This post and thread is expanded on in post #23 by Wapping and post #24, courtesy of Jockser.
Parts of it have become out of date, simply as some of tge websites it linked to have died. I have though managed to save and / or retrieve the key bits, bringing the tourist office’s original route (or close to) back to life in post #41.
With a bit of reading between the lines and imagination, I have created the Wallonia tourist office’s 'Explore the Ardennes' route in BaseCamp in magenta. Alongside it, I have put the Kurviger app’s track version, in red. The Kurviger track was made by just listing the towns from the route in the magazine in an anti-clockwise direction. I have though jazzed-up the track by inserting into it the places named in the text, too.
I have hosted the Garmin friendly file on Dropbox. It should run and display on any device or software that is capable of accepting .gpx data. The file should open straight up in BaseCamp or Mapsource. If it doesn't and all you see is a mass of what looks like code, DO NOT PANIC. In the transfer between a Mac and Dropbox the .gpx file sometimes gains a .txt extension, changing it into a text file. Simply save the file to anywhere convenient, your desktop will do. Rename it by deleting the .txt bit ONLY and leave the rest as ending .gpx All should then be good.
I haven't checked the track or the route yard by yard but they they look near enough OK. If I have sent you down a goat track, write to your MP and complain. The magazine article says the route is 350 kms (218 miles) in 6 hours. My Garmin version is 209 miles (334 kms) in five hours 54 minutes *, which suggests to me it's as correct as it needs to be. By way of simple comparison only, the Kurviger track, is (not surprisingly) similar but different to the magazine route (as it is simply A to B to C to D to E) is 207 miles in five hours 53 minutes.
Richard
* My GPS device shows it as the same mileage but taking less time; that's not surprising.
Here’s a quick snap of the Garmin Kurviger track (green) and my version of the magazine’s route (magenta) with the magazine’s original route below. The magenta line of my version looks pretty similar to the magazine’s route, which is encouraging:
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Edit: I have created a fresh Dropbox file to now include the BaseCamp routes and, separately, the tourist office’s articles as PDF files.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p9s7hzotyeb2ezu/AABfBBJ8DrxL1q5uQiQnDTKOa?dl=0
Parts of it have become out of date, simply as some of tge websites it linked to have died. I have though managed to save and / or retrieve the key bits, bringing the tourist office’s original route (or close to) back to life in post #41.
With a bit of reading between the lines and imagination, I have created the Wallonia tourist office’s 'Explore the Ardennes' route in BaseCamp in magenta. Alongside it, I have put the Kurviger app’s track version, in red. The Kurviger track was made by just listing the towns from the route in the magazine in an anti-clockwise direction. I have though jazzed-up the track by inserting into it the places named in the text, too.
I have hosted the Garmin friendly file on Dropbox. It should run and display on any device or software that is capable of accepting .gpx data. The file should open straight up in BaseCamp or Mapsource. If it doesn't and all you see is a mass of what looks like code, DO NOT PANIC. In the transfer between a Mac and Dropbox the .gpx file sometimes gains a .txt extension, changing it into a text file. Simply save the file to anywhere convenient, your desktop will do. Rename it by deleting the .txt bit ONLY and leave the rest as ending .gpx All should then be good.
I haven't checked the track or the route yard by yard but they they look near enough OK. If I have sent you down a goat track, write to your MP and complain. The magazine article says the route is 350 kms (218 miles) in 6 hours. My Garmin version is 209 miles (334 kms) in five hours 54 minutes *, which suggests to me it's as correct as it needs to be. By way of simple comparison only, the Kurviger track, is (not surprisingly) similar but different to the magazine route (as it is simply A to B to C to D to E) is 207 miles in five hours 53 minutes.
Richard
* My GPS device shows it as the same mileage but taking less time; that's not surprising.
Here’s a quick snap of the Garmin Kurviger track (green) and my version of the magazine’s route (magenta) with the magazine’s original route below. The magenta line of my version looks pretty similar to the magazine’s route, which is encouraging:
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Edit: I have created a fresh Dropbox file to now include the BaseCamp routes and, separately, the tourist office’s articles as PDF files.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p9s7hzotyeb2ezu/AABfBBJ8DrxL1q5uQiQnDTKOa?dl=0
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