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FJR Rides and Gatherings
Long Distance Riding/Iron Butt Rally
Basecamp update
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<blockquote data-quote="Twigg" data-source="post: 1197030" data-attributes="member: 27619"><p>No, I haven't looked at that, but I will. I'd also like to be able to assign a default layover time for each category ... Gas stops, bonus stops, etc. That would make planning quicker and a bit easier.</p><p></p><p>I define each waypoint by symbol and color.</p><p></p><p>Red ... High Points</p><p></p><p>Blue ... Medium Points</p><p></p><p>Green ... Low Points</p><p></p><p>Then I use shapes to denote availability ...</p><p></p><p>Triangle ... Anytime</p><p></p><p>Circle ... Daylight</p><p></p><p>Square ... Time-restriction other than Daylight.</p><p></p><p>So a Red Circle indicates a high-point bonus only available in Daylight.</p><p></p><p>I use Orange for all bonuses that are part of a linked scheme.</p><p></p><p>Normally that is quite quick to do, and once done I set the screen to fill with all the bonuses, and sit and look at it for a while. I'm looking for patterns and bearing in mind the distance across the screen with the time available.</p><p></p><p>When patterns begin to take shape I grab the "route tool", and in a few clicks pull up a preliminary route (or three) ... Then it is a matter of refining them.</p><p></p><p>One useful trick is to bear in mind that you can normally reverse a route which sometimes brings unexpected opportunities. It's an art more than a science, but it is fun and BaseCamp is very well suited to planning this way in a manner that MapSource could not do so easily, even though MS still has its adherents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twigg, post: 1197030, member: 27619"] No, I haven't looked at that, but I will. I'd also like to be able to assign a default layover time for each category ... Gas stops, bonus stops, etc. That would make planning quicker and a bit easier. I define each waypoint by symbol and color. Red ... High Points Blue ... Medium Points Green ... Low Points Then I use shapes to denote availability ... Triangle ... Anytime Circle ... Daylight Square ... Time-restriction other than Daylight. So a Red Circle indicates a high-point bonus only available in Daylight. I use Orange for all bonuses that are part of a linked scheme. Normally that is quite quick to do, and once done I set the screen to fill with all the bonuses, and sit and look at it for a while. I'm looking for patterns and bearing in mind the distance across the screen with the time available. When patterns begin to take shape I grab the "route tool", and in a few clicks pull up a preliminary route (or three) ... Then it is a matter of refining them. One useful trick is to bear in mind that you can normally reverse a route which sometimes brings unexpected opportunities. It's an art more than a science, but it is fun and BaseCamp is very well suited to planning this way in a manner that MapSource could not do so easily, even though MS still has its adherents. [/QUOTE]
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