MapSource software version 6.15.3 now available

Techsupport was very helpful. I got everything working again. The problem was a favorite/waypoint that I downloaded from MapQuest. When I erased that favorite on my GPS, it loaded into MapSource correctly. I repeated the download from MapQuest and it now loads correctly into MapSource. It must have been some quirk in that first download.

Found an answer here:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/14660

Hey there.....Noob here.....I upgraded to the 6.15.3 a couple weeks back now and still am having problems saving to gpx. The program shuts down and the file it creates is 0 in size. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah, I have saved a couple files to gpx but no more.

I would recommend rolling back to version 6.13.7.

This latest version is very buggy.

The one that came with Topo Canada is 5.4.
6.13.7 now installed and saved to gpx 1st shot.

Thank You Very Much.

and I do believe that I shall try to get involved in this forum, and see what I can do and show.

Thanks for the info.

Yes, the new version still creates waypoint flags at each junction you create. They can all be removed with the Unflag program after the GPX file is saved.

After you have your start and end points set, select the arrow tool. Click anywhere on your route to highlight it. Click again to set a "grab point". The route is now attached to your pointer. Drag it to a street or intersection you want to force it to. Click that point down and it will recalculate the route using your new point.

...but I still can't get it to work.

I can follow the above steps just fine...I can then send the route to my 765T, import it, it shows up under the Custom Routes icon, but when I choose the route and hit Go, the 765T recalculates the route, and ignores my road choices.

Other than using the unflag utility tip that I learned about here, how can I prevent that without having flags and announced arrivals at each forced intersection?

am I making any sense at all?

Jim, I have see the occasional comment from others saying that their Nuvis recalculate the route as you have mentioned. My 760 has ALWAYS faithfully followed the routes that I have created. If it did not, what would be the point of creating a custom route? I just can't think of what might be different in the setting or creation methods that might account for this. What do you have set for avoidances? I think all I have set in mine are U-turns and Unpaved Roads.

Disclaimer: Inserting a waypoint on the fly while driving (like finding a restaurant for lunch) will indeed cause it to recalculate and destroy the current route. I would have to delete the route and re-import it again to return the route to it's original configuration.

only uturns, ferries, carpool lanes and unpaved roads.

here is a thread started by hhannah, but if you read along, some are getting the flags and announcements.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/14660

I have not upgraded to the 6.15 version yet as MM has stated that it is pretty buggy. I will try again, and see if I can get it to import without the flags and announcements, or having to use that unflag utility.

thanks for the response

I remember those discussions with hhanna and MM and followed the steps to the letter but I always got flags. 6.15 is no different for me. But my 760 has always faithfully followed my routes. I wonder if there is a correlation between these two things?
1. I always get flags.
2. My routes always work (no recalculating).
Food for thought....
And yes, I still use the unflag utility to remove the annoying flags and their accompanying announcements.

I finally got around to installing the new version and I have no reported issues using Vista Home Premium w/ 4GB RAM

Win XP sp3 My issue is when zoomed in and I grab a slider to re-position the map (up/dn) mostly the map jumps to S90 lat. W180 lon less often on (l/r slider) I then have to go to 1500 mi scale and find the USA again.
A pain/distraction more than a killer issue though.

I hadn't realized when I made that post, that it was actually you who had talked about using the unflag utility yourself

I am otherwise occupied with another project today, and there is the matter of a little football game tomorrow , but one evening next week, I am going to carve out some time to lay out a route in Mapsource and try again.

Thanks for your feedback

Thanks for the info.

Found the same thing happening on my computer running Win XP. A real irritance losing your map while re-positioning it with the slider and then have to rescale to find map again.

That's kind of an ugly bug with the sliders. I've always just used the hand tool to drag the map around. It's selectable by pressing H on the keyboard or clicking the hand tool. The keyboard arrows move the map around, too. Ctrl-Arrows move a full screen at a time. +/- keys Zoom in and out.

Thanks for the tip johnc. I'll use that method to move around the map.