MapSource...what a POS!!
After reading this thread I decided to get my Zumo 550 out and give it a try,after seeing all of the problems you are having..Because I myself have never had any trouble..First I updated all of the current stuff and now it will not transfer ****..what did you guys do to me? LOL..Never had a problem till I read this thread..It tells me to contact customer service..
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2007
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From: Austin, TX - Some call it heaven.
There is a pretty good Mapsource tutorial out on the Zumo forum, look in the how to guides.
I pretty much gave up on it myself and just use the HD ride planner. One thing I really like about it is the ability to share the ride plan with others. It's really useful for group rides, you can publish the ride plan and once everyone agrees, download it to your GPS.
I had a bit of trouble with the HD Ride Planner and Internet Explorer, but once I switched to Firefox all is well.
I pretty much gave up on it myself and just use the HD ride planner. One thing I really like about it is the ability to share the ride plan with others. It's really useful for group rides, you can publish the ride plan and once everyone agrees, download it to your GPS.
I had a bit of trouble with the HD Ride Planner and Internet Explorer, but once I switched to Firefox all is well.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2010
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Dammit! All this time I have been using paper maps & figuring out my ride! Only problem I have with them is the wife can't fold the damn things right.
Nice thing about paper is you decide the route, you write it down, make decisions along the way. Haven't had a software glitch in years. But that's just me.
Nice thing about paper is you decide the route, you write it down, make decisions along the way. Haven't had a software glitch in years. But that's just me.
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Joined: May 2006
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From: Midwest
Dammit! All this time I have been using paper maps & figuring out my ride! Only problem I have with them is the wife can't fold the damn things right.
Nice thing about paper is you decide the route, you write it down, make decisions along the way. Haven't had a software glitch in years. But that's just me.
Nice thing about paper is you decide the route, you write it down, make decisions along the way. Haven't had a software glitch in years. But that's just me.
And so's not to be off topic, I'll vote for Mapsource being a PITA, too. I've never had major problems with using it, though.
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 140
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From: Southern New Jersey
+1 for Mapsource being a PITA.
I have a StreetPilot 2720 and I like to take my breadcrumb trail and make routes out of it. Major pain unlocking maps, zooming, tracing and drawing routes.
Ugh.
Going to try Tyre and see how it works with the 2720.
Also the HD Planner. My Road King is about 3 hours away from being a week old, so I didn't even know it existed.
Also for anybody concerned I will be running Tyre from Windoze 7 through VMware Fusion on a Mac.
Reports to follow.
I have a StreetPilot 2720 and I like to take my breadcrumb trail and make routes out of it. Major pain unlocking maps, zooming, tracing and drawing routes.
Ugh.
Going to try Tyre and see how it works with the 2720.
Also the HD Planner. My Road King is about 3 hours away from being a week old, so I didn't even know it existed.
Also for anybody concerned I will be running Tyre from Windoze 7 through VMware Fusion on a Mac.
Reports to follow.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 335
Likes: 14
From: Baltimore
I've used the HD ride planner and when I download it to my Garmin 755 instead of one route I get one route for each set of waypoints. Only way I can make it work is design the rounte and then eliminate all the waypoints except the start and fishinsh one. Mapquest is okay, at least it transfers the entire set of waypoints into one route. Crazy thing about Mapquest is I make it plot the exact roads I want to travel and sometimes the road is off to one side by maybe 1/2 mile. Once it had the route traveling down the middle of a river instead of on the road beside the river.
I've used the HD ride planner and when I download it to my Garmin 755 instead of one route I get one route for each set of waypoints. Only way I can make it work is design the rounte and then eliminate all the waypoints except the start and fishinsh one. Mapquest is okay, at least it transfers the entire set of waypoints into one route. Crazy thing about Mapquest is I make it plot the exact roads I want to travel and sometimes the road is off to one side by maybe 1/2 mile. Once it had the route traveling down the middle of a river instead of on the road beside the river.
I tries 3 or 4 others before I settled in TYRE. BTW, it's free.
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Vermont
I've used MapSource and transferred the routes to my Zumo 550 many times for touring. I learned how to use it on the Zumo Forum and I guess I just adapted to it without trying other programs. I think it's a pretty slick program. My only gripe is that it displays routes as local road names instead of (f'rinstance) US route 30.
I use the routing tool and select intersections for waypoints. Intersections are "invisible waypoints" and don't show up as flags and they aren't announced as waypoints on the Zumo.
Maybe I'll try the HD Planner you guys are talking about and see what I've been missing. Is it free? I'm not sure I can figure out how to load an HD Planner route on the GPS.
I use the routing tool and select intersections for waypoints. Intersections are "invisible waypoints" and don't show up as flags and they aren't announced as waypoints on the Zumo.
Maybe I'll try the HD Planner you guys are talking about and see what I've been missing. Is it free? I'm not sure I can figure out how to load an HD Planner route on the GPS.
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From: Baton Rouge, LA
This solves one major problem for me on trips. Mapsource is a bitch to install on my netbook computer that I use on trips, as it is very short on storage space. I can now use the HD planner on-line while on the road without requiring any storage overhead.