Expert Review of route

[Greenham]

Many have helped me understand the Garmin Zumo XT and GPX 1.1 vs 1.2 which has been very helpful.

A few helped me through a "seasonal closures" routing issue.

I have completed the Day 1 of what will be a 3 day trip in June. Would anyone be willing to review it and offer any suggestions? Good, Bad or indifferent?

https://www.myrouteapp.com/route/open/10473886

[Hans van de Ven MR.MRA]

@Greenham

Use maximum 28 via points in a route otherwise the XT will split the route

Why all green points?

[Adrian Avram]

@Greenham Try and use other colors and icons for different activities. Use less via points and more droplets (shaping points).
This is how I did one of the touring days for this summer in the Swiss Alps: https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/social/route/10178038?mode=share

[richtea999]

[not an expert, but like to give an opinion... ]

What happened to lunch?!

Points look nice and accurate, and not positioned too close to junctions, etc. Good work there.

If you set a realistic start time like 9:00 that always helps gauge progress, and when you might want to stop for a rest/petrol, etc.

If you're riding with others then check around point 40 for TomTom users - they may get sent a different way (west towards Afton and then north to McCormick Gap Overlook Calf Mountain Overlook - which could be a nicer alternative route, but I don't know the area).

[Greenham]

@richtea999
Thanks for looking at what I had.

This is just day 1 of the trip. Day 2 I stay and do some sightseeing , and day 3 I haven't posted yet. I wanted to use the advice on this segment.

I thought about the route you highlighted. But this goes through some of the hard hit areas from last years Hurricane. Thats why I avoided getting onto the BRP sooner.

I'm traveling solo and basically any fuel stations after 100 miles is getting a visit

[Greenham]

@Hans-van-de-Ven-MR-MRA

This brings me back to the GARMIN ZUMO XT and how it reacts to these routes.

When you import the route and then start the route it "calculates" the route based on its own Garmin algorithms.

As I understand Via vs Shaping points. Garmin IGNORS Shaping points and ONLY cares about VIA points during its calculations when importing the route. That why so many VIA points.

I'm trying to stay on a fairly specific set of roads. If I reduce VIA points won't/can't Garmin then pick the roads that will most quickly get me to the next VIA point.?

Maybe I have it wrong

[Hans van de Ven MR.MRA]

@Greenham

Shaping points (soft points) can be skipped without the Garmin sending you back to a skipped shaping point.
You must visit via points (hard points) or skip them manually.
Only start a route if you:
Have a connection with at least 3 satellites,
Are on the route or are close to the route.
Never start a route in the garage or at the kitchen table, because then the Zumo has to calculate to your starting point.
Again, use a maximum of 28 via points and place them at critical points or where you want to stop. For the rest, just use shaping points. I myself use a maximum of 7 via points in my route and form the route with sufficient shaping points.

[Greenham]

@Hans-van-de-Ven-MR-MRA

Thank you,

I can reduce the hard points and use more soft points.

But

QUESTION .... Does the Zumo XT use the soft points when its calculating the route using the route I want to take.

[Hans van de Ven MR.MRA]

@Greenham
Yes

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Greenham The XT has a nasty habbit of thinking it can make a better route then the one you planned. To force the XT to do what YOU want add extra shapingpoints. Use the compare function in the planning mode to see what TomTom and OSM do whit your route. It gives you a small inside of what might happen to your route if you didn't put in enough shapingpoints