Plotaroute garmin communicator plugin7/16/2023 ![]() In order to see distance to the next turn on the map (this can be a bit hidden) This way you will see how far the next turn is. (Update 05/2022: still didn’t find a solution)Ī nice middle-ground could be enabling “distance to next” either as a tile in the map view or in the trip computer. I’m still in the process of figuring out how to disable these. If you have a lot of sequential turns (for example if you are navigating a city), these pop-ups will make navigating sequential turns that are close to one-another very challenging. This message will disappear after a couple of seconds, but during this time you will not be able to view the map. ![]() “approaching turn left” and “leaving turn left”). Putting proximity alerts on your track will make a message pop up on the screen of your eTrex (e.g. If you scroll all the way down, you can see how many points there are in your track This will open up a new window with details on your track. Pro tip: if you are planning a long-distance tour and are worried about the 10’000 point mark: load your track in Garmin Basecamp, right-click it and pick “Get Info”.You can draw out your routes in big chunks, and then afterwards adjust the route using the “Reshape Route” tool in the left-hand side menu by adding and moving anchors. Frugal tip: plotaroute will plan your route in such a way that it follows cycle paths and roads where cycling is allowed.If you created your track from plotaroute or Ride with GPS skip step 2 and go to step 3. There’s tons of sites and YouTube videos on how to do this, so I will leave the details into your capable hands. Either use one you have lying around or log into your favorite website (e.g., Komoot or Alltrails) and plan to your hearts’ content. Enter the in-between solution: tracks with turn-by-turn notifications.įirst off, you will need a track (GPX). ![]() Since I do not feel like splitting up my (quite long) cycling routes into hundreds of smaller ones (seriously, who has time for that?), I do not consider this a valid option for me. I have never reached the limit of 10’000 points for a track, however, the limit of 200 points for a route left me stranded in the middle of nowhere once.
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