I'm doing a 6 weeks tour in Italy in 2024 and want to create my travel plan in Google. This is perfect and has shown me things I did not know about Google maps right from the start of the video. I just been through the tutorial switching back and forth, setting up a route myself and every step is exactly as described.
Perfect absolutely nails it Traveling From Bulgaria to UK and this is the most clearly explained and demonstrated video I have seen in a long time. Thank you so much.
I could choose to see other videos on how to do a trip planner but why for? , this is the best, and no need to watch others. This is an excellent video, it really helped me a lot.
Thanks Khalid Siriki for your video, it's very helpful for a beginner. thank you also for the advice to use and get a Garmin, because it is much more fun to plan a trip in advance.
Excellent. Thanks so much for that. Certainly I haven't seen that brilliant method before Edit: I just converted a route I had previously made on Google Maps -- exactly as you instructed to do -- and imported it into my old Garmin 590. It worked perfectly -- and all without the very clunky BaseCamp. Good on you, many thanks
Thanks for demonstrating both the "old" Garmin and a newer model. I have both so this video was very helpful. My car has built in GPS, but i can't create custom routes with it, so my Garmin is a great tool for custom trips on the back roads. Thank you for your help.
That's a pretty good tutorial. Most of people think with Google maps on your phone, External GPS are dead. That's not exactly what I think, I love navigation with my Garmin GPS and stick to it. Google maps is great but if you don't have network, the software won't work. I didn't know this method of route planning. Thanks for sharing this.
>> if you don't have network, the software won't work Google Maps Mobile (aka GMM) routing works perfectly if you downloaded the offline maps in advance. Moreover, you may have another navigation app installed that works offline all the time and use it as a backup. I'm still using my Garmin when traveling on motorcycle, but I can't emphasize enough how much I hate to create the route via small crappy resistive touch screen of my Zumo 396 LMT-S. It sucks badly. Also, there is a way to import the whole route as you see it in GM (minus adjustments made by dragging the route) by converting the GM route into GPX and importing it via Garmin Smart Link phone app. It works, but it saves all the waypoints from GM route into my favorites - which I genuinely hate and have to remove dozens entries by hand. I wish Garmin came up with online tool that can be used to create, adjust and sync the routes to the Zumo device (which can connect to WiFi to pull the updates, btw).
Excellent thank you so much. I have the Garmin Smart Drive which is just sitting in the box as to be honest I use Google Maps in UK 99% of the time. I don't even bother with the built in Mercedes Sat Nav or Honda as they are OK. With this new innovation, I think I will plan precisely my trip to lock in the best points of interest. I found some excellent bargain markets, something for the kids etc. By using Google maps and copied my planned trip, it will be excellent. I think I might name the trips Monday Tuesday Wednesday etc and then we know what we "plan" to do on each of the days. I salute Sir for discovering this amazing hidden feature on Google maps. I am just glad I bought a Garmin and NOT a Tom Tom!
Very good tutorial. I was hoping for a way to actually import a Google map itself for a complex route that has been modified to avoid congested areas. So it looks like I'm going to have to import the GPX file and then make the changes again on the Garmin. (Edit to add: I have watched BaseCamp tutes and it's too complex for me.) Anyway, thank you. Your teaching style is excellent.
Very good tutorial vid! This works well for point to point directions. The only thing I see wrong is if you want to take a specific road, say a secondary highway instead of interstate between differnt destinations, how would you import that? I haven't been able to get Basecamp to work with my Zumo 396, so i've been looking for alternatives without success.
Try changing the navigation preferences to the one that meets your needs for example, Fastest Rout, Shortest Distance, Fuel Efficient Rout, and custom avoidance.
You are doing it the hard way. You can plan the same trip in regular Google Maps -- just the one step -- and use your phone for navigation. Doing it in Google Maps will also provide information for each destination (and any other poi by just tapping on one). Moreover, you can edit the trip on the fly.
