unlike the base camp thing a ma bob) make a route and it will use your waypoints thru your route. I have made all my trip plans thru this program. Work simular to Microsoft streets. It is a free program.

[spke]

HD ride planner and GNuvi 765 as well. I use Mapquest to find my stops (usually gas stations and/or eateries) and then enter the addresses in ride planner. Mapquest, or I suppose Google maps if you prefer, has a better satellite view so I can "look down" and make sure the gas stations are on the correct side of the road and not one holers as I usually have a group following me and need lots of pumps.

 

Once I have my stops loaded I start moving the path between them to what I want using waypoints. This makes the GPS take the route I want as opposed to the route it would choose on its own, ie : shortest, fastest, less fuel, etc...

 

When you load it into the GPS you will get mutiple legs all labeled tripname 1,2,3... Once we stop I just move to the next leg when starting off.

 

Before downloading to GPS I zoom down on each waypoint and check to make sure they are exactly where I want. Learned the hard way that close isn't good enough. Doesn't build confidence when you take a group into a neighborhood with no outlet :-(

 

There are probably GPS's that do the whole route start to finish but now that I have this down pat, I'm quite happy with the way it works for the money and time spent.

 

If you know where the covered bridge is on the map you can just drop a waypoint or a stop on it and the GPS does the rest. No need for Lat/Long or an address. Or if not start with an address close by and move the stop or waypoint in HD planner.

 

Think theres a restriction in the 765 for max 20 waypoints.

[MikeWa]

+1 Tyre