| Author | Message | ||
     Union_man |
How do you create a riding route in Google and export to Zumo 550? I got a new toy!  I have read the 550 manual, registered it, installed the free map updates, and installed the Pegasus splash screen. (so cool  ) I would like to use Google to map out a route then export it to the GPS. I see that the Google is compatible to the 550 on Garmin's website and Google Earth's site. Any help is appreciated! (Please assume that my knowledge of computers and this subject is WEAK!) | ||
| Volume_eight |
I do not know anything about the gps, but i can get you through the first part of your question. if you have a google account, you can go to google maps and along the top of the left frame, there is a link to "MyMaps" You want to create a new map there and use the 3 tools in the map frame to draw your route. Using the "snap to roads" option is what you will want, which is in the drop down menu of the third icon at the top left corner of the map frame. Hope this helps! I love it and use it all the time. | ||
| Slowride |
You don't.... You use bikeroutetoaster.com and map out a route. It uses Google Maps btw... Save it is a gpx and then put in the Garmin folder on your Zumo 550. (Message edited by slowride on April 30, 2010) | ||
| Liv2 |
Actually you create routes in Google Maps using "Waypoints" meaning different points along your intended route. once your route is completed, in the upper right hand corner just above your newly created map is a button that says "Link To" with your GPS teathered (hooked up with the USB cable)to your computer. It should give you an option to transfer to your Garmin device. The route as a whole will not be transfered to the GPS but all the "way points" will be transfered and then you can have the gps create a route with those "way points" The GPS may not send you on the same exact roads that you had intended to take with Google Maps, but you can have a better chance if you use strategically placed "via or way points" along your intended path. There are some good tutorials and lots of help at GPSreview.net. hope this helped Darren | ||
| Ratbuell |
Yes, using waypoints is VERY important. If you export it as a "route"...it draws a straight line from your origin point to your destination. Less than helpful  On my Quest II, I just use mapquest. Mainly because it's easier to type an address on the laptop and export it, than it is to cursor around my (non-touch-screen) GPS to enter the letters. | ||
| Liv2 |
If you downloaded the updated maps to your computer, along with downloading to your Zumo, it should have loaded a program called Mapsource and you can create routes with it also. Another option with Garmin is a free downloadable program from Garmin called Basecamp. There is speculation that it will probaqbly take Mapsources place eventually. I played with it alittle bit the other night and appears to work pretty good. It allows you to view in 2D or 3D and also will do Elevation profiles of your intended route or previously traveled Tracks. You can find Basecamp at the Garmin website. One option that I use frequently is I only load Waypoints on my GPS and then Travel from waypoint to waypoint, because I like to Get Lost and see "Whats up that road" If I am following a "Route" it will keep trying to get me back on my intended path, but if I am just riding then when I want to find my way back or to my intended next destination, then I have the GPS point to the next waypoint or one that I know will be close to where I want to go and regardless of what was loaded on the GPS, it will route me the best way. Darren | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Not too bad to use. Will convert your google route. I've used it in my garmin http://www.tyre.tk/ | ||
| Nadz |
Also try GPSvisualizer, it converts pretty much anything. For example- you could make a route in Google, export (save-as) to .KML, use GPSvisualizer to convert to .GPX, then open with Mapsource and send it to your device. Or just create the route right in Mapsource. I just planned out my Titanic Grand Tour route for tomorrow. If you don't have Mapsource, you can get it from Garmin.com without buying maps by using this trick: Download and install Training Center first, then when you download a Mapsource update, it won't say that "you don't have any Garmin products installed"! | ||
| Volume_eight |
Slowride, that bikeroutetoaster is sick! im really liking that program. It would be even more dope if it had a standalone version. | ||
| Slowride |
Volume_eight, Yeppers, I love that site too. Be sure to set your values to imperial and set your speed to 70mph as it was designed for the bike rider. If you want to make the route processing times faster turn off the elevation details and it will scream... | ||
| Union_man |
I like "toaster" too. I made a short but complicated route and uploaded it. I went out and rode the route. It was flawless, it is just what I was looking for. One snag that I can't figure out though...I can't figure out how to make changes to the middle of a route. When I do it goes goofy. Not stand alone. Basecamp seems to be stand alone...but either it is really dumbed down and vague or I am. 50/50 I have it down loaded now on my laptop and I will use it as a back up. Tyre did not work for me on the Garmin. If I had a TomTom I would definitely give it a second try. Lot's of "features" and looks really good too. Is Tyre stand alone? I will give GPSvisualizer a try next. Keep it coming! Is there anything that can not be learned here? (Message edited by union_man on May 02, 2010) | ||
| Tootal |
Buy a Fricken Map! Geeez!  | ||
| Wbrisett |
Why not just use the map software that comes with the Zumo? I do convert some routes the other way when I'm posting route information, but for the most part find the Garmin software works great on both the Mac and PC. |
