Google Maps is good enough at using cycle routes, but doesn’t display them particularly well, so they’re easy to miss. I check that the route isn’t missing any obvious cycle routes. That done I use QMapShack with the OpenCycleMap map to view and manipulate the route and track gpx files.
So if you’re happy with the line being up to 100m from the actual route point (which I find works fine) you can use $ gpsbabel -i gpx -f track.gpx -x simplify,crosstrack,error=0.1k -o gpx -F track_s.gpx gpsbabel has a great option that will simplify by removing any points that are within a set distance of the line drawn between its neighbours. The only problem with the route points gpx file is that is has way too many points for the Garmin. There may be other options, I haven’t looked because this does the job nice and simple (it’s nice to leave a donation if you think so too). For the route points I use the advanced options to get next turn info and turn directions. Once I have the route I want, I use to convert it into a gpx files of the track point and route points that I download. There are still one or two stretches of cycle routes that it won’t add to routes, but another factor when compared to some other routing services is that it won’t send me on a detour over a rough path instead of a short distance on a medium busy road. First, it’s dead easy to change the route by adding and dragging an intermediary way point second street view and the aerial photos let me check out the type of road/track that it’s sending me on. I’ve tried lots of others, including the following a route using the Garmin eTrex or phone/OSMAnd as satnav, and routing on QMapShack, on Cycle Streets and Bing Maps they all have their strengths, but Google wins because of two features. I tend to do my route planning for bike rides on Google Maps. For navigation en route I follow a planned track on eTrex and/or on my phone using OSMAnd.
Qmapshack dowloads download#
In short I use Google Maps in cycle mode plot the route, to download a GPX of that route, gps babel to simplify and transfer the GPX file to the eTrex, and QMapShack to view and manage the various GPX files on Ubuntu. This post is just about the route planning, which has moved on. That post has the info about how my eTrex is set up to connect to Ubuntu and to use OpenCycleMap, which still works for me.
One of my long-term popular posts on this blog is about Using Garmin eTrex Vista HCx with Ubuntu 14.04LTS & QLandkarte GT. Obviously, this is a summer holidays post, not work related.
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