And that is a reason why routes can be nested, so you can use the sections as routes of their own. I would still like to know how else to feed an OSM-route to a garmin or app if not by converting it to gpx so it can reroute along the points in the track to produce exactly the original route.
Mvg Peter Elderson > Op 20 aug. 2019 om 08:13 heeft Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> het volgende > geschreven: > > The longest local route to me that I have worked on is over 5,000 km long. I > am certain that would not fit on my GPS as a route using this method. > > To reduce the gpx file it would be better to use the nodes where the route > changes from one way to another or where the way ends/starts. This would > leave the GPS to figure out that the internal map has a way between those > points and can use it That should be less way points. But even then on my > 5,000 km route it would be far too big for my old GPS as one route. That is > ok .. I'd separate it into bits. > > >> On 20/08/19 15:59, Peter Elderson wrote: >> That is what I do, and what an growing number of hiking people do: turn a >> route into a gpx, load the gpx into an app or device, which then routes >> along the gpx using all the nodes as waypoints. It works, and it recreates >> the exact route if the map is exctly the same as the original. And if the >> gpx is linear and without ordering problems. >> And its crazy. Because the route is there to begin with, ready in OSM. >> >> I still don't know how else to feed a pre-existing route to a garmin. If it >> doesn't take the route from the map, and it doesn't take a gpx, how does the >> device know where to go? >> >> Vr gr Peter Elderson >> >> >> Op di 20 aug. 2019 om 05:49 schreef Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: >>> On 18/08/19 00:07, Peter Elderson wrote: >>> > In this case, I do NOT want to go from A to B. I want to do the hike, >>> > that is the route, exactly as it is specified OSM. Those ways, in the >>> > exact order. I want my smartphone or garmin to guide me exactly along >>> > those ways, which were carefully picked when the route was entered >>> > into OSM. >>> > >>> > If that can't be done directly, I want to get an export that I can >>> > feed to my device or app, so it can recreate the route exactly, >>> > without adding, weighing, guessing or rerouting anything. >>> > >>> > When I'm planning a hike, I want the software to start with the exact >>> > OSM route, not a rerouted version. >>> >>> It may be possible... >>> Each node alone the OSM route would be a waypoint for your Garmin device >>> as a route. There will be lots of waypoints! >>> You would need a OSM map on the Garmin device. >>> >>> That may work... I am not certain if voice prompts would work, but the >>> gpx file will be large, there may be too many waypoints for you device >>> to handle. >>> The device will still be routing .. but between the nodes of the way >>> there will be no difference between the OSM map and the route. >>> >>> Because of the large number of waypoints I'd think most people will not >>> do this. If you chose to do it Peter, good luck. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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