thank you both...
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Garmin Connect lets you import gpx files as "activities". You can save "activity" as a "course".
I use a Polar, not a Garmin so help me out here...
My experience is that other people's rides make terrible courses, that it is better to recreate it manually. What I mean is that little swerves can be seen in routes created from someone's activities. People don't ride in perfectly straight lines. GPS is sensitive enough that if I am not in the exact same spot in the roadway as the rider who recorded the activity then the GPS says I'm off course. Course found... Off Course.... Course found.... Off course... and on and on and on.
The Polar V650 seem to have much more tolerance for deviation from a course created manually as opposed to a course created from an activity. Is this also true for Garmin?
Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Nope.
You can design the course in Garmin Connect, and send it to your device with the touch of a button and no wires. Or you can design the course in RwGPS and then copy it to your device over a USB cable.
But you can't import a course into Garmin Connect, at all no matter what.
That's what I thought. Thanks.
Also, you have to be a premium (paid) member of RwGPS to do direct write to a Garmin, correct?
Again, I use a Polar V650. Flow Web Services allows GPX or TCX route (course) import into what it calls Favorites. Anything marked as a favorite - routes, workouts, etc. - gets synced to the device. Here is what it looks like...
