Route Gadget and a GPS
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Topic created by WindWalker on Tue Jan 24, 2012 at 9:56 pmI know Lisa asked this before but she forgot all of it and said it was a pain in the butt. I now have my own GPS and would like to see if I have any better luck. I guess old post dry up and blow away on this board so I need some instruction on how I go about getting the route on the gadget.
It's in my computer through Garmin Connect and it looks pretty cool when I look at it in Satellite view.
Thanks fellow GPS gurus.
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Reply by furlong47 on Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 7:23 pm
The post where I explained to Lisa should still be on the board. To see all the old posts you have to change your settings. Click your username in the top right of the screen, go to the Change Eboard Settings area, and change number of posts to "All"
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Reply by furlong47 on Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 7:25 pm
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Reply by WindWalker on Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 9:28 pmThanks Julie, I didn't know I could do that with the message board.
Garmin Connect allowed me to save the file as a GPX file, so that was easy. It loads on the RG map and I drag it in place with the two blue dots. Step two, this is where it all gets wacky. Is there any way to get the controls to show on the map while I'm adding and moving blue points around? That would make it easier to line up the route.
Mike -
Reply by furlong47 on Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 9:32 pmYes, on the right side of the screen where it says "Choose Class/Course" pick the course you ran, and in the box below that pick your name. Then the controls should show up. (And you have to do that anyway to assign your route to yourself.)
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Reply by WindWalker on Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 9:54 pmThanks again Julie. That works. But there is so much dragging around that my eye are getting bugged out.
It seems as if it is simpler to just draw the route like I have been doing. Maybe on a course that didn't criss cross so much would be easier.
Atleast I got the jist of it.
Mike -
Reply by DSevon on Thu Jan 26, 2012 at 9:30 pmJulie - thanks for replying to Mike's questions. I've been traveling on a business trip so didn't get to this as promptly as you did.
Mike - I'm sure everyone has their own version of how to align the routes, but it sounds like you're making it harder than it needs to be. My approach is to ignore the first blue points since they're usually in locations that aren't logical to me. After clicking OK, then I drag the blue dots on start, finish, and the 3rd location into place. The programmer of RouteGadget suggests always using 3 points: place a good point on either side of one that you want to move. This technique minimizes large movements of the rest of the course.
Everyone who uploads GPS tracks - things will get better this year as I'm planning to implement georeferencing with our maps so the tracks will upload easier. Expect this for the first event in March. -
Reply by WindWalker on Thu Jan 26, 2012 at 10:52 pmThanks Doug, that worked very well. I could have done some more tweaking, but was impressed with how well your method worked.
The cool part is how very similar the GPS route is with the route I drew, almost scary. I guess my mind pays closer attention than I think while I'm running.
Mike
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Reply by DaveUrban on Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 8:44 amFor those who think tracking is just something the techies are interested in, I used my little IgotU for one course at Anza Borrego and looked at the output they produce, which is the route on a very good satellite map, and it really opened my eyes to some things I was doing wrong. Specifically, on the later side of the course, when I'm tired, I wander instead of relocating as soon as I lose map contact. (Like in a vast wilderness I'm going to stumble on the control). If I improve my stamina, I will have a better all around improvement in speed (such as it is) and accuracy (ditto).
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Reply by kathyu on Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 8:47 amThe previous post is from Kathy Urban, not Dave. Forgot to check who was logged in!
