Building Routes Using MapSource.

 

This for for those with compatible NUVIs.
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There are multiple ways to build routes using MapSource.

1. One is to use only a start point and end point.

2. Another is to build waypoints and then let MapSource make a route from them.

3. Way 3 is to use the "Rubber Band" method.

And there are probably more.

All these methods (After uploading them to you compatible Nuvi)do not show waypoints and or flags on the route nor do they announce anything when approaching a point used to make these routes. (except when approaching destination.).

I like the "Roubber Band" method which allows you to shape the route to any way you would want. If it builds the route to a place you want to avoid, you can then move that section to another point allowing MapSouce to route around the avoidance.

I will detail the procedure in the following paragraphs:

Building custom routes with MapSource using the "Rubber Band" effect. Using this method does not make a route with WAYPOINTS.

I use the word via/waypoint as only a word to discribe the point you place the pointer and click. There are no waypoints built at all.

Playing with MapSource to get you skills honed to be able to use this procedure will help. Just play around making small routes and experiment, you can't hurt MapSource if you make a mistake. Just use the UNDO found under EDIT. Also you can always clear out what you were trying and start over new.

START PROCEDURE

1. Start MapSource.

2. Click on "Route Tool"

3. Place "Route Tool Pointer" where you want as Start Point and click.

4. Place "Route Tool Pointer" where you want as End Point and click. Builds route in purple)

5. Press ESC key on PC (Ends route building.)

6. Click on "Selection Tool" pointer.

7. Place pointer anywhere on Purple Route and click and release. (Selects route and changes to yellow)

8. Place pointer back on yellow route and click and release.

9. Now drag mouse pointer to point you want as a via/waypoint and click and release.( This causes the route to re-calculate and include the new via/waypoint.

You have now one route divided into 2 sections:
Section 1 start point to first via/waypoint.
Section 2 First via/waypoint to end point.

If you would like to add another via/waypoint to the new route. Placing the pointer between the start point and the via/waypoint and clicking and releasing on the route will draw you a line between the start point and the first via/waypoint. And glacing the pointer between the end point and the via/waypoint and clicking and releasing on the route will draw you a line between the end point and the first via/waypoint.

So depending where you want the next via/waypoint, either before or after the first via/waypoint you added will dictate where you plase the pointer and click to draw the line. As you add via/waypoints the route gets divided into smaller sections.

Placing the pointer between any 2 points(start, Via/waypoints and end) clicking will allow you to change that portion of the route between those 2 points.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Previous tracks on 855.

barclaybrown wrote:

Thanks, Not2bright... good input. One more thing, though. My Nuvi 760 would keep track of my travels in a big waypoint (I think) file, but had no way to close this file and start another. Thus the only way to save off, say, today's bike ride, was to go in using a PC and delete the entire file, then ride, then download the file and then delete it again. Does the 8xx allow you to save off "this trip" as a separate file? I know the Edge units do, since they save a "workout" with the route, and many stats (average speed, elevation change, etc.). And then, does it save it as a route, that can then be reloaded and followed, or only as waypoints, which must be converted into a route? I did have a program that did this once, but it always seemed to have trouble with long routes and included too few points or something, so that the GPS had trouble following it later.

Lastly, in the spirit of learning to fish, is there a writeup somewhere on gpx files, and how they store either waypoints or routes or both, etc? it would seem easier if there were separate file types for separate kinds of data. That's probably why I'm confused--gpx files are not all the same it seems.

Thanks for the help!

The 855 stores your tracks in a big file similar to as you describe. (There is a max number of points it will store, not sure how many, but it covers more than 600 miles). It is possible to extract a particular trip from the file, using your PC. I haven't tried reloading it to the nuvi as a route, but it should be possible.
As for your last para., I wish the same thing.

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GPX files

barclaybrown wrote:

Lastly, in the spirit of learning to fish, is there a writeup somewhere on gpx files, and how they store either waypoints or routes or both, etc?

Here is a place to start: http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp

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