My power geocaching days are over, but I also found a happy place using one dedicated unit in the car and another on my hip. Things like Basecamp (or whatever they're calling it now) and even some GPSes tend to snap route points to roads that can also result in routes looking different on the device than they do if you're just looking at it. If you start with a GPX file, mount the device in mass storage mode, copy the GPX file to it, carefully unmount/eject, and the GPS should read it on next boot. My point was that if you're starting with a GPX file that you know is right, dragging through GSAK and through a variety of their Macros, feeding that through Basecamp along the way, and pitstopping it in CacheRoute30SM (which is a new title to me), there are a lot of fingerprints on things that have a chance to "damage" the file in weird ways. Your post mentioned "route point 1", so I latched onto the leading zero thing. If I get anything useful back ftom Garmin I'll post it here. Yes, geocaching in the main use for the Nuvi, but only for getting between caches, not for finding them. I use the Nuvi to navigate to a cache (or, more often, a suitable parking spot) and then use the E-Trex 30x to locate the cache. Garmin support sent me details of how to get the route into the Nuvi so I'm hoping they will be able to explain how to convert the route to something usable - but I'm not holding my breath. I was hoping that theree would be some way to automatically build the trip from the route imported from base camp. Apps > Trip Planner seemed more useful, but, again, you have to enter locations manually, one after the other. I have read the manual and it doesn't seem to cover routes other than the normal "Pick a location or more on the device and go". I have Garmin Express start automatically when the Nuvi is connected and it is always up to date with software and maps. I've had the Nuvi for a few years and am reasonably familiar with it, except that I just do the same things every time, this is the first time I've tried to import a route. I'm using CacheRoute3OSM to build the GPX file. Which GSAK macro are you using to accomplish this? (plus a lot of other helpful stuff) Do you have any other Garmin devices you use for this purpose? No Garmin Automotive device even supports Geocaching, which appears to be the primary focus for your journey. More current 'Drive' models are slightly better, but not by much. I always found Garmin automotive navigation products, especially of this vintage ('nuvi' models), to be some of the most non-intuitive and least user friendly devices ever produced. Have you run Garmin Express with the nuvi connected to verify the firmware is up to date? I do not find any mention of being able to load externally created routes to this older navigator. Looking at 'Data Management > File Types' in the nuvi 2597 manual, it appears it may only accept GPX Waypoint files from BaseCamp. Have you read the Garmin Owner's Manual for this device? How long have you been using this Garmin nuvi 2597LMT? Usually this workflow on the GPSr consists of something very similar to selecting: 'Where To?' > 'Routes' > 'Go' Submission.I have no idea how to persuade the Nuvi to display the route and navigate along it when I drive. Support, new GPS models, etc.) please mention that in your If you haveĪ way you'd like to see the money spent (i.e. Supporting the project with your time or your donation. Next generation (hey, someone funded what's there now.) by Money to buy GPS receivers, programs, and computers for development. We get a constant stream of requests to support new hardware,Īdding support for new OSes, and such. It is free to download and use, and it's free to modify for your use, as it's distributed under the GNU Public License. GPSBabel runs on Microsoft Windows 10-11, MacOS, Linux, as well as POSIX OSes like FreeBSD. Does it run on my computer?Īlmost certainly. We process data that may (or may not be) placed on a map, such as GPSBabel does not convert, transfer, send, or manipulate maps. It contains extensive data manipulation abilities making it aĬonvenient for server-side processing or as the backend for other To us the ability to freely move our own waypoint data between the Programs for manipulating GPS data have imposed upon us, GPSBabel returns It has been downloaded and used tens of millions of times since it was first created in 2001, so it's stable and trusted.īy flattening the Tower of Babel that the authors of various such as filtering duplicates points or simplifying tracks. It also has powerful manipulation tools for such data. Literally hundreds of GPS receivers and programs are supported. GPS receivers such as Garmin or Magellan and mapping programs like Google Earth or Basecamp. GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular
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