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#1 | Tracking my ride question datum

Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:50 am (Last edited: Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:51 am)

On my second long ride on my new R1200RS, I went from the Ramstein area to Cochem Germany. I used the curvy road setting and must have hit every back road on the way. My question is this; How do I set it up so that I can see the routes I took after I get home? Do I need a Garmin account?

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#2 | RE: Tracking my ride question datum

Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:23 am

No, you do not need a Garmin account for this.

I do not have my GPS with me now, but with the App's I think there is a selection with "trackback" there you can see the route on the Nav.
If you connect your NAV to the PC, your tours are stored under GPX and "current track" or "track" (or similar names, I do not know exactly now without the NAV). You can with a GPX viewer (free download or also online, for example, https://www.j-berkemeier.de/GPXViewer/) or well in Google My Maps view.
The routes can also be stored well on the PC.

But you should get a Garmin account anyway, so you always get the map updates.

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#3 | RE: Tracking my ride question datum

Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:11 pm

Speaking of Germany, my oldest granddaughter reports that it was 90 degrees F (30 degrees C) in Berlin today, so she splurged on a bowl of spaghetti ice cream and what looks like a Stroppwafel stuck in the side, just in case you need a few extra calories to get you through the day.

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#4 | RE: Tracking my ride question datum

Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:21 pm

My wife and I have enjoyed spaghetti ice cream on a few occasions.

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#5 | RE: Tracking my ride question datum

Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:32 pm

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #3
Speaking of Germany, my oldest granddaughter reports that it was 90 degrees F (30 degrees C) in Berlin today, so she splurged on a bowl of spaghetti ice cream and what looks like a Stroppwafel stuck in the side, just in case you need a few extra calories to get you through the day.

I sinned yesterday and the additional calorie for the month of June already taken to me .... sob

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#6 | RE: Tracking my ride question datum

Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:34 pm

In the apps menu there is an option "Where I have been". This will show you where you have been and you can scroll through the dates to look back. For some reason the Nav V only shows you the last two rides. Nav VI might show more. The other option in the apps menu is the "Tracks" app. This one will show you all the track segments that the Nav has recorded. Sometimes it breaks up tracks into segments for some fuzzy reason.
For both these options you will need to have the "Tracklog" parameter switched o. You can fin this one under Settings/System, and then scroll down.

When you connect your Nav to a PC you can also copy your recorded tracks to Basecamp, or an online gpx analyser and view your ride.

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#7 | RE: Tracking my ride question datum

Sat Jun 22, 2019 1:19 am

Zitat von Hydrashok158 im Beitrag #1
On my second long ride on my new R1200RS, I went from the Ramstein area to Cochem Germany. I used the curvy road setting and must have hit every back road on the way. My question is this; How do I set it up so that I can see the routes I took after I get home? Do I need a Garmin account?

I�ve just returned home from 2,000+ miles through Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxemburg and have enjoyed reviewing the path I took.

Every day I save the Current Track with a user friendly name like Day1 Track To Xxxxx.

Then clear the track memory so that the next day is clean.

Repeat for 16 days then I have 16 very clear tracks to review on my PC with Garmin Basecamp.

Can compare the daily Planned Routes with the Actual Tracks taken.

Piece of cake!

Carpe Diem!

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#8 | RE: Tracking my ride question datum

Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:36 am

Zitat von Boxerboy55 im Beitrag #7
Every day I save the Current Track with a user friendly name like Day1 Track To Xxxxx.

How did you do that - on an external computer or on the navigator?
Which navigator do you have V or VI?

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#9 | RE: Tracking my ride question datum

Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:00 pm

Zitat von Holger im Beitrag #8
Zitat von Boxerboy55 im Beitrag #7
Every day I save the Current Track with a user friendly name like Day1 Track To Xxxxx.

How did you do that - on an external computer or on the navigator?
Which navigator do you have V or VI?

Hmm, I'd like to know how to be able to do that too.

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