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FJR Rides and Gatherings
Ride Planning & Regional Information Exchange
Route Planning & Goat Path Avoidance - Google and Bing Maps
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<blockquote data-quote="Hudson" data-source="post: 1066725" data-attributes="member: 15488"><p>Lee, you should invest into a copy of MS Streets and Trips. It incorporates Bing, letting you switch between views, and is a far better method of route planning, also allowing export to GPX files read by Garmin and others. A copy will set you back less than $20 if you keep an eye out online.</p><p></p><p>I usually start planning in Streets and trips, toggle the Bing view to verify, then export to GPX. Because every GPS will try to conform the route to its map, I usually open up in Garmin Basecamp and recalculate the route to verify it conforms to my intended path, then I save as a Garmin file, and transfer to the GPS. If the route does not conform, I'll go back and add some waypoints in S&T along the route to force Garmin to follow my route. So much easier than using Basecamp or Google.</p><p></p><p>I've still had my share of "Garmin Moments" but this helps to reduce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hudson, post: 1066725, member: 15488"] Lee, you should invest into a copy of MS Streets and Trips. It incorporates Bing, letting you switch between views, and is a far better method of route planning, also allowing export to GPX files read by Garmin and others. A copy will set you back less than $20 if you keep an eye out online. I usually start planning in Streets and trips, toggle the Bing view to verify, then export to GPX. Because every GPS will try to conform the route to its map, I usually open up in Garmin Basecamp and recalculate the route to verify it conforms to my intended path, then I save as a Garmin file, and transfer to the GPS. If the route does not conform, I'll go back and add some waypoints in S&T along the route to force Garmin to follow my route. So much easier than using Basecamp or Google. I've still had my share of "Garmin Moments" but this helps to reduce. [/QUOTE]
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