.... in Kurviger and MyRoute, in order to send them to a Garmin device.
I don’t have one of the new XT devices, so I have bought a RAV wireless travel hub (as recommended in https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showt...utes-from-an-IPad-iPhone-onto-a-Garmin-device) in the hope of getting the routes from my iPad onto my Nav V / VI. The hub should arrive today.
What I have found so far is that both Kurviger and MyRoute offer up, take me from A to B (and even take me from A to B to C to D routes) very quickly. That I knew already. That’s great providing you do not mind what roads the two pieces of software have taken you down. If though you want to amend the routes to force them along a road or roads of your choosing, it’s a time consuming business; not hard but... It may well be easier on a PC screen but on an iPhone or even a smaller screen iPad it would not be so easy. That’s one of the downsides, as most people won’t take their PC on holiday with them.
Score 5 for the ease by which the two separate softwares create simple routes, requiring no manipulation. Accept them as they are and you are good to go, no question about it
Score 3 using either of the two softwares and the A to B method on a big iPad screen
Concede 1 if you want to manipulate the route, on a big screen iPad
Concede 2 if you want to manipulate the route on a smaller screen
As I don’t yet have the travel hub to hand, I can’t yet test how well the routes transfer. Though from the other thread, it looks like it should be OK from a communications point of view. A bit of a faff with the SD card but only because the Nav V / VI cannot accept Bluetooth transfers, other than Garmin to Garmin. It should certainly be easier with the XT
I also want to see how well the routes open and run on the two devices, to see if there are any significant glitches or alterations. I assume that transferring the routes as tracks, will reduce the chances of them being altered
Conclusions so far:
A. Would it be easier to take my small MacBook Air and just stay entirely within the sphere of Garmin’s BaseCamp? For me, yes
B. I can see where the iPad method would score in an emergency. But then, I guess I could just ask my device (or phone) to take me from A to B anyway. And, really, how many emergencies does one face on a trip?
C. Not being able to transfer wirelessly from an iPad to a Nav V or VI, adds a layer of hardware (the RAV wireless hub) and expense to the process. There again, I can use the hub for other things, too
PS The sooner this lock-in business stops, the sooner I can stop mucking about.
I don’t have one of the new XT devices, so I have bought a RAV wireless travel hub (as recommended in https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showt...utes-from-an-IPad-iPhone-onto-a-Garmin-device) in the hope of getting the routes from my iPad onto my Nav V / VI. The hub should arrive today.
What I have found so far is that both Kurviger and MyRoute offer up, take me from A to B (and even take me from A to B to C to D routes) very quickly. That I knew already. That’s great providing you do not mind what roads the two pieces of software have taken you down. If though you want to amend the routes to force them along a road or roads of your choosing, it’s a time consuming business; not hard but... It may well be easier on a PC screen but on an iPhone or even a smaller screen iPad it would not be so easy. That’s one of the downsides, as most people won’t take their PC on holiday with them.
Score 5 for the ease by which the two separate softwares create simple routes, requiring no manipulation. Accept them as they are and you are good to go, no question about it
Score 3 using either of the two softwares and the A to B method on a big iPad screen
Concede 1 if you want to manipulate the route, on a big screen iPad
Concede 2 if you want to manipulate the route on a smaller screen
As I don’t yet have the travel hub to hand, I can’t yet test how well the routes transfer. Though from the other thread, it looks like it should be OK from a communications point of view. A bit of a faff with the SD card but only because the Nav V / VI cannot accept Bluetooth transfers, other than Garmin to Garmin. It should certainly be easier with the XT
I also want to see how well the routes open and run on the two devices, to see if there are any significant glitches or alterations. I assume that transferring the routes as tracks, will reduce the chances of them being altered
Conclusions so far:
A. Would it be easier to take my small MacBook Air and just stay entirely within the sphere of Garmin’s BaseCamp? For me, yes
B. I can see where the iPad method would score in an emergency. But then, I guess I could just ask my device (or phone) to take me from A to B anyway. And, really, how many emergencies does one face on a trip?
C. Not being able to transfer wirelessly from an iPad to a Nav V or VI, adds a layer of hardware (the RAV wireless hub) and expense to the process. There again, I can use the hub for other things, too
PS The sooner this lock-in business stops, the sooner I can stop mucking about.