@@TECHNOLOGYTIPS101 Yes, but you won't need the garmin in this case, just a smartphone. For the purpose here, plain old google maps on the phone works better and easier, especially when traveling on foot between parking lots. Use the garmin at same time to record track.
thanks for the tutoriol, it gave me some very nice tips. one thing I'm uncertain of though. when you click on the three lines at the top left hand corner at the google maps side menu, there is an item called 'your places' where you clicked to start with. my google maps side menu doesn't have 'your places' so how do I add it?. thank you
Great info as usual BUT...... Sharing routes via GPX files is fought with danger. Google maps is all about destinations. If you share routes with various destinations with other travellers each traveller can be sent by a totally different route depending in their version of garmin maps and/or the settings of their gps units. Eg garmin zumo 590. Rourlte plan may be totally different due to the route setting being Curcy roads yet the destinations/ way points are the same. It is a total pain when I share gpx files with friends on bike rides and think their turn by turn directions will be the same as mine.
Great help for the techy,can I ask you if you can turn a Garmin nuvi 2797 LM into a Garmin nuvi 2797 LMT by adding the LMT power card or it be cone another way?
When I tried this on my new Garmin DriveSmart 66, the start and destination locations came up in Favourites but there was no route map between them. I've looked at countless TH-cam videos but the interface between Google Maps And Garmin mapping is made as difficult as possible. The most successful routing I have done is within the Garmin device itself.
If you use all the steps that I show on my video you can rout to each destination as shown on my video. Even if a place is chosen as destination you can have the Garmin GPS generate the rout for it, as long as the GPS has the maps for that region.
I'm trying to learn how to take some of the trips I've taken and upload them to my computer. I have a Zumo XT and have basecamp loaded. I didn't know enough to have it record the track as I went. I would like to go back and retrace where I went on the mountain roads. Where is a good tutorial on this? Jim
You need to go to your GPS settings and enable the Trip Log function, then Base Camp will see all your previous tracks since the trip log was activated.
I have many saved places that I want to keep on my Drivesmart 50 LMT, it gets very confusing trying to remove the new locations that where generated by the GPX file from my saved places. How do I remove the GPX file from my gps? I have deleted the GPX file in my GPS using file explorer on my PC, but the GPS still keeps the new locations in my GPS. Then I have to manually delete the new saved places from my GPS. It would be nice if there was a way to drop the GPX file into the recently found folder on my GPS.
Go to the Volume control screen and press and hold your finger on the top right corner of the screen. Wait a few seconds don't let go of your finger. Now you have the advanced setup screen where you can delete all user data including the GPX files. thank you
I set this up every time it does not follow my rout it takes a roundabout way. Drives me nuts Then I stop at a destination that I pass out of order it does not know I stopped and there is no way to remove destination from route. I enter in the destinations in the order I want to stop. But for what ever reason takes me on some strange route. What am I doing wrong?
I would like to create a route using Google Maps (MyMaps) and then import that into Basecamp (I am on a Mac, but assume it would be the same on a PC). Then I can tweak it in Basecamp then export the route to the Garmin device. Do you have a video that shows how to do this? If not, any chance you would create a tutorial in this?
Hi, I currently don't have a video on that, and I have never tried it on a Mac. I will do some research and if I was successful I will create a video on that topic. Thanks
Hi, thank you for this tutorial... very helpful. I was wondering if you have this in print. I know someone I'd like to share it with, but they struggle with video instructions. They need to read over and over to understand... (some brains work differently). Thanks again :)
Another question... I only have the Garmin in my 2019 Honda Passport. Can I save the "Vegas" file onto a flash drive and then plug it into my Passport to download the file?
No problem, I don't have the transcript for the video, however you can keep the Close Caption ON and it will display the transcript on the screen. Also some steps that I show on the video would need photo illustration on the text which I don't have.
I am not sure if the Garmin GPS which is installed by the Factory in Honda Vehicles have the same software characteristics as the regular Garmin units. If it does then it should work fine.
