[mkgmap-dev] Basecamp, mkgmap and bicycle routing

Tue Aug 6 22:10:11 BST 2013

Hi Leonardo,
Reason 2 it is.
bicycle=no / foot=no is not respected by Basecamp anymore.
Instead, in the bicycle profile Garmin has turned by default the carpool avoidance is turned on.
This affects all roads with the OSM tags access=no or motorcar=no (routing is blocked)

This means that you need to uncheck carpool avoidance in the bicycle activity or use another activity (but then routing over motorways are still likely because bicycle=no is not respected). Avoiding interstate highways isnt a good choice because in the latest version 4.2.2 routing over tile borders will be broken.

The only solution is making all roads that are not accesible for cycling not routable.
This I have done with the Openfietsmap (Lite) style:
http://code.google.com/p/mkgmap-style-sheets/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fstyles%2FOpenfietsmap%20lite

You can download the maps at http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl (worldwide)

> "Leonardo Brondani Schenkel" wrote:
> I'm using Basecamp 4.2.2 with a routable gmapsupp.img generated by
> mkgmap r2659 and the default style. When calculating a route using the
> "bicycling" profile Basecamp is trying to route me through a highway
> which are explicitly marked with foot=no, sidewalk=no, bicycle=no,
> cycleway=no. When using the "walking" profile the highway is avoided.
> 
> Does somebody know if this is due to:
> 1. mkgmap not generating the proper RouteParam attributes (unlikely?)
> 2. Basecamp not respecting bicycle restrictions in RouteParam
> 
> I saw a lot of complaints about Basecamp in this list, so I'm
> suspecting
> it's due to reason 2 above, but it would be nice to get confirmation
> from somebody else who knows better.
> 
> If Basecamp is not supposed to be broken, and somebody can help me
> investigating this, then I can generate and post a link to a small
> test
> map that reproduces this issue.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Leonardo.
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