Jamie Z
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Is this possible and if so and how?
I'm not intimately familiar with the 210, but I'm nearly positive you can do this.
You said you've been able to upload waypoints. Which program did you use to do that? Depending on the program, you might have an option to transfer your tracklog from the GPS. MapSend and GPSBabel are two examples which will transmit both waypoints and tracks (among other things). EasyGPS and GSAK are examples of programs which will not transfer tracks.
Jamie
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As a test I did a route, using Mapsource, from the Cleveland area to Yuma with 55 via points and loaded it into the 2610. I had it show me the route and nothing was cut out.
DW,
Thanks for checking that for me...
Update:
I had posted this question on another forum also... a reply there had said basically the same thing as above, so for demonstration, I was going to upload my route file to show the guy how it truncated the route.
But first, I wanted to check my steps to accurately describe how it happened. So... I load the route into my GPS, and it works fine. Go figure. I still don't know what I was doing wrong, or what I did right this time, but now it works.
Jamie
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Jamie, you might want to ask about routes on the 2610 over on the Motorcycle Tourer's Forum on Delphi.
Thanks. I posted my question there.
Who the heck is using "Jamie Z" on that board? I oughta...
Jame
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Mmm. Then maybe Google will buy Magellan.
Jamie
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Via points and route points are different. I've never found a definition on WHY they're different, but they're different. GPSBabel only writes routepoints as when I last looked, via points were an undocumented protocol.. (That may have changed; it's been a while.) So few Garmins use via points that I never bothered to reverse engineer it.
Actually, it's not points close to each other, though that's the common case. The deciding factor of points to toss are those that change the shape of the resulting polyline the least.
Robert,
Thanks for the explanation. As for via points and route points... well, when I upload a route to the GPS, the turns show up as vias on the GPS.
Now, if I can figure out how to get more than 50 in there.
Jamie
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I'll start off by saying I have created up to 2000 mile routes for my 2610 but I don't think I have ever came close to using 50 vias in the route, so I don't claim to be an expert on creating routes, but I wonder if it could have anything to do with using Google maps, or maybe GPSBabel. Did you get Mapsource with the GPS, and if so did you try using it to create your route?
I admit that using 50+ vias is excessive. I designed a 250 mile circuit for a group motorcycle ride, so the route necessarily didn't stay on one road for very long at any time. Lots of twists and turns. Then again, that's not unusual for me.
The 2610 came with Mapsource, but I haven't played around with it much. The UI for Google Maps is so amazing, that I can't imagine not using it. I did transfer the route to Mapsource and tried to send it to the GPS from there. Same deal: Route Truncated.
Using GPSBabel's "simplify" tool, I can get it to upload to the GPS with exactly 50 points, and it doesn't seem to have lost any detail. From my analysis, it looks like Babel removes points that are really close to each other.
That'll work for the time being, but I'm still trying to find the solution why Garmin's own website says they increased the number, but it's not what's happening. Perhaps the documentation means you can have a total of 250 vias for all your combined routes.
Jamie
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I recently made a purchase of the Garmin 2610. It's UI is a bit dated, but it seems to be a pretty tough unit, and except for the all-in-one-basket waypoint management, I think I like it.
One of the first things I tried to do was load a route which I'd created from Google Maps. The route is about 250 miles long and contains something like 56 via points. I uploaded the route to the GPS using GPSBabel. Transfer worked fine, the GPS beeped, but on the GPS screen it said, "Route Truncated."
Yup, my route was there... but apparently some of the points have been lopped off.
Through some experimentation, I found that the GPS would accept routes with up to 50 points. Anything more, and I got the truncated message.
Later, I was reading online and found a great resource for information on the 2610. On this page, it says that in firmware version 3.40, "Increased number of via points allowed per route to 250." Great, except that's not what I'm seeing.
Anyone have an idea what I could be doing wrong, or how I can get this thing to accept routes with more than 50 points?
Jamie
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Search and replace those away and see how it goes.
Should I remove the <ele> tags or add </ele> tags?
Jamie
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On this site: http://www.2wheeltech.com/biking/gmap1.php...eId=294,295,297
I found a tracklog of the MRT bicycle trail through Tennessee. I'd like to save the waypoints (or route, preferably) to my Quest 2... The site offers a GPX download, but when I save the file as a GPX, I can't do anything with it.
Google Earth won't open it.
GPSBabel gives me this error: GPX: XML parse error at 15: mismatched tag
On the website, the guy recommends G7toWin, which I've never used. I downloaded G7toWin and once again, it gives me an error when I try to open the file.
I'd like to use this Sunday morning... any suggestions?
Jamie
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so you are still alive?
I wish.
Oh the memories
ammo cans in the woods.They still have those?
Jamie
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I was addicted to the forums until about January of this year. Been traveling mostly out of the country since. Once every month or so I'll scan the forums, but I think this is my first post since January.
I've not been caching much, since my traveling is mostly unplanned, I can't possibly carry all the cache data with me for everywhere I might end up. Got a cache in Peru, a cache in Mexico.. and I think a couple in Texas.
Jamie
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Hey All,
I'm in the final leg of a 13,000 mile motorcycle trip--I've made my way to the Minneapolis area. While here, I'll be taking a quick 2000 mile roadtrip in a car.
