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Wiktor Plaga Tuesday 29 Aug 2023 12:05:28
TIL: if you import a Garmin Event's course to an activity with a correct type (same as the event), you can receive special event-related Garmin Badges! This website rocks, thank you so much.
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plotaroute admin Friday 11 Oct 2019 08:09:42
Hi Terry,
As far as I know you can import routes in GPX format to Garmin Zumo devices but I believe that Zumo devices recelculate any routes imported from other applications, so you probably won't be able to transfer an exact copy of routes from plotaroute.
John
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Terry Turner Thursday 10 Oct 2019 17:29:34
Hi New guy to this. can any one tell me if garmin zumo 550 or 660 is compatible with this system. thanks
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Willy Van Driessche Wednesday 28 Aug 2019 19:36:18
Hi Dom, thank you for that extra information. (Hi Peter)
"Trying to extract information from the Notes field but stay within (10)16 characters is tricky".
Agree, the resulting truncated (local language)<Name> construction is sometimes rather 'strange'.
I prefer the "Locus map" direct translation from [EN]<PointType> into (local language)<Name>.
Applied into tcx_fit <Name> and in the Locus "tcx clone by gpx", into <name>.
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Peter Höglund Wednesday 28 Aug 2019 18:14:12
Notes field but stay within 16 characters is tricky - you'd have to try to parse out any commentary like Sharp Right On before the street name to make sure the 16 charm
The Abbrevation feature in Direction dialogue has really been a helping hand for me in shortening the name to fit better to the 16 char limitation. For instance can you automatic change the long 'Turn sharp right Routestreet' to 'ShR Routestreet'.
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Dom McIntyre Wednesday 28 Aug 2019 11:02:58
If you want to see the detailed contents of a FIT course, the FIT SDK contains utilities to decode FIT files into csv.
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Dom McIntyre Wednesday 28 Aug 2019 10:53:49
I wonder if fit files (binary) indeed do contain that same complete info as in parent tcx.
Nope. For the most part, FIT can support more info than TCX (note the threads about different types of turns such as sharp right), but for coursepoints, TCX supports the Name (limited to 10 characters) and Notes fields, where FIT supports only a Name field (limited to 16 characters).
I can tell you (because I wrote it) that the library that generates the FIT output just transfers the Name field. Trying to extract information from the Notes field but stay within 16 characters is tricky - you'd have to try to parse out any commentary like Sharp Right On before the street name to make sure the 16 characters actually told you something more useful than the Name alone.
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Willy Van Driessche Friday 23 Aug 2019 11:01:56
To say: By Notepad ++ I do notice Name text but do not discover any Notes text in the generated fit file.
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Willy Van Driessche Friday 23 Aug 2019 10:30:22
Hi John.
I know what the tcx files contain. (text readable). I wonder if fit files (binary) indeed do contain that same complete info as in parent tcx. In the app I do use this extra info does not show up. In tcx = ok. So Q: An issue in the generator or technically a fit files doe not support ? Or an issue (not supported) into the app ? Can an Garmin user confirm ?
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plotaroute admin Friday 23 Aug 2019 09:16:26
Hi Willy,
Our FIT files contain virtually the same information as our TCX files, so if you want to see what these contain you can look at the contents of a TCX file by viewing it in a text editor. The Notes attribute of any coursepoints in the file will normally contain the street name.
John
