I am not a huge fan of third party software, when it comes to linking with Garmin. But, just as a try, I sent a Garmin v1.1 GPX route from BaseCamp, to DropBox and from there to MyRoute. In theory, MyRoute should replicate the GPX route exactly. But, it didn’t. Here is an example.
I usually check any routes I create in BaseCamp pretty carefully, looking for little deviations where the Garmin software has thrown in some routing oddity or other of its own. When I displayed the route in MyRoute, I noticed that the third party software had created an oddity of its own:
On the left is my original BaseCamp route, coloured green. On the right is the version of the same route, imported into MyRoute, coloured black. As you can see, MyRoute has amended the GPX route, putting in a silly detour (two sides of a triangle) instead of following along the D231.
I do not understand why MyRoute has done it. It might though explain why oddities that we read about on these pages, involving routes created in MyRoute, not performing as they should when imported into a Garmin device. My betting is that, had I placed a shaping point on the D231, the oddity would not have happened.
I usually check any routes I create in BaseCamp pretty carefully, looking for little deviations where the Garmin software has thrown in some routing oddity or other of its own. When I displayed the route in MyRoute, I noticed that the third party software had created an oddity of its own:
On the left is my original BaseCamp route, coloured green. On the right is the version of the same route, imported into MyRoute, coloured black. As you can see, MyRoute has amended the GPX route, putting in a silly detour (two sides of a triangle) instead of following along the D231.
I do not understand why MyRoute has done it. It might though explain why oddities that we read about on these pages, involving routes created in MyRoute, not performing as they should when imported into a Garmin device. My betting is that, had I placed a shaping point on the D231, the oddity would not have happened.