@@TECHNOLOGYTIPS101 I ran the program as administrator and I stall get that blank screen. I'm using Windows 11. Don't know if that is causing the problem.
@@smokenbobbyq Try running the program in Windows 7 Compatibility mode, and if you don't know how to do that watch this video. th-cam.com/video/XVIyMQ-NbzQ/w-d-xo.html
My problem with the blank screen stopped. The KML2GPX is now working. I have two more questions. In your video after creating the beginning and ending of the route there is no blue line showing the route. If there were a blue route line can it be adjusted. Thanks for your help.
That means you need to update the firmware to get the lates GPSFIX. The Garmin is currently looking at outdated satellite data. To do the update don't use Garmin Express, instead use Garmin Web Updater
I do not want apps running on my Samsung Galaxy phone when I am not using them. I own a OTR800. I know how to kill apps both with my Appkiller app and manually on Android. It is bad enough some Google apps can not be killed, but Garmin goes too far. My phone has all its updates but these apps have done the same behavior for on Android 9,10,11,12. You can not disable the apps either. A users only choice is to uninstall both the Drive app and Dezl app. Else they consume power and some data. These apps could be made to detect a Bluetooth connection a GPS device and be dormant the rest, which is most, of the time I am not driving and in motion. So Garmin should reimburse everyone for the background data these apps consume without the users permission of knowledge. For nowhere in the user agreement does it indicate these apps run 24/7 and can not be shut off. I think they are secretly collecting personal data. The apps really do not help me navigate. They are supposed to warn me of real time traffic and speed traps. This is yet to happen once, in the six months I have owned the OTR800. I do not recommend installing Drive app and Dezl app on any phone, until such a time as users have full control over the apps. mrgcav@gmail.com
The answer is a lot more complicated than you think. Just in short if you are traveling to lets say Spain, how do you know the business hours of a restaurant that you want to go to, and how do you even know if they are still in business. So it is a good idea to integrate Google with your Garmin GPS to get more real time and up to date navigation.
I'm doing a 6 weeks tour in Italy in 2024 and want to create my travel plan in Google. This is perfect and has shown me things I did not know about Google maps right from the start of the video.
I just been through the tutorial switching back and forth, setting up a route myself and every step is exactly as described.
You are very welcome, I am glad it was helpful, make sure to visit Venice!
Perfect absolutely nails it Traveling From Bulgaria to UK and this is the most clearly explained and demonstrated video I have seen in a long time. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome!
I could choose to see other videos on how to do a trip planner but why for? , this is the best, and no need to watch others.
This is an excellent video, it really helped me a lot.
Wow, thank you!
Thanks Khalid Siriki for your video, it's very helpful for a beginner. thank you also for the advice to use and get a Garmin, because it is much more fun to plan a trip in advance.
You are very welcome!!
Cheers Jeff, great to see you back in Jurassic Park/World.
LOL, I get that a lot :D
Excellent. Thanks so much for that. Certainly I haven't seen that brilliant method before
Edit: I just converted a route I had previously made on Google Maps -- exactly as you instructed to do -- and imported it into my old Garmin 590.
It worked perfectly -- and all without the very clunky BaseCamp. Good on you, many thanks
Glad it helped!
Thanks for demonstrating both the "old" Garmin and a newer model. I have both so this video was very helpful. My car has built in GPS, but i can't create custom routes with it, so my Garmin is a great tool for custom trips on the back roads. Thank you for your help.
You're welcome!
Wow, I took an aspirin after your lecture. I tried to do this in France, but there are no casinos on every corner. 🥴👍
LOL, I hope the aspirin manufacturer sees this comment and starts sponsoring my videos ;-)
This was super useful...very well explained ( ...your camera and editing were top class too )...Thanks a lot.
You are very welcome, and I appreciate your encouragement!
