Is there a wise programme for navigation than this shit?! NO idea how it chooses the routes. I used to find it pretty easy, not with trip planner is creating stiff that throws me 20 miles off route and won't go in a straight line other than mways!!! Whoever designed it, updated it and runs this software development should be hung by their little toes by the side of the road while lots Garmin users slap them with a large, smelly and wet herring!! Taken me over an hour just to get it to stop using M5, and now it has more than 29 waypoints so won't load in one route! ARRGGGGHHHHH!!!!
I'd rather go thru it than via Cirencester as Basecamp wants to do Although as its the home of Extinction Rebellion, maybe it knows something I don't....
Never used Basecamp on my Panzer @bradders. Tried once and gave up; its crap. You have to be extremely precise on where you put the way point thingies. If you don’t ride through the point you’ve selected it keeps turning you round to make you go ‘through’ it.
It used to be easy, if a little fiddly, They have ruined it. I've just exported the file in gpx and uploaded to the Motoraad app. Which connects to the dash and presents turns, speed limits, camera positions all to the dash. I've added my phone and BT headphone unit (can't get on with helmet speakers so strung in ear with a standalone BT module) and its all connected so may give that a go instead.
Copilot western europe. Only slight issue is that you plan the route on your device (phone). So screen size only as big as your mobile. So open gmaps on a tablet or computer alongside to plan more complex routes. It works better than the Garmin too, much less likely to send you off route on a silly detour. Something my zumo does regular, regardless of having a route downloaded or not. I use it now with a simple phone mount and a water resistant Samsung s8. Works well. Clear directions. No detours down backstreets and dead end roads. Links via blue tooth to headset if I want audio. My zumo is now used to display speed, as I have the old style dash/display on my gs which is not as easy to read at a glance. When the gs goes and I enter the modern world of tft display, the zumo will probably binned. I use copilot or gmaps in the car. Both are better.
https://www.myrouteapp.com/ Signed up for this just before lockdown Free to sign up and use with OpenStreetMap maps, but with a Gold subscription (not exorbitant), it'll use TomTom, Garmin or Google routing algorithms. Once you've created a route you can transfer to your device using USB or Wifi if available. Can also get their satnav software if you're not using a dedicated device. Tons of tutorials and webinars on their website for using their basic to more advanced functionality
MyRouteApp gets my vote too. Best alternative to Basecamp, cloud storage means routes planned on PC are also available on phone for direct export to GPS whilst on tour. Possible, with care, to route plan on phone too. Basecamp is something of a black-art but once mastered is a useful tool in the route planning toolbox. As a long-time Garmin user (started with a Quest over 20 years ago) I used to use Mapsource which, unlike Basecamp, didn't try to be too clever for it's own good... I tried Basecamp on its first release and quickly scuttled back to Mapsource after an hour of frustration. However, Garmin ceased development of Mapsource and whilst it still worked it lacked some advanced features suited to more recent PNDs like the Zumos that were incorporated into Basecamp. So took a morning to give it a chance and have been using it since. Not quite a black belt but pretty proficient. Have a look at this video I did 8 years ago @bradders, might resolve your random, batshit crazy, routing issue. Look and feel of Basecamp has changed a little but the theory is still the same.
No help Bladders but I do agree Basecamp is utter dogshit though, just ask @Dave . We used it for a trip a few years back, had Dave and the crew stopping in various waypoints that were not quite as intended eh @Andy800 and @chizel ...... Not my fault feckers !! Blame Basecamp
I really like basecamp but it took quite a while to get my head around it. I had the same problems as described on bumpkins video with the routing when motorcycle profile was used so just switched it to car profile. I'll go into base camp and follow bumpkins settings adjustment now, so cheers for that Also, when you create a route on the pc, i go into each way point and zoom right in and move the point to correct road position if you've dropped it slight off, because as someone else mentioned the satnav will want to take you to it rather than carry on the main route. I also right click each way point and select 'dont alert'. Its a bit of a faff but saves a lot of effin and jeffin
Yep, and be careful of dual carriageways/motorways/autoroutes that you don't drop a point on the wrong side of the Armco as you'll be off at the next junction and doubling back thinking WTF! Base camp does allow you to quickly skip though the route viewing each routing node/waypoint close-up to check placement. Double click your route in the lower left pane, this will open a window showing the various points you've set along your route. Shift this child window to the left, or onto your 2nd monitor if you have one. Check the box at the bottom that says 'centre map'. Now click each point in the list in turn. To move a point press 'M' on your keyboard (click the map first) and just click and drag the node to where you want it to be.
Tried the bmw app today. Phone, headset all connected. So I could control all thru the tft dash. It works, but I had a couple of freezing issues. In Bath it took me on several circles. After the 2nd time round I stopped and after a minute it caught up. Also when data drops, which south of Bath on the hills it did quite a bit, it hangs. I had to close it once and the media was frozen too. So off and on again and all sorted. but no substitute for a real satnav. But it all works. I connected my satnav with my bt module, the phon e and module to bike, and I could listen to music and it would be interrupted for directions.
If you want to program routes on PC, use tyre to travel and export file as GPX http://www.tyretotravel.com/download-tyre/ Other option are REVER or CALIMOTO
