Google map to GPX
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Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Kremmling,CO
1) What is the purpose of that? Making all points as destinations only to change them to way points (except the 1st and last ones)?
2) Why load it onto the Garmin via the Manual Mode? I use auto and it works well. There a reason manual is btr?
1) If you are riding backroads and creating a route using backroads the Ride Planner will over ride the road you have chosen, (with a more efficient route) even if you are putting in a lot of waypoints. (OneShot showed me this). If you put in destinations it will not over ride. Once you are done you may then go back and change them to waypoints. You also do not have to have as many waypoints once the route is established in Ride Planner.
2) I am not loading it into a Garmin? I am loading into the Bike's navigation system.
Once again, I have spent some time playing with Ride Planner and find it very easy to use.
2) Why load it onto the Garmin via the Manual Mode? I use auto and it works well. There a reason manual is btr?
1) If you are riding backroads and creating a route using backroads the Ride Planner will over ride the road you have chosen, (with a more efficient route) even if you are putting in a lot of waypoints. (OneShot showed me this). If you put in destinations it will not over ride. Once you are done you may then go back and change them to waypoints. You also do not have to have as many waypoints once the route is established in Ride Planner.
2) I am not loading it into a Garmin? I am loading into the Bike's navigation system.
Once again, I have spent some time playing with Ride Planner and find it very easy to use.
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 69,901
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From: South Florida
1) What is the purpose of that? Making all points as destinations only to change them to way points (except the 1st and last ones)?
2) Why load it onto the Garmin via the Manual Mode? I use auto and it works well. There a reason manual is btr?
1) If you are riding backroads and creating a route using backroads the Ride Planner will over ride the road you have chosen, (with a more efficient route) even if you are putting in a lot of waypoints. (OneShot showed me this). If you put in destinations it will not over ride. Once you are done you may then go back and change them to waypoints. You also do not have to have as many waypoints once the route is established in Ride Planner.
2) I am not loading it into a Garmin? I am loading into the Bike's navigation system.
Once again, I have spent some time playing with Ride Planner and find it very easy to use.
2) Why load it onto the Garmin via the Manual Mode? I use auto and it works well. There a reason manual is btr?
1) If you are riding backroads and creating a route using backroads the Ride Planner will over ride the road you have chosen, (with a more efficient route) even if you are putting in a lot of waypoints. (OneShot showed me this). If you put in destinations it will not over ride. Once you are done you may then go back and change them to waypoints. You also do not have to have as many waypoints once the route is established in Ride Planner.
2) I am not loading it into a Garmin? I am loading into the Bike's navigation system.
Once again, I have spent some time playing with Ride Planner and find it very easy to use.
If I have say 5 way points and then shut the bike off in the middle of a route, the GPS comes back on asking me if I want to continue at way point, 2 or 3 or 4 or........... if they are named, it would be very helpful. ??
BuzzCap7
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From: South Florida
RE: Garmin 590 (Hopefully others too.)
I found the answer, YES you can rename a "via" or way point.
1) Load the ride into your GPS.
2) As it loads, you will see the Start location and then your way points. TAP the way point you would like to name.
3) Scroll to the bottom.
4) TAP "Rename Location".
That is how it worked on my Garmin 590. I suspect others will be similar.
BuzzCap7
I found the answer, YES you can rename a "via" or way point.
1) Load the ride into your GPS.
2) As it loads, you will see the Start location and then your way points. TAP the way point you would like to name.
3) Scroll to the bottom.
4) TAP "Rename Location".
That is how it worked on my Garmin 590. I suspect others will be similar.
BuzzCap7
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Joined: Aug 2014
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From: Western MD
Not to revive an old thread... but I was having trouble loading GPX files created by google maps and gps visualizer (as described earlier in this thread). It kept saying NAV full (even after I reset).
So I updated the radio to the latest boom software. While I can easily load GPX files created from the HD Ride Planner, I cannot load the GPX files from google/gps visualizer. It sees the file, but once I select the file from the IMPORT menu, I do not see anything to import.
This seems like more work than mapping out the ride on a piece of paper!
So I updated the radio to the latest boom software. While I can easily load GPX files created from the HD Ride Planner, I cannot load the GPX files from google/gps visualizer. It sees the file, but once I select the file from the IMPORT menu, I do not see anything to import.
This seems like more work than mapping out the ride on a piece of paper!