That's a pretty good tutorial. Most of people think with Google maps on your phone, External GPS are dead. That's not exactly what I think, I love navigation with my Garmin GPS and stick to it. Google maps is great but if you don't have network, the software won't work. I didn't know this method of route planning. Thanks for sharing this.
No problem!
>> if you don't have network, the software won't work
Google Maps Mobile (aka GMM) routing works perfectly if you downloaded the offline maps in advance. Moreover, you may have another navigation app installed that works offline all the time and use it as a backup.
I'm still using my Garmin when traveling on motorcycle, but I can't emphasize enough how much I hate to create the route via small crappy resistive touch screen of my Zumo 396 LMT-S. It sucks badly.
Also, there is a way to import the whole route as you see it in GM (minus adjustments made by dragging the route) by converting the GM route into GPX and importing it via Garmin Smart Link phone app. It works, but it saves all the waypoints from GM route into my favorites - which I genuinely hate and have to remove dozens entries by hand.
I wish Garmin came up with online tool that can be used to create, adjust and sync the routes to the Zumo device (which can connect to WiFi to pull the updates, btw).
Excellent thank you so much. I have the Garmin Smart Drive which is just sitting in the box as to be honest I use Google Maps in UK 99% of the time. I don't even bother with the built in Mercedes Sat Nav or Honda as they are OK.
With this new innovation, I think I will plan precisely my trip to lock in the best points of interest. I found some excellent bargain markets, something for the kids etc.
By using Google maps and copied my planned trip, it will be excellent.
I think I might name the trips
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
etc and then we know what we "plan" to do on each of the days.
I salute Sir for discovering this amazing hidden feature on Google maps.
I am just glad I bought a Garmin and NOT a Tom Tom!
Thank you sir, and have a safe trip
that's a great lesson mate, well done. helped me a lot. thanx buddy.
You are very welcome, I am glad it helped!
Very good tutorial. I was hoping for a way to actually import a Google map itself for a complex route that has been modified to avoid congested areas. So it looks like I'm going to have to import the GPX file and then make the changes again on the Garmin. (Edit to add: I have watched BaseCamp tutes and it's too complex for me.)
Anyway, thank you. Your teaching style is excellent.
You are very welcome!
Very good tutorial. Thank you!
You are welcome!
Thank you my man this will change my trip planing
Glad to hear it!
Thank you for the info, will definitely use this
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the information !
My pleasure!
Very good tutorial vid!
This works well for point to point directions. The only thing I see wrong is if you want to take a specific road, say a secondary highway instead of interstate between differnt destinations, how would you import that?
I haven't been able to get Basecamp to work with my Zumo 396, so i've been looking for alternatives without success.
Try changing the navigation preferences to the one that meets your needs for example, Fastest Rout, Shortest Distance, Fuel Efficient Rout, and custom avoidance.
really interesting thanks a lot
You are welcome
Good job on information
Thanks
You are doing it the hard way. You can plan the same trip in regular Google Maps -- just the one step -- and use your phone for navigation. Doing it in Google Maps will also provide information for each destination (and any other poi by just tapping on one). Moreover, you can edit the trip on the fly.
Good point, but that method will not work for many older models of Garmin, majority of the people have older units. Thank you for your input
@@TECHNOLOGYTIPS101 Yes, but you won't need the garmin in this case, just a smartphone. For the purpose here, plain old google maps on the phone works better and easier, especially when traveling on foot between parking lots. Use the garmin at same time to record track.
Very good thank you I did everything I hope it will work
You are welcome, and good luck
thank you sir.
You are very welcome!
thanks for the tutoriol, it gave me some very nice tips. one thing I'm uncertain of though. when you click on the three lines at the top left hand corner at the google maps side menu, there is an item called 'your places' where you clicked to start with. my google maps side menu doesn't have 'your places' so how do I add it?. thank you
Thank you, so they keep changing the layout, now you need to click on Saved to see your saved places or add a place to the list.
Great info as usual BUT......
