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Hi Rowan - the elevation data should be in the TCX file so I don't know why it's not showing on your Garmin device.  If you open the TCX file in a text editor you should see lines like the following one with the elevation data:

<AltitudeMeters>90</AltitudeMeters>

Does the file you have contain these?

John

Hi,

I just downloaded a route as a .tcx and then copied it onto my Garmin Edge 810. I tried it once without setting the speed and once setting the speed and allowing for ascent/descent in speed calculations. It went smoothly and easily and now the routes are listed as courses on the device. Without having ridden it yet it seems to have got the calculations right, but the elevation hasn't come over to the garmin in either case. Is it possible to send through elevations for a route?

Thanks,

Rowan

Hi Jim,

Similarly to the comments below, what i do with my Edge 810 is as follows:

1. Connect garmin to PC via USB

2. Open selected plotaroute map and download as GPX track

3. Download directly to "new files" directory on the garmin

4. On boot up of the garmin, the file will be moved to "courses" and will appear as a course on the unit

5. For the Edge 810, the route is overlayed to the garmin map. The unit generates its own turn prompts

Enjoy

Rob

Thanks John, that's what I'll do, sounds like a good allrounder

Jim

Hi Jim,

I think your best bet is to use a Garmin Edge.  You can plot a route on here and transfer it to the Garmin device by downloading it as a TCX file and copying it to the device (as per the instructions at the start of this topic).  You route will then appear on the list of courses on the device and you can select "Do Course" to get navigation instructions and alerts for the route.  The device will also let you record the route you actually took if you press the Start button.  Maybe try to borrow one and try it out?  There are several different models depending on your budget but it's easier to follow routes on the ones with larger screens.

John

Hi

I'm new to this so please can someone answer this in non-technical language to start me off? I think from the posts I can do this with plotaroute - please confirm. I want to create a cycling route between two linear points with this app, and then download it to a bike satnav - probably Garmin from what I've heard - would welcome recommendations. Once out on the bike and on the satnav I want to be able to follow the route on the screen, with directions at each point where there is a change in the route, and an audible warning each time.  After the ride I want to upload what I've done, ultimatley for a blog. I'm doing LEJOG next year and will practise with shorter routes and plotaroute seems ideal as long as it will do all those things.

Thanks in anticipation

Jim

South Shore ride to Millennium Park and bike to South Bend Airport.

Use JavawaRTWtool to convert .tcx courses into .fit

http://www.javawa.nl/rtwtool.html

Some more info: 

https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?244089-Can-the-F3-direct-you-on-a-course&p=875377#post875377

Just for future reference I found that not all routes worked using the conversion with GPSIES. SO this is the process I used:

1) Export as gpx file

2) Import this as a ride into the garmin connect website

3) convert the ride into a course

4) delete the ride

5) moved the course to the Garmin edge 25

A bit convoluted, but it does the trick. It would be nice if the garmin connect site allowed the importing of gpx files as courses but hey ho.

Glad you got it sorted.  Yes, we don't have an option to download routes in the FIT file format yet, but it is on our Feature Request list, so I'm hoping it is something that can be added at some point.

John

I have just realised it is the Garmin FIT format I need not TCX. There doesn't seem to be a FIT export, so I used GPSIES (http://www.gpsies.com/convert.do;?language=en) to convert the TCX to FIT and that seems to have worked.

Any ideas on how to get the tcx export to work with a garmin edge 25? I place the files in the new files folder, but they don't get picked up.

Hello

I have a Garmin Edge 500 and it is very simple to download routes to it, even if it is not a direct download:

From plotaroute, you download a TCX file on your PC. Then you plug your Garmin on a USB port, it appears in Explorer. You just copy the TCX file in the folder named “new files” on your Garmin.

Then you start the Garmin Edge, it takes a while especially if the route is long as it seems the GPS converts the TCX into a course before starting.

Then in “training / Follow course” you should see your route.

I do not think there is a way to import a route into Garmin Connect. Anyway if your goal is to send the route to the Edge, I would not recommend it as there is a bug in Garmin connect (at least on Garmin Edge 500) : when you send a route from Garmin connect to the Edge it loses all altitude information and the route is flat…

Hope it helps

I think you're right Ian - Garmin Connect doesn't have a facility to import courses.  That's obviously something you'd need to take up with Garmin.

John

that's true John, but routes and activites are very different.

there is no equivalent 'import route' button in the courses section of garmin connect.

If you click on the Activities option from the menu in Garmin Connect, you should then see an "Import"  link on the top right.  However, I don't believe that Garmin Connect offers a facility to then download this route to Garmin devices, so you need to use other means for this.

John

I don't believe Garmin Connect will allow you to import routes from files, or at least I've never found a way!

In order to get a route from this site onto my garmin watch, I have to download it to the PC, import it into the old Garmin Training Centre application, then transfer it from there using the old (again) ANT Agent ie I dont's use Garmin Express, or even have installed.

I'd love to know of an easier way though if it exists......

The best way to transfer a roite to Garmin Connect is to download the route from plotaroute.com as a TCX file and then import it to your Garmin Connect account.

John

How do I transfer a route from plotaroute to Garmin Connect?

Hi Eric - yes, you can certainly download routes as TCX files from our site.  There is a link to further advice on transferring route files to Garmin Nuvi devices in another forum topic: Download to Garmin Nuvi.

John