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 2,199
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From: Long Island NY
Not to revive an old thread... but I was having trouble loading GPX files created by google maps and gps visualizer (as described earlier in this thread). It kept saying NAV full (even after I reset).
So I updated the radio to the latest boom software. While I can easily load GPX files created from the HD Ride Planner, I cannot load the GPX files from google/gps visualizer. It sees the file, but once I select the file from the IMPORT menu, I do not see anything to import.
This seems like more work than mapping out the ride on a piece of paper!
So I updated the radio to the latest boom software. While I can easily load GPX files created from the HD Ride Planner, I cannot load the GPX files from google/gps visualizer. It sees the file, but once I select the file from the IMPORT menu, I do not see anything to import.
This seems like more work than mapping out the ride on a piece of paper!
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 279
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From: Western MD
While neither of those are large, the google maps contains thousands of "trkpt" elements. According to the specs, these are GPS tracking points and are part of the "track segment".
Neither of these segments appear in the HD version - it is much simpler, containing only waypoints. In the advanced options on GPS Visualizer, you can elect to not include track points.
If I were guessing, I'd say the Google Maps is attempting to route you exactly as you planned it on the PC screen. While the HD Ride Planner is just setting up waypoints and will route you between them give how your Nav is setup (Fastest, Shortest, Scenic, etc.). This is most likely why most of the videos suggest creating several waypoints along your route.
Guess I should have tried this out before leaving on a 1200 mile trip, huh?
Last edited by MDSledhead; Jun 23, 2015 at 08:53 AM.
I looked at the GPX file in an editor. It's really simple XML. The file from HD ride planner (for the same route) is 3 kb... The file from google maps & gps visualizer is 136 kb.
While neither of those are large, the google maps contains thousands of "trkpt" elements. According to the specs, these are GPS tracking points and are part of the "track segment".
Neither of these segments appear in the HD version - it is much simpler, containing only waypoints. In the advanced options on GPS Visualizer, you can elect to not include track points.
If I were guessing, I'd say the Google Maps is attempting to route you exactly as you planned it on the PC screen. While the HD Ride Planner is just setting up waypoints and will route you between them give how your Nav is setup (Fastest, Shortest, Scenic, etc.). This is most likely why most of the videos suggest creating several waypoints along your route.
Guess I should have tried this out before leaving on a 1200 mile trip, huh?
While neither of those are large, the google maps contains thousands of "trkpt" elements. According to the specs, these are GPS tracking points and are part of the "track segment".
Neither of these segments appear in the HD version - it is much simpler, containing only waypoints. In the advanced options on GPS Visualizer, you can elect to not include track points.
If I were guessing, I'd say the Google Maps is attempting to route you exactly as you planned it on the PC screen. While the HD Ride Planner is just setting up waypoints and will route you between them give how your Nav is setup (Fastest, Shortest, Scenic, etc.). This is most likely why most of the videos suggest creating several waypoints along your route.
Guess I should have tried this out before leaving on a 1200 mile trip, huh?
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2006
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I'm trying Google maps and gpsvisualizer as well and cannot get it to import to RidePlanner or the HD onboard GPS at all. It actually locks up the USB connection on the bike after trying to import the file...
I cannot use the HD RidePlanner site because I can't get it to show POIs, so I want to use a product like Google Maps but.....
I cannot use the HD RidePlanner site because I can't get it to show POIs, so I want to use a product like Google Maps but.....
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I'm trying Google maps and gpsvisualizer as well and cannot get it to import to RidePlanner or the HD onboard GPS at all. It actually locks up the USB connection on the bike after trying to import the file...
I cannot use the HD RidePlanner site because I can't get it to show POIs, so I want to use a product like Google Maps but.....
I cannot use the HD RidePlanner site because I can't get it to show POIs, so I want to use a product like Google Maps but.....
I also do it this way so I can easily share the routes with friends that are riding with me by sending them an email with links to the Google Maps' routes. Can't do that with Ride Planner.
One more thing....
One thing to keep in mind as I read through some of these posts - I posted a very long-written explanation in another thread on here somewhere and if I find I will post a link here... but the short is this;
Remember - HD RP and Gmaps just calculate a route based on the fastest route preference - so if you do NOT use WP's to manipulate your route exactly as you want it, when it loads into your Boom GPS unit, it will use the preferences you have set for the GPS (fastest, scenic, twisty, etc.) to calculate your route, which may not match up to the route you thought you had mapped out.