edge explore issues

[cyberknight]

my garmin seems to be playing up.i download the same route as others but in sections i get completely different routing from the same uploaded course .

 

[I like Skol]

Turn off recalculation?

 

[I like Skol]

I turn mine off but then for some reason, every few months or ride uploads it seems to revert to recalc on, as well as resetting all my display info fields. Most annoying when you only discover this after getting a fair way off route then realising you hadn't plotted the route through this village or over this hill, etc. Can even try taking you down canals and stuff!

 

[cyberknight]

i think recalculation is more for when you go off course ? i have the same uploaded course but a different route appears

 

[I like Skol]

Try it, but I'm pretty sure recalc will send you a different way if it thinks its route is 'better'

 

[neil_merseyside]

If the supplied file has very few points in it then the GPS may choose to join the dots differently, and if the original mapping is also different to the on board mapping then chances of route randomisation increases.

 

[I like Skol]

Now this raises an interesting question.

I create my routes on the RWGPS free service and once done I go through deleting all the white dots (control points) and then save the route and transfer to the Garmin. I use fit. files and make sure recalc is turned off so it just has the mapped route to follow with no fixed points other than start and finish. These seems to work really well for me and anecdotally has less issues than leaving the points in or using the gpx. format.

Am I doing it wrong?

 

[ExBrit]

There are several types of "route" files. Two commonly used ones are GPX track and GPX route. One only contains the control points set by the route designer. The other contains full turn by turn instructions. Is it possible you're downloading the wrong type?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Now this raises an interesting question.

I create my routes on the RWGPS free service and once done I go through deleting all the white dots (control points) and then save the route and transfer to the Garmin. I use fit. files and make sure recalc is turned off so it just has the mapped route to follow with no fixed points other than start and finish. These seems to work really well for me and anecdotally has less issues than leaving the points in or using the gpx. format.

Am I doing it wrong?

When I had an Edge Explore I used to do similar but didn't faff around deleting the white dots. That does seem like a faff. I just did "download as gpx track" and transferred that file to the new files folder. Seemed to work OK. The only problem was that it was sluggish in starting to navigate big routes, so for long rides I'd chop it into chunks - out and back maybe, or for 200k audaxes the sections between controls. Mind you I'm on "paid for" RWGPS so maybe it's different.