Tip on route shaping in Basecamp (Will not announce)

ebbo · Jun 28, 2014

You draw a route from A to B in Basecamp, then want to shape it to the roads you want to ride/drive, but, you don't want the shaping points to be announced by the satnav as you ride the route.

On country roads this is mostly not a problem as they aren't announced as its just a road, but in town and villages your shaping point often fall on addresses or businesses and these will be announced.

Solution, place you shaping points on road junctions, these are not announced, problem solved!

Any waypoints (now called Favorites) in the route will be announced (but that's usually a good thing).

Ultimately, you choose whats going to be announced by the way you construct the route

Wapping · Jun 28, 2014

The problem for the unwary of plonking the point on any junction, is that it's very easy not to spot that you've plonked it right at the mouth of the wrong road, which the clever software will then route you up... A common moan from those less than patient bods, only too keen to blame the device for their errors.

Simply review you route (route info) turning those waypoints into shaping nodes that you want as shaping points, whilst leaving any others as announcable waypoints. 100% reliable and less prone to forced errors.

Me? I have the sound off and turn everything to shaping nodes.

Johno23 · Jun 28, 2014

Sorry, whats a shaping point? just looked at my basecamp and can't see it anywhere. :nenau

I'm just about to create a load of routes for a trip next week, so am trying to learn and practice everything, and it's proving quite difficult :blast

iand46 · Jun 28, 2014

Johno23 said:
Sorry, whats a shaping point? just looked at my basecamp and can't see it anywhere.

I'm just about to create a load of routes for a trip next week, so am trying to learn and practice everything, and it's proving quite difficult

Every change of direction, turn left, turn right etc. You can also put in extra ones to force a route to go where you want it to go instead of where the mapping wants to go

Wapping · Jun 28, 2014

Johno23 said:
Sorry, whats a shaping point? just looked at my basecamp and can't see it anywhere.

I'm just about to create a load of routes for a trip next week, so am trying to learn and practice everything, and it's proving quite difficult

Have a read through...

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showth...e-learned-today-using-BaseCamp-on-a-Mac/page4 and onwards...

Johno23 · Jun 28, 2014

thanks will have a look. Just when I thought i'd sussed it! :blast

Wapping · Jun 28, 2014

BaseCamp works, near enough, exactly the same way as Mapsource did.

In many ways, BaseCamp is better, in that it can do more things... Probably too many for some, if the truth be told.

Just be patient with it when you start. Practice makes perfect; it really does.

ebbo · Jun 28, 2014

In old school Mapsource, I wouldn't normally place a shaping point (via point) on a road junction because when your riding the route you may get warnings of the approaching turn and the shaping point, not good. Basecamp does seem better in this, you can at least read the route property's and see what will be announced, and what will not (see post 10 below).

Anyway, I'll demonstrate where I place the shaping point below.

I want to ride via Granthem Drive, clicking anywhere on that road to place a shaping point but a road junction will be an address and your satnav will announce it

But, by placing the shaping point on the junction of Howe Hill Close and Granthem Drive its not announced

ebbo · Jun 28, 2014

This is the route after placing the shaping point

ebbo · Jun 28, 2014

Here's the route property's, no alerts on any of the shaping points

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