On my bike, I've been using my Quest 2, but I only have the motorcycle mount, and it's permanently mounted on my bike.
I'm looking to borrow a car mount for the Quest for a couple of days from about August 7-10 or thereabouts. I can come pick it up and bring it back, no problem. Anyone have one they could part with for half a week?
Jamie
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Jamie, I have one just like that in excellent condition. I'll email you a detailed photo if we decide to sell.
My Magellan got run over by a car yesterday so I'm bidding on a few of them now. Don't worry, the GPS wasn't in the case when it was run over.
If I win a Magellan I'll keep the case but if I decide for another brand I'll start selling all the accessories I have for it.
Ricardo
Ricardo, you have a PM.
Jamie
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you can add caches to your "ignore list" so that they won't turn up in your pocket queries and your online advanced searches. You have to add caches one by one, though -- there is no button to push to "ignore all of this user's hidden caches."
I haven't used the feature, but I believe both Watcher and GSAK allow you to globally ignore a particular cachers caches. It's more convenient than the one-by-one functionality mentioned by Lep.
Jamie
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Cool, thanks! Shorter than I recall, but classic.
Jamie
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I like the snow globe one better. Is that still online?
Jamie
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I had a similar problem a while back... images on the home page were not showing up.
It turned out to be my Antivirus software.
It might be related. Check out this thread.
Jamie
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Can I suggest using Irfanview or Easy Thumbnails to resize your images?
Irfanview is, in my opinion, one of the best free pieces of software out there. It's amazing at resizing, rotating, and all that. You can change the compression of the image in 100 increments. My 800x600 pics usually come out to around 100k.
Easy Thumbnails is only slightly less slick. It's big advantage is that you can change the parameters of the resize and see the before and after pictures realtime, including the disk size. That is, take your 4mb picture, resize it to 800x600 at 70% quality, and you can look at the image and see how big it's going to be. If it doesn't suit your needs, you can alter the controls until it looks good and fits under 125k. Easy Thumbnails will let you resize a whole bunch of pics at the same time. Very easy to resize all your shots from one day, and they all come out looking pretty good.
Jamie
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I'm working on placing my first cache (a micro) and the best option I've found in the area I'd like to hide it is by magnetically attaching it underneath one of those big blue corner mailboxes.
That most certainly can't be the best option. Aside from the potential federal trouble, I can't think of any compelling reason to hide a cache on a mailbox. It must be quite a neat corner.
Seriously, take a look around and ask, "Why am I hiding a cache here? Why do I want to bring people to this spot?" That should be the first criteria for hiding a cache.
Jamie
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Give me some advice when to think a cache is gone vs just not looking hard enough.
Make sure you're logging a DNF when you don't find it. In part, this alerts the cache owner as well as other cachers that the cache is tough and/or there may be a problem.
Jamie
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Cracker, (can I say that?)
That's where I originally bought the case that I used to have... but the link doesn't seem to work for me now. Maybe it's just my browser. If I try to add the case to my cart, I get a page that says there's nothing in my cart. I can't seem to be able to purchase the case, otherwise I'd do exactly that.
Jamie
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Is this location so fantastic that the world needs another film container here?
WHY am I hiding a cache here?
Crim,
You should know well by now that these two questions are clearly outside the cache hiding guidelines and don't need any consideration at all.
Jamie
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Jamie is living in the past. The "exclude" section was added just a couple of months ago.
Wow! Not sure how I missed it, but El Diablo is right.
Jamie
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Like some of those above me, I've got experience in both canoes and kayaks. I'd paddled lots of canoes before every trying a kayak, and it took me a while to get used to it.
While I much prefer the efficiency of a kayak--like Riffster said, they're faster and more agile--the canoe is more versatile like Mopar pointed out. Probably better for having a kid along.
When someone asks me the difference, this is how I explain it to them:
To simulate paddling a canoe, get a chair and put it in your bathtub. If you have any gear, put that in there too. You'll probably have some snacks or a water bottle. Now, sit on the chair.
To simulate paddling a kayak, get a chair and put it in the bathtub. If you have any gear, put that in the bathtub, too. A water bottle and some snacks. Now sit in the bathtub and put the chair over your legs.
Jamie
2610 Routes
in GPS technology and devices
Posted · Edited by Jamie Z
Well... now I'm in the same boat again. After getting it to work--I successfully sent a route with well over 200 via points to the 2610--now it's truncating again. I've deleted all the waypoints and routes from the GPS, but no matter what I do, I end up with a route with 48 via points.
I have no idea what I'm doing differently from when it worked. As far as I know, I'm doing it exactly the same.
I take a gpx route file. I open up GPSBabel GUI. I choose the the gpx file to send to my 2610. I check "route." I click on "Let's go." Transfer goes fine. GPS says "Route Truncated."
Yesterday using the exact same procedure, same gpx file, the GPS didn't say that. Grrr.
I've tried it using Mapsource, too. Same thing. Route shows up fine in Mapsource. I transfer it to the GPS. Transfer goes fine. GPS says "Route Truncated."
Has anyone else even seen this message besides me, even if you don't have a solution? I don't know what's causing it, and so far it seems to be completely random.
Jamie