#Gpx viewer garmin upgrade#
#Gpx viewer garmin zip#

The online trip planners often use Google Maps and Google has totally messed up the aesthetics of their maps. You can't do that with online trip planners, so minor roads often don't show up unless you zoom in close, which is really annoying. City Navigator also shows which roads are unpaved and I can control the amount of map detail as I zoom in and out. I can turn a track into a route and a route into a track (which is not something most trip planners can do). I can make a route in just a few seconds and I can rubber band it just like on Google Maps. I think those who are frustrated with it may not have learned it adequately. Those ones support shaping points and have an improved trip planner.īasecamp is not that bad to me either.

I hope you got a nuvi that was released after 2013. I use them in my cars and my motorcycles. You could still use Basecamp's curvy roads routing but I would add my own waypoints at main junctions to keep the route going where you want when your Nuvi loads and calculates the route.Ĭlick to expand.Which nuvi did you get? I have a lot of experience with nuvis. That's where you will need to do as you said you would and basically force your route using waypoints along the route you want. So if you created this type of route in Basecamp and liked the route, then uploaded to your Nuvi, you'd be disappointed when you selected the route on your Nuvi and it sent you down the Interstate. You simply enter your start and end points and the Basecamp will route you on smaller twistier roads instead of the more typical most direct route. None of the Nuvi's that I'm aware of support 'shaping points', which is a Garmin term used in Basecamp for certain profiles, like the Motorcycling profile where you can pick 'Curvy Roads' routing. No way I'm spending $8-900 on a gps but the $300 Zumo should easily outlast 2 Nuvi's. but in the end after going through 2 Nuvi's on my bikes I finally just bought a Zumo 660 on sale for $300 which was close enough to a new Nuvi to be worth it.

#Gpx viewer garmin zip#

You can minimize it somewhat using right angle USB cords and making sure to use some strain relief zip ties etc. The standard USB connections are just not designed for moto use and that's the typical failure point on the Nuvi's. My 2595 worked well for a couple years before the power connection started to flake out, which I believe you WILL experience with any of the Nuvi's. Here's a good tutorial that will get you started.

Basecamp has a learning curve but so does everything. Next make sure the display is 'manual dual orientation'. You need a Nuvi that has 'Trip Planner', that will allow you to create routes on your computer and upload to the gps. If I could find a list/website somewhere that would allow me to choose the features i want in a GPS and then show me matches that would be pretty cool.Ĭan any of you gurus of the GPS unit offer any advice for my want list above? The choices of standalone GPS units is mind boggling. HD ride planner is the easiest to use that I've tried so far, BUT it wont allow you to specify no hyways/freeways and seems to always want to default you to the freeway.ģ. Furkot seems to be good if you want to plan a multi-day trip, no so much for a 4 hour ride. TOMTOM trip planner is actually not bad but will not export a route as a GPX file. I've played with Basecamp and cant figure it out for the life of me. Google maps is fantastic for this, BUT it wont allow you to send the route to a GPS and even if you send the route to your phone you only get the start and end points and the phone app calculates a route for you. hyways, tolls, etc and then being able to drag the route to any specific roads I want to use. I want to create my route in a fashion similar to google maps by specifying a start and end point, specifying avoidances i.e. I want a dedicated GPS because they are much easier to use with gloved hands (at least the Garmins are)Ģ. Used if fine with me and I could care less if it is a motorcycle specific model. I want to use an inexpensive (under $100) dedicated GPS on my bike. I can see a very specific day ride needing way more than 30 points to force the GPS to take the route I want.ġ. Edit: The 2495 is out, not enough waypoint capacity for a route.

I've decided that using a phone for navigation isn't for me, as I like the easy of use of the Nuvi and I found a good deal on a used Nuvi2495.

#Gpx viewer garmin upgrade#

It's time to upgrade from my old Nuvi 260 because I want to be able to create custom routes.