Awesome RollaMo, I appreciate you taking the time to check out some of your saved routes. If the Ride Planner and GPS are somehow set to alert you to approaching the waypoints, I wonder why it's selective and only does it for a few of them. On the route that I used as the example for the thread, there's about 15 waypoints, yet only 3-4 of them show as a "destination".

 

Cygnuxsx51 - it is not a destination - rather, a waypoint. You GPS is telling you it is coming up. All you have to do is skip that waypoint and it will continue

 

Correct. I understand what will happen now when riding. I'm using "destination" in quotes since that's how the detailed directions are referring to the waypoint. I knew the difference between the two, hence the question that started this thread. I appreciate the help everyone!

 

I've do a LOT of trips using rideplanner and the GPS. Mine does the same thing. Calls every waypoint a destination. Route still continues as long as the waypoint is "satisfied". My biggest bitch with rideplanner is the actual placement of the waypoint. If I don't zoom way, way in, then it will place the waypoint in some arbitrary spot 100 or 200 yards off the road and then the GPS will try to force me to turn to get to that waypoint. Of course, I don't make that little bullsh!t turn, but I do have to skip the waypoint.

Another annoying thing is the actual routing between rideplanner and the infotainment GPS, the software engines that run them are not the same and will interpret the route differently. The work around is to use a lot of waypoints. Almost always use at least 20 to force the routing to go exactly where I want.

Finally, my riding buddy and I can import the same file (on my 15 and on his 17) and the GPS will still route it a little different between the two, even though we have the same settings selected. General route is still the same, but some of the turns are different.

All-in-all, though, it is a sweet setup

 

^ Thanks for the heads up on a few points. I noticed on a few routes that I could not get the waypoint to be plotted on the side of travel. Most follow the center line but in a few spots, it puts it on the opposite side of the road no matter how I try to change it. At least I know I can skip those easily if they pose a reroute issue.

 

Yeah, waypoints are never in the center of the road. They will always be on the left or the right. My wife and I have fun waving at whatever is on that side of the road when we pass the waypoint. Gets some interesting looks sometimes, lol.

Also, in a previous post you mentioned the red dot verses the white circle. The red dot is the real location of the waypoint. The white circle gets placed wherever I guess they feel it would look better, or something like that.

 

I stopped using the Ride Planner and went to "REVER" with integrated Butler Maps. Way easier and the maps install easily into the HD system as Routes