Magellan GPS - Limit of 49 waypoints in Magellan routes?

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Limit of 49 waypoints in Magellan routes?

garycraze@hotmail.com

2007-05-29, 12:33 pm

I've got some GPX route files that were exported from my Garmin. I'm
trying to convert or import them into Mapsend for my brother's
eXplorist 500.

Each route is rather long in terms of waypoints, the longest being 173
waypoints. These are hiking trails.

I can get Mapsend to open the files, but it seems that I can only
create Magellan routes with a total of 49 waypoints.

At this point, I've had to break down my Garmin routes into smaller
routes for his Magellan.

Is this a known limitation for Magellan?

Any other suggestions? 49 waypoints is WAY too small for a detailed
hiking trail of any decent length.

Many thanks in advance!

Jack Erbes

2007-05-29, 3:33 pm

garycraze@hotmail.com wrote:
> I've got some GPX route files that were exported from my Garmin. I'm
> trying to convert or import them into Mapsend for my brother's
> eXplorist 500.
>
> Each route is rather long in terms of waypoints, the longest being 173
> waypoints. These are hiking trails.
>
> I can get Mapsend to open the files, but it seems that I can only
> create Magellan routes with a total of 49 waypoints.
>
> At this point, I've had to break down my Garmin routes into smaller
> routes for his Magellan.
>
> Is this a known limitation for Magellan?

It is more like difference in the rate of evolution of the product lines
between Magellan and Garmin. I used a Magellan Meridian until last
year. Now I use a Garmin 76Cx. With the Meridian I could store 20
routes, I could have up to 30 waypoints per route, and a maximum of
about 400 commented waypoints (total, not in each route). The 76Cx can
store 50 routes, I can have up to 250 waypoint in a route and a maximum
of 2,000 waypoints.

So when I had routes (they were marine routes, not hiking) with a lot of
waypoints for the Meridian I would have to break them into two or more
routes.

> Any other suggestions? 49 waypoints is WAY too small for a detailed
> hiking trail of any decent length.

The Magellan is not going to change or get better, maybe it is time to
get him to move up to a Garmin.

Either that or you can try to decrease the number of waypoints. Like
when you have a series of them in a straight line. And you don't
normally need one at every change in direction if you are following a
trail.

Maybe you need to get your heads up more? Enjoy the view, watch for
bears, and just check the GPS occasionally?

You know what is really maddening about the Magellan pages now? Try to
figure out the waypoint and route capacities and limitations on their
GPS receivers. They don't list it in the specs or compares. Or am I
missing something?

Jack

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