Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
I do not move the cue sheet entries... so the turn cues are smack AT the turn on the RWGPS site.
They are "smack at" the turns on the map you use on ridewithgps.
If the map on the device is different, they may not be quite on the turn.
The calculated route ("Turn Guidance On") uses the map (which has to be
routable) on the device to generate when turns are annouced.
Course points are (typically) positioned using a map but, on the device, the map is completely irrelevant to displaying them (you don't need a map for the course points to be displayed).
Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
I think you get more options if you have a paid subscription but the free version works fine for me for the amount I use it.
Note that I'm not doubting that it works fine for you. I'm just pointing out the limitations inherent in how they work.
People with the Garmin 500/510 only have the option of using course points. Being able to move them earlier in the track makes them much more useful for navigating with those units.
Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
When I actually go to ride the course, I edit the course and select "Turn guidance: ON" and when i get within some preset distance of the turn, the display pops over to the map and gives me a nice big overlay indicating which way I need to turn.
There's some variation but it's around 0.1 mile - 500 feet before the turn. (If the turn is quick, it can't be that far.)
Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
If I don't set the turn guidance to ON, I just get that tiny little indicator that pops up right at the turn, usually as you're going by.
That's a "course point" and
this is exactly the problem with them I'm talking about.
Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
One of the data fields on my front page is always "distance to next" whenever I'm using the navigation, and that helps a great deal, especially if i trim out all the fluff turns (i.e. the "slight right to stay on Colima" when the road gets divided... etc)
The "fluff" you are removing only effects "course points". It doesn't effect the annoucements from the calcuated routing ("Turn Guidance On").
Course points display a icon (the blue arrow, for example) and 10 characters of text (you won't see "slight right to stay on Colima" at all on a course point). Ridewithgps uses the cue-sheet "type" field to select the icon and removes standard text like "right", "left" from the name field (ideally, removing all of the standard text just leaves the street name to be displayed as the 10-char course point label).
Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
Edit: This is a visual of the turn notification I'm getting
This is the result of using "Turn Guidance On". It has nothing at all to do with the "course points" (or the "cue sheet" entries in ridewithgps).