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Me too. It was the main reason I used to use BikeRouteToaster before it stopped working.

Add me to the list of those that would appreciate the addition of this feature.

Thanks for the addtional info.  I can see this is a popular request.  We're in the middle of working on some of other changes at the moment but bear with us and we'll get this done as soon as possible - it will be next in the queue!

John

Hi, I also liked this feature in BikeRouteToaster (BRT) and would love to see it added to Plotaroute.  I've tried emulating it manually by inserting waypoints (coursepoints, trackpoints?), but with mixed results.  BRT's version would let the user specify the number of metres in advance for the warning to appear and also to specify the text of the warning.

I really appreciate the suite of features in Plotaroute.

Regards,

Steven

Thanks for your input Peter.  Would you mind expanding on that a bit more?  If we have additional coursepoints at say 50m before each turn, would that be sufficient to know that the turn was in 50m?  Or are you looking for proximity warnings at various intervals as you approach a turn?

John

My interest in this feature is not so much the warning in advance of junctions, but rather to include the course points in the tcx file so that the GPS device can indicate the distance to the various course points along the course e.g. for Audax controls. Thanks.  

Thanks for the suggestion.  This has come up before and is something we want to do but we can certainly move it up the priority list.  We're working on another new feature for the site at present but once that is complete I think we should be able to look at this next.

Is it important to be able to specify exactly how many metres before the turn that the warning marker is placed?  If not, how many metres before would you say was a good setting?

It would also also be useful if someone can let me have an example of a TCX file where turn warnings have been added.  Jim - I'll email you with an address to send this too if you dont mind.

John

By coincidience, I was just looking for this feature too. 

I have found this feature in BikeRouteToaster (and a paid feature of Ride with GPSI) really useful. When you upload the .tcx file to the Garmin it allows you to specify adding warning markers a set number of metres before the turn - this is really useful. 

Any chance of incorporating it into Plotaroute?

Thanks 

Jim