You should have a route that is a purple line following a trail/road around a bend. Press the ESCAPE key to stop using the route tool Select the route tool – it looks like three dots, almost in a triangle shapeĬlick this point with the route tool selected You should have a track that looks like a yellow “as the crow flies” line directly between the two points Press the ESCAPE key to stop using the track tool This time paste in these coordinates: N40 08.368 W112 36.698, click OK Select the Track tool (pencil) and click the map at that point to begin a track
Paste in these coordinates: N40 07.206 W112 34.663, click OK Set the elevation to around 800 ft so you can see the trails/roads Mapsource centers on the coordinates but doesn’t mark them.īasecamp puts a marker on the map where the coordinates are.
This works in either Mapsource or Basecamp. “Routes” follow trails and roads, “tracks” follow the proverbial crow. I have an image to support this, but since I cannot add one here, try this to see it in Basecamp. This is EXACTLY the opposite of what I am seeing in Garmin Basecamp. A new feature recently added to the Garmin Dakota and Oregon lines allows for this too.
#GPS TRACKS ON MAP SERIES#
Garmin’s 24K series maps and DeLorme’s Topo USA are both capable of trail routing, eliminating this “as the crow files” routing problem. That’s just one of several reasons to carry a paper map with you, a subject for a future post in this series. It’s easy to get confused if you’re concentrating entirely on the GPS. Notice that there are places where the next waypoint in the route may actually be behind you, due to turns in the trail. The route segments above total 4.2 miles, while the track (the actual trail distance) comes in at 6.4 miles. The magenta route shows straight-line segments between waypoints, while the yellow track shows the actual shape of the trail.Īs I mentioned in my routes post, you need to be aware of the difference, especially when it comes to distance. Backcountry routes typically use straight-line, “as the crow flies” navigation tracks more accurately reflect the shape of the trail, with all its twists and turns.Routes are about where you are planning to go tracks are about where you have been.I’ve covered both routes and tracks in this series, so now it’s time to do a direct comparison. This is the fourth in a series of posts designed to help introduce beginners to the use of handheld GPS receivers.
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