I am on a long trip right now and am wrestling with a feature in the Biom 6.5 Nav system that I hope someone can clear up.

Routes were built in BaseCamp. All good. While the route is active however if I choose "Skip next waypoint" the points appear on the screen as lat/long coordinates rather than the name of the waypoint i.e. Shell gas station. I have been struggling w the system putting numbers ahead of the name of the waypoint i.e. "4830 Shell" rather than simply "Shell" but this new wrinkle is making it tough to change while on the fly.

Any help is appreciated.

 

I have noticed this also. I have this happen while using Map Source and Route Converter. I will go out on a limb here and "assume" it is BB doing it. The waypoints show up properly when you look at them in the Trip, but as soon as you press the SKIP button they change to Long/Lat. I find this to be a pain as well and have not found a solution yet for it. Hopefully someone has figured it out.

 

I'll bet after eleven months, the OP's got this figgered out...old thread!

 

Glad to see others reporting this ..... its still ha penning to me, and I'm at the latest Boom level. FWIW, I use Tyre to create GPX files.

I sometimes see waypoint names when skipping, and sometimes long/lat.


In addition, I have my BOOM GPS screen configured so that the 'bottom field' on the screen shows 'next navigation instruction' (not exact term, but you get the drift), and sometimes this shows waypoint names and sometimes not.

When using long, complex routes with many waypoints, it would sure be nice if they displayed properly in both places.

 

It has to do with the "Notes" and "Comments" fields in Basecamp. Try messing with those fields (I don't remember which one off the top of my head), and I think you'll find what is ailing you.

 

I use Tyre to create routes (note Basecamp), but will definitely check to see if those fields exist and allow me to populate them.


It does not really explain why my waypoints work sometimes and sometimes does not, even for a given route that I purposefully tried multiple times, but I'll definitely look into this. Thanks.

 

Right or wrong, I assumed I would find 'Notes' or 'Comments' in the GPX file, but I dont see them, so not sure how they would affect this.

Here is a portion of my GPX file if anyone wants to comment on the content and how it might be 'wrong' in terms of being able to consistently show waypoint names correctly, instead of long/lat :


........snipped some stuff at beginning

<rte>
<name>xyz to Rockton</name>
<rtept lat="45.12716" lon="-93.48464">
<name>near start</name>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="44.85581" lon="-93.23776">
<name>Mall of America</name>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="44.62298" lon="-93.76716">
<name>Rt Garage</name>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="44.95277" lon="-93.88405">
<name>Luceline Orchard</name>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="46.86264" lon="-96.83564">
<name>Sickies Fargo</name>
</rtept>
</rte>

..........snipped some stuff at end

 

Yes !!! I had forgot to mention that I'm getting that number prefix behavior, too. Have you EVER seen waypoints displayed correctly, in skip or the banner ? Sometimes they work correctly for me, but its usually short-lived.

Seems odd that:

1) We're using different routing apps (basecamp vs Tyre), yet still having the same issue (kinda points towards BOOM)

2) No one else is noticing this ? Seems odd that more people arent complaining. Is there something beside the gpx file that is affecting this ?

3) Should we turn off the banner display ? (ie use the field to show something else instead)

Lets see if we can debug this !


I would love to see a gpx file from someone where the waypoints always display correctly - please attach it.

 

If I get some time this weekend, I'll run a few tests to refresh my memory and report back for you.

 

I did a little more poking around this morning looking at this. Keep in mind that I use Basecamp, but you can probably apply this info to figuring it out for your application. Also note that I said "little" (yes, that's what she said, too...), so this isn't in-depth or all-encompassing.


When I created a waypoint in BC (Basecamp), and used the export function to the flash drive, then imported it into the Boom, I found the following info path:


In BC, under waypoint properties, there is a field (tab) called "Notes". This translates to a field called "Desc" (description) in the .gpx file. That is the field that displays on the boom waypoint properties that all of you are finding coordinates.


<desc>
desc: Veterans Club
868 Main St
Sturgis, South Dakota, 57785, United States
605-347-4682
</desc>


note: I added the "desc:" manually to find the field that was being displayed.


Let me know if this helps.