Routing On ATV Trails With A Garmin GPS And VV Mapping
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I recently bought a Garmin Zumo XT for use while ATVing. I also purchased ORV Trail Maps from VV Mapping. Two weeks ago was the first ATV rides with the Garmin Zujmo XT. Yesterday was the first ATV ride with the VV maps installed.
So far, I like the Zumo XT and the maps. I am just wondering what, if anything, I can do to improve the performance of routing. It would appear that the easiest thing might be to create a route on MapSource or BaseCamp and them download it onto the device.
I am just curious if anybody here has experience routing off-road? The Zumo XT can certainly create a straight line route. What I want to do, of course, is remain on the ATV trails. If anybody has any additional tips, I would love to hear them!
Also, which works better for something like this, BaseCamp or MapSource?
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Sorry
Can't help you with routing, but I still prefer MapSource over BaseCamp. I just find it easier to work with.
As far as I know though Mapsource cannot transfer routes and other things to newer Garmin's, so you'd probably have to use BaseCamp !
Nuvi 2797LMT, DriveSmart 50 LMT-HD, Using Windows 10. DashCam A108C with GPS.
AFAIK
As far as I know, the map has to "talk" to the GPS in order for it to speak or give visual routing directions. The VV maps you bought do this on a limited basis but from what I can see, not all the trails / roads displayed are routable. Without playing around with these maps myself, I can't offer any useful suggestions.
I've been playing with this idea for a few years now trying to make the bike trail files I maintain here at POI Factory routable. The best I've been able to do so far is to create tracks in Google Earth of the trails I want and save them in .KMZ format. I then import them into Basecamp or Mapsource, do some editing and save the edited file in .GDB or .GPX format. Those files can then be exported to a GPS running a detailed topo map.
This track can then be followed visually on the GPS using waypoints set to provide audible alerts at key turning points. These files can't be altered on the fly though and they aren't routable in the true sense.
I use both Basecamp and Mapsource to do the work since their respective track editing tools work differently. Sometimes one program will do what the other can't.
Sorry I can't be more helpful.