Good luck! To help you get started I'll give you a few hints: OSM maps for basecamp can be found at http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ for starters just download the predefined, standard maps. So choose from the dropdown menu you should be able to download the region you want. If you want specific tiles or the new style map you'll have to wait before the map is ready for you. The system is a bit overloaded so it might take a week before your map is ready.
>From within basecamp you have to export your track and waypoints to GPX. Give the start and finish waypoint a clear and unique name! If you've got everything loaded in your phone just navigate to the start waypoint, than stop the navigation, clear/remove the destination, turn the track on and start the navigation. If you follow the line and the app wants to send you back to where you came from you probably have 'follow complete track' turned on. Or you didn't remove your previous destination. A track can contain mistakes,sometimes the line will be next to the road or really completely off. There are a lot of gps devices which have a limited amount of trackpoints they can handle. Some people will filter the trackpoints and then the line between the points can be off. A recorded track can contain navigation errors, cigarette breaks, even crashes (offroad). It can also contain a detour along an exiting singletrack. Blindly following a track will can get you into trouble so keep your eyes open, read the track and after a while you get used to ignoring mistakes or other weird stuff and recognise the fun bits. It took me a while to learn how to navigate a track and offroad on a motorcycle you need to stay very focused. You're constantly reading the map/track and the terrain, ignoring mistakes, checking for intersections, sharp bends etc. But it's worth it! Op donderdag 8 december 2016 13:38:18 UTC+1 schreef Mo Re: > > I will try to learn basecamp a bit and then add the start and finish > waypoint to see if that helps. Good points thanks. > > On Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 8:03:02 AM UTC-5, Lennert Bakker wrote: >> >> Maybe you should put a bit more effort in understanding how gps, gpx, >> tracks and routes work before you try to find an app that does the same >> thing that you don't understand. >> >> View some youtube tutorials about basecamp and creating tracks and >> routes. Maybe you'll understand. I always check a track for mistakes. In >> Basecamp I remove all strange loops and stuff. I create a start and finish >> waypoint so I can navigate to the beginning of a track. Route calculation >> can go wrong if the start and finish are close to one-other. You can work >> around this by getting on the beginning of the track and the turn on the >> navigation for the track. >> >> If you understand the limits and advantages of navigating a track or >> route with via-points you might understand the options/settings of your gps >> app or device. If you get that you won't be surprised by weird gps >> behaviour and know how to fix it. >> >> I've really used Osmand for many trips and had weird stuff happening but >> if you understand how it works you can do everything you want with the app. >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to osmand+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
