Garmin GPS - Trip

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Trip

Jerry

2007-02-08, 10:33 pm

I want to plan a trip from Dallas to San Francisco and camp along the way. I
would like to travel about 400 miles a day and then locate a campground. Is
there an easy way in Mapsource to determine 400 mile waypoints and then
locate campgrounds on my computer before I start?
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Jerry

Jack Erbes

2007-02-08, 10:33 pm

Jerry wrote:
> I want to plan a trip from Dallas to San Francisco and camp along the way. I
> would like to travel about 400 miles a day and then locate a campground. Is
> there an easy way in Mapsource to determine 400 mile waypoints and then
> locate campgrounds on my computer before I start?

Plan the entire route, then look at the route properties to see where
you are at 400 miles out. Then zoom in on that area, click on View >
Map Detail and set that to highest and look for campground icons.

Also, you can use the Find Placed > Features tab to look for Lodging >
Campground/RV Parks in the vicinity of towns near the 400 mile mark.
There are some preferences there what will help you refine the search.

Jack

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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)

Jerry

2007-02-09, 7:33 am

"Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Jerry wrote:
>
> Plan the entire route, then look at the route properties to see where you
> are at 400 miles out. Then zoom in on that area, click on View > Map
> Detail and set that to highest and look for campground icons.
>
> Also, you can use the Find Placed > Features tab to look for Lodging >
> Campground/RV Parks in the vicinity of towns near the 400 mile mark. There
> are some preferences there what will help you refine the search.
>
> Jack
>
> --
> Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
> (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)

Plan the entire route, then look at the route properties to see where
you are at 400 miles out.

I have the map with my start and end point, but I can't figure out how to
tell when I am 400 miles from the starting and other points.

Thanks.

Jack Erbes

2007-02-09, 12:33 pm

Jerry wrote:
> "Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:7tqdnXc5_LvUUVb
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>
>
> Plan the entire route, then look at the route properties to see where
> you are at 400 miles out.
>
> I have the map with my start and end point, but I can't figure out how to
> tell when I am 400 miles from the starting and other points.
>

I just looked at doing that. I made it sound easier than I thought it
was. I was thinking of another piece of software.

In MapSource, if you click on the Route tab in the window on the left,
then double click the route, that will open the route properties.

Then click on the Directions tab and it lists the maneuvers, distances,
and some other info. The is no real easy way to reference any one
maneuver to a point on the map unless it says where you are or it you
know where the point is. If there is a via point or waypoint at the 400
mile mark it will be easy to spot. But you can generally estimate about
where you will be at the 400 mile point.

What GPS are you using? With the route on my 76Cx I can see the
activate the route and then go to the Route Page and step through the
maneuvers in the route (each is called a Turn Preview, up and down on
the cursor pad steps through them). Each one of those lists the elapsed
distance from the start for the maneuver.

I can also see the distances if I look at the route from the Route Page
on the 76Cx as long as I have one of the data fields set to display
Distance to Point.

Jack

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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)

Ken

2007-02-09, 3:33 pm

Some of the other mapping software like Streets & Maps will do a nice job
planning routes (travel time, distance, speed, etc) can be changed to suit
your tastes.

But, that's only half the problem solved, no provision for uploading it into
GPS :-(

If you have a laptop, you maybe able to do the planning in Streets & Maps,
then connect GPS to it to tract travel.

Ken

"Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Jerry wrote:
>
> I just looked at doing that. I made it sound easier than I thought it
> was. I was thinking of another piece of software.
>
> In MapSource, if you click on the Route tab in the window on the left,
> then double click the route, that will open the route properties.
>
> Then click on the Directions tab and it lists the maneuvers, distances,
> and some other info. The is no real easy way to reference any one
> maneuver to a point on the map unless it says where you are or it you know
> where the point is. If there is a via point or waypoint at the 400 mile
> mark it will be easy to spot. But you can generally estimate about where
> you will be at the 400 mile point.
>
> What GPS are you using? With the route on my 76Cx I can see the activate
> the route and then go to the Route Page and step through the maneuvers in
> the route (each is called a Turn Preview, up and down on the cursor pad
> steps through them). Each one of those lists the elapsed distance from
> the start for the maneuver.
>
> I can also see the distances if I look at the route from the Route Page on
> the 76Cx as long as I have one of the data fields set to display Distance
> to Point.
>
> Jack
>
> --
> Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
> (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)

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