@Greenham I reran the route today and stopped to take the pics as each stage of the malfunction. 1) Said Leave the Road. 2) Ride to Hwy 96. 3) When I opened that message you can see the GPS thinks the next shaping point is 5500 miles away


@Hans-van-de-Ven-MRA-Master THanks Hans, Yes I use your documented process as you outlined in your comment.

I will take Pad-O advice and check the placement of my shaping points.

I did just buy the XT... what would e different with it when exporting from MRA tothe XT?

@PAD-0 That is correct. I use the gpx 1.1 on exporting. Below is the link. The problem occurs between point 7 - 9. I rode the route again today. Same problem. When I opened the (proceed to Hwy 96) direction on the screen, It first said it 5,000 miles, then it cleared and the rest of the route proceeded perfectly..

https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/social/route/2496687?mode=share

Uggh,

I put a lot of work into a route. Carefully placing s=shaping points (zooming in and placing on the rd) making sure I'm not placing a point at an intersection. I then compare it (I have Gold) to Tom Tom and Open. I then use Google maps and they are all fairly close.

Yet when I ride I inevitable get a a message that says I am going to "leave the rd" then I pass that point and it then says "proceed to XXXX" (The road I'm on).. all other helpful navigation such as next turn and distance stop. it just says proceed to XXXX rd. I can use the graphic on screen to navigate for some number of miles and then it will start navigating again.

This is really aggravating. Especially after spending so much time trying to make a good route.

I use a Zumo 396 (I just ordered the XT)

Any suggestions what I am doing wrong

As the OP I have to say a lot of the answers "assume" I'm using the MRA Navigation. IN this case I am not. I'm using my Garmin Zumo 396, so many of the ideas won't work. I think the short answer is NO! with a zumo you can't start at a different point.>

Maybe an idea for future development. I have many routes that let's say 45 waypoints/shaping points. When I send the file to my group of riders they might all be joining the route at different points on that route.

It would be great if we could RESET the starting point by just pointing,, clicking and it and saying make this the start point, and all the subsequent points would "clock" or change accordingly.

@Hans-van-de-Ven-MRA-Master I have the Zumo 396. So if I read you guys right. Via points and Shaping points are in basically the same thing. Hope for the best

@Reinhard-32
Forgive me because I am still confused.

When I ride my motorcycle I make a route on MRA. I want the Garmin to take me EXACTLY on the route I made in MRA. I figured a VIA point would make sure my Garmin takes me on that route.

Is that correct?

If I use shaping points to make a route for the motorcycle trip and miss one of the shaping points then Garmin will "recalculate" the route to something different than what I planned using MRA.

Is that correct?

If those two are correct I don't know the value of the shaping point IF you know what route you REALLY WANT TO TAKE

I'm confused.

If shaping points are basically "suggestions" and Via points are "Required" for a route why wouldn't you just make all points Via points. If I make the route using the "HERE" map and import it to a Garmin wouldn't this guarantee the route on MRA would indeed be the same on my Zumo?