[BaseCamp] route not following roads

[Jerry White]

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

Glad you solved it, thanks for letting us know.
Jerry

On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 4:11 PM saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I continued googling my issue in search of an answer.  I found something
> close, and tried what those folks posted.  It worked!!
>
> Problem solved by rotating the compass on the BaseCamp map so that North
> was where East use to be.  Then, rotated it back to where it belongs.  I
> don't understand what that did, exactly, but it fixed my issue.  The route
> which I created by connecting waypoint dots now lays exactly on top of the
> roads, rather than just off the roads like a shadow.
>
> Back to route planning!!
>
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> On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 10:32 AM saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My usual process of setting up a route is to load waypoints onto my
> laptop
> > without any GPS device attached, and then connect the dots to get a route
> > in BaseCamp.  This is all done solely on the laptop.  On the laptop
> > BaseCamp formerly put the route exactly over whatever road I was to use.
> > Then I would attach my device and transfer the waypoints and routes.
> > TA-DA, easy peasy.
> >
> > I have now just noticed that when I load waypoints and connect the dots
> > for a route, the route shadows the road.  Rather than lay the route
> exactly
> > overtop the road, the route is now some distance off the road.  This is
> > something completely new that is happening.  The designated route does
> seem
> > to follow the specific twists and turns of the road exactly, but off of
> the
> > road a distance rather than right on it as before in BaseCamp.
> >
> > Why?  Any idea what might have changed?  I have not changed anything
> (that
> > I know of).  I'm concerned how this may impact how the GPS guides me
> once I
> > transfer the waypoints and routes to my device and head out riding.
> >
> > I use the base map City Navigator North America NT 2021.1.  And I have
> > BaseCamp version 4.7.2.  I have used both of these for a while now and
> this
> > "shadowing" issue has only just now erupted.
> >
> > Thanks, Joe Y.
> > western PA
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