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<blockquote data-quote="Twigg" data-source="post: 1229251" data-attributes="member: 27619"><p>This is good advice. Never put a waypoint right on an intersection, always go slightly beyond in the direction of travel. Also, if you use shaping points, however they are defined, on interstates and divided highways, always zoom right in and check they landed on the correct side of the road. DAMHIK</p><p></p><p>With respect to route length .... Most Garmin units can cope with up to about 1500+ miles. Much beyond that and they can't give full directions, distances, etc until they recalculate well into the ride.</p><p></p><p>I found the best answer is to split the route into "bite-sized" chunks, something BaseCamp makes it very easy to do.</p><p></p><p>Another point ... If you like to save your "Tracks" for later review, something that is useful for learning from rally performance because the tracks do not lie whatever your memory tells you, then there is a limitation. Most units can only store 10 000 track points before they start over-writing. Again this is around 2000 miles worth. If you want more than that the way to do it is simply to download the tracks to a laptop every 24 hours, them join them later.</p><p></p><p>ps .... Don't put waypoints directly on overpasses or bridges over a road (or the road under the bridge) ... go to one side or the other. If you do, you might get lucky and you might end up with a long diversion onto a bridge you were supposed simply to go under <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> There is a way to do this if you have a bonus location in a difficult place, but it involves using Google Earth to place the point then export and import into BC ... Usually it's not worth the effort.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twigg, post: 1229251, member: 27619"] This is good advice. Never put a waypoint right on an intersection, always go slightly beyond in the direction of travel. Also, if you use shaping points, however they are defined, on interstates and divided highways, always zoom right in and check they landed on the correct side of the road. DAMHIK With respect to route length .... Most Garmin units can cope with up to about 1500+ miles. Much beyond that and they can't give full directions, distances, etc until they recalculate well into the ride. I found the best answer is to split the route into "bite-sized" chunks, something BaseCamp makes it very easy to do. Another point ... If you like to save your "Tracks" for later review, something that is useful for learning from rally performance because the tracks do not lie whatever your memory tells you, then there is a limitation. Most units can only store 10 000 track points before they start over-writing. Again this is around 2000 miles worth. If you want more than that the way to do it is simply to download the tracks to a laptop every 24 hours, them join them later. ps .... Don't put waypoints directly on overpasses or bridges over a road (or the road under the bridge) ... go to one side or the other. If you do, you might get lucky and you might end up with a long diversion onto a bridge you were supposed simply to go under :D There is a way to do this if you have a bonus location in a difficult place, but it involves using Google Earth to place the point then export and import into BC ... Usually it's not worth the effort. [/QUOTE]
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