Waypoint Memory Full - Bugger!

[HTB]

Planning my trip away to Normandy (tomorrow!) I started adding additional waypoints (WWII sites, payages etc.) to my NAVI II 2610 not realising I was limited to 500. When I then tried to reload the route, I got the message that the ‘waypoint memory’ was full and the 10 or so remaining waypoints left on my route could not fit into the memory, so the full route could not be plotted.

Try as I might I cannot delete the waypoint memory from the GPS. Garmin tell me I have to do a soft reset via the Page/Menu/Find buttons, and although I have no reason to doubt this, as I don’t have the GPS in front of me and need to use it tomorrow, is this actually going to work?

Has anybody else had this problem, and if so, how did they recover from the situation?

Thanks,

Harry

 

[metro]

Delete all waypoints is Find, Waypoints, Menu, Delete All

I don't know if recent finds add to the total number allowed, but you can clear this list as well with Find, Recent Finds, Menu, Delete All Finds

Quite often you can follow the menus through until you think you can get no futher, but then another non-intuitive press of the Menu button brings up a whole new set of options.

Andy.

 

[HMR]

Planning my trip away to Normandy (tomorrow!) I started adding additional waypoints (WWII sites, payages etc.) to my NAVI II 2610 not realising I was limited to 500.

I have during a very long period of time tried to explain why people should look closer at units as the 276C and the 60Cx. These models are much more flexible and without the tight limitations the StreetPilot models have in number of Waypoints, Routes and Tracks.

But then some people argue that it's only a few extremely advanced users who ever will meet these limitations!

Congratulations HTB. You are one of the few!

 

[Mouse]

I think it depends a lot on how you use the units. I'd never needed more than a couple of hundred waypoints for a single trip. But my collection of waypoints in MapSource is rather large.

That's the beauty of the Garmin units over TomTom and the like, MapSource allows you to manage your data without having it all on the GPS at once.

 

[metro]

I think it also depends how you construct the routes. I tend to have waypoints for where I want to visit, but this never runs into the hundreds.

I get the impression that some people create waypoints and then add them to the route to force the route through them, which is why they end up with hundreds. (I may be wrong, maybe they just want to visit loads of specific places?).

However I generally plan from Waypoint A to Waypoint B then use the tool in MapSource (right click the route, insert route section) to rubber-band the route through specific points. These points don't count as Waypoints, they are saved as part of the route parameters, so you can construct a very long route with only two Waypoints. Alternatively, you can simply use the MapSource Route Tool to just click on the start point and plot the route without needing any Waypoints at all.

Andy.

 

[HTB]

Metro,

Thank you - you got me out of a real tight spot there! Indeed, the 'intuative' Garmin system just needs to be that touch more intuative for idiots like me! A much better way of doing things than Garmin suggested! A little knowledge on my part is a dangerous thing!

It's a trial and error currently - but I can see that waypoints are useful, but maybe not always the way to plan a route if you can 'rubber band it' as you suggest.

Thank you for the help guys .

Harry (Garmin POWER user - I think not!)

 

[PanEuropean]

I have during a very long period of time tried to explain why people should look closer at units as the 276C and the 60Cx. These models are much more flexible and without the tight limitations the StreetPilot models have in number of Waypoints, Routes and Tracks.

But then some people argue that it's only a few extremely advanced users who ever will meet these limitations!

Congratulations HTB. You are one of the few!

HMR, for Pete's sake, will ya wake up and smell the coffee. It's a fool's game to try and debate the merits of one out of production GPS (the 26xx series) aginst another out of production GPS (the 2x6 series). Jeepers, the current model of StreetPilot - the StreetPilot 27xx series - holds 2,000 waypoints as navigable waypoints, and far more Custom Points of Interest (overlay waypoints) than any user could ever hope to enter.

If you want to debate the merits of one genus of GPSR (automotive) against another (marine and automotive), at least compare current products - the 27xx against the 378 or 478. That type of comparison might be of interest to people who are considering purchasing a GPSR. What you have done - trying to argue that a 276 is better than a 2610 - is like an old soldier trying to re-fight a battle that has already passed. It's like pissing down your pantleg - it might make you feel warm and comfortable, but it's really of no value to anyone else.

Michael

 

[PanEuropean]

Planning my trip away to Normandy (tomorrow!) I started adding additional waypoints (WWII sites, payages etc.) to my NAVI II 2610 not realising I was limited to 500....

Hi Harry:

Concerning how to clear the existing waypoints out of the memory of your GPSR - I think that Andy hit the nail on the head with his suggestion (the second post on this thread).

Concerning your problem with not enough waypoint storage: The 25xx series of GPSRs were the last series made that did not have the ability to store 'Custom POIs' (proximity waypoints, e.g. speed cameras). The 26xx, 27xx and newer series can store well over a quarter of a million proximity waypoints - this would normally be where you would put places that you are interested in and want to see on the map display (you can even define your own custom icons for them), but that you don't need to actually navigate to.

However - back to your 25xx - here are a few ways that you can work around the 500 waypoint limitation of your GPSR.

1) Fine-tune how the GPSR chooses its routing preferences by going into the menu that allows you to assign weights (preferences) for and against motorways, smaller highways, and greenlanes. You might find that just by fine-tuning your routing preferences, you can get away with only 2 or 3 intermediate waypoints on a 200 mile route - you won't need to be tacking in dozens of intermediate waypoints in MapSource to keep you off the expressways and on the interesting roads.

2) Be aware that many of the historical spots that you have identified by creating a waypoint already exist in the cartography database. So, for example, rather than creating a user waypoint for the Canadian WW1 memorial at Vimy Ridge, just look it up from the maps loaded in your StreetPilot - either by entering it by name, or looking for it by type (museum, monument, etc.) - then, once you have looked it up, choose 'route to it'. The GPSR will then take you there.

Hope these thoughts help.

Michael

 

[HMR]

What you have done - trying to argue that a 276 is better than a 2610 - is like an old soldier trying to re-fight a battle that has already passed. It's like pissing down your pantleg - it might make you feel warm and comfortable, but it's really of no value to anyone else.

Dear Pan,
please don't overreact. I was talking about what I did a long time ago. The situation is constantly changeing and today the situation is better -

- the BMW version of the 2720 can log 10000 points.
- the 2720 can do post code search.
- the 2720 can upload speed cameras and warn for them.
- etc.

Still, buyers of new devices should be aware of both the advantages and the shortcomings of the different models and the 2720 is not the best unit in all situations. Offroaders, for example, should take a look at the old 276C and the new 60Cx