patm
Member
Try 125 1st Hewitt, TX
Garmin searches can be frustrating. It doesn't use fuzzy logic searches, it's looking for an exact match.
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BMW Nav VI
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Garmin searches can be frustrating. It doesn't use fuzzy logic searches, it's looking for an exact match.
lkraus
New member
My zumo 590 accepted 125 for the house number, First for the street name, Hewitt for the city, and offered TX as one of three possible states, before finding 125 N 1st St.
Basecamp finds the city, but cannot find the street at all, even using the exact names shown on the map. It offers lots of possible variations for the street name , but the search always came back "No results found". I finally added the zip code (76643), and then Basecamp found both 125 N 1st St and 125 S 1st St.
Waco is close enough that the Smartlink app on a smartphone might be able to find your destination and transfer it to your Nav VI. Smartlink apparently only searches "locally", and Ohio is not "local" to Texas so I cannot test that.
I think we get a little spoiled by using apps that can predict what we are looking for, and we forget that the limited abilities in a single computer or device just cannot compete with the massive storage and processing power of Google and similar internet services.
Basecamp finds the city, but cannot find the street at all, even using the exact names shown on the map. It offers lots of possible variations for the street name , but the search always came back "No results found". I finally added the zip code (76643), and then Basecamp found both 125 N 1st St and 125 S 1st St.
Waco is close enough that the Smartlink app on a smartphone might be able to find your destination and transfer it to your Nav VI. Smartlink apparently only searches "locally", and Ohio is not "local" to Texas so I cannot test that.
I think we get a little spoiled by using apps that can predict what we are looking for, and we forget that the limited abilities in a single computer or device just cannot compete with the massive storage and processing power of Google and similar internet services.
I can find it on my smart phone and Base Camp and my Garmin 660 but I have a hell of a time trying to search for a address using BMW Navagator VI. And when I did find it don't know how to save it for future use. It finally came up using a numeral for the street name but on the map its letters.
lee
Debbie's Servant
I find it easier to use the Smartphone Link on my smartphone.
At top of the Smartphone Link press the mic and speak the address or business name.
Tap on the result, then tap Send to send it to your Nav.
lee
Debbie's Servant
After sending it to your Nav you can save it to your Saved Folder in the Nav.
lee
Debbie's Servant
Maybe I miss spoke on the Smartphone Link. When I tried it now it would only accept places nearby.
When you do get a address or business on the Nav you will see 3 bars in the upper left of the screen.
Press that and select Save.
lkraus
New member
I used Tyre quite a lot with smartphone apps, but although it is easy to use, it does not support Garmin shaping points. I find that shaping points are very useful to pin down the exact roads I want without having them "announced" in my headset.
I used Furkot before and during my trip to the SLC rally last year and was really impressed. Furkot does support shaping points, and will automatically add shaping points to constrain the route. Usually it will do this in the background, but you can choose to see the points and edit them as you wish. I find the drag-n-drop route changes to be simpler than in Basecamp. Furkot is good for simple day rides but it really shines on long, multi-day trips for planning stops for attractions, gas, food and lodging.
There are some good tutorials on YouTube. (This is why winter exists, so we can prepare for spring.) Also, there is a lengthy Furkot thread over at advrider.com. Furkot is still being developed, so some of the early posts about problems are probably irrelevant. I had to play with the Furkot interface for a while before I understood how it works, but now it seems pretty simple.
You will want to save the Furkot routes to .gpx files "for newer Garmin devices". To be on the safe side I'll usually transfer to my route to the GPS, save it, and transfer back to my PC (usually in Basecamp) for review and possible editing. Most of the time, it's OK as-is, but occasionally the GPS recalculates and puts me on the U-turn merry-go-round.
Edit: Just noticed your post count - Welcome to the forum!
I used Furkot before and during my trip to the SLC rally last year and was really impressed. Furkot does support shaping points, and will automatically add shaping points to constrain the route. Usually it will do this in the background, but you can choose to see the points and edit them as you wish. I find the drag-n-drop route changes to be simpler than in Basecamp. Furkot is good for simple day rides but it really shines on long, multi-day trips for planning stops for attractions, gas, food and lodging.
There are some good tutorials on YouTube. (This is why winter exists, so we can prepare for spring.) Also, there is a lengthy Furkot thread over at advrider.com. Furkot is still being developed, so some of the early posts about problems are probably irrelevant. I had to play with the Furkot interface for a while before I understood how it works, but now it seems pretty simple.
You will want to save the Furkot routes to .gpx files "for newer Garmin devices". To be on the safe side I'll usually transfer to my route to the GPS, save it, and transfer back to my PC (usually in Basecamp) for review and possible editing. Most of the time, it's OK as-is, but occasionally the GPS recalculates and puts me on the U-turn merry-go-round.
Edit: Just noticed your post count - Welcome to the forum!
alancoles
Dress for fall & avoid it
I've only spent a little time with Tyre and Furkot and like Larry, I found Furkot to be the more useful. Unlike Larry, I've not gotten over the learning curve yet. May be getting too old and hit the old noggin too many times for me to get up to speed on this stuff as quickly as I'd like. Perhaps it should be a winter activity afterall.
I have a nav 6 will the furkot files transfer to the nav 6 directly or do I have to go to basecamp and then to the nav 6?
I'm not familiar with Furkot routes but all transfers to the NAV 6 needs to go thru Basecamp
Jay
lee
Debbie's Servant
That's a change from the Nav V.
On the Nav V all you need to do is copy a GPX file into the GPX folder in the Nav V.
patm
Member
I believe you can transfer gpx files directly to a Nav VI. All you need is to copy the gpx to the GPX folder of the device.
If you look closely at the video included in the following link from rever, you will see the transfer of the gpx file to a Nav VI.
He then has to go to an extra step to convert from track to route because he created the gpx as a track in rever, not a route.
http://help.rever.co/website-tips/download-gpx-file-transfer-to-garmin-gps-unit
patm
Member
There are many apps or websites that can create or save to the gpx file format. The gps should be able to read and interpret the file. However there might be discrepancies in the results if the app that created the gpx file uses a different map base than the one loaded in the gps. This is why I prefer to use basecamp to load the files.