Sharing routes via GPX files is fought with danger. Google maps is all about destinations. If you share routes with various destinations with other travellers each traveller can be sent by a totally different route depending in their version of garmin maps and/or the settings of their gps units. Eg garmin zumo 590. Rourlte plan may be totally different due to the route setting being Curcy roads yet the destinations/ way points are the same. It is a total pain when I share gpx files with friends on bike rides and think their turn by turn directions will be the same as mine.
Good point, for bikes and off-road vehicles it may not be the best choice, unless they change the settings to Car Mode.
Thank you
You're very welcome!
Great help for the techy,can I ask you if you can turn a Garmin nuvi 2797 LM into a Garmin nuvi 2797 LMT by adding the LMT power card or it be cone another way?
I haven't heard of any LMT power card, but you can do that by adding the GTM power cord such as Garmin GTM60 Traffic Cable.
When I tried this on my new Garmin DriveSmart 66, the start and destination locations came up in Favourites but there was no route map between them. I've looked at countless TH-cam videos but the interface between Google Maps And Garmin mapping is made as difficult as possible. The most successful routing I have done is within the Garmin device itself.
If you use all the steps that I show on my video you can rout to each destination as shown on my video. Even if a place is chosen as destination you can have the Garmin GPS generate the rout for it, as long as the GPS has the maps for that region.
I feel your pain.
I'm trying to learn how to take some of the trips I've taken and upload them to my computer. I have a Zumo XT and have basecamp loaded. I didn't know enough to have it record the track as I went. I would like to go back and retrace where I went on the mountain roads. Where is a good tutorial on this? Jim
You need to go to your GPS settings and enable the Trip Log function, then Base Camp will see all your previous tracks since the trip log was activated.
I have many saved places that I want to keep on my Drivesmart 50 LMT, it gets very confusing trying to remove the new locations that where generated by the GPX file from my saved places. How do I remove the GPX file from my gps? I have deleted the GPX file in my GPS using file explorer on my PC, but the GPS still keeps the new locations in my GPS. Then I have to manually delete the new saved places from my GPS. It would be nice if there was a way to drop the GPX file into the recently found folder on my GPS.
Go to the Volume control screen and press and hold your finger on the top right corner of the screen. Wait a few seconds don't let go of your finger. Now you have the advanced setup screen where you can delete all user data including the GPX files. thank you
I set this up every time it does not follow my rout it takes a roundabout way. Drives me nuts Then I stop at a destination that I pass out of order it does not know I stopped and there is no way to remove destination from route. I enter in the destinations in the order I want to stop. But for what ever reason takes me on some strange route. What am I doing wrong?
You can remove or rearrange the priority of your destination, watch this video for more details th-cam.com/video/Q2UuxpiQ5Z8/w-d-xo.html
Can this be done using iPad/Garmin devices and, if so, how is the process different?
If the iPad or Windows Tablet has the Garmin App installed the same procedure will work for those devices as well.
informative
Thank You!
Hi can I download an entire country from Google map and convert it to garmin device ?
Hi, not from Google, but you could to it from Open Source maps, for example open street map
I would like to create a route using Google Maps (MyMaps) and then import that into Basecamp (I am on a Mac, but assume it would be the same on a PC). Then I can tweak it in Basecamp then export the route to the Garmin device. Do you have a video that shows how to do this? If not, any chance you would create a tutorial in this?
Hi, I currently don't have a video on that, and I have never tried it on a Mac. I will do some research and if I was successful I will create a video on that topic. Thanks
@@TECHNOLOGYTIPS101 that would be great! Thanks for considering this request.
i do it correct but when i turn on my garmin nuvi is nothing on favourites but in GPX file is there
You must missing one minor step, otherwise there is no reason why it should be there. Also make sure your GPS' firmware is up to date.
Hi, thank you for this tutorial... very helpful. I was wondering if you have this in print. I know someone I'd like to share it with, but they struggle with video instructions. They need to read over and over to understand... (some brains work differently). Thanks again :)
Another question... I only have the Garmin in my 2019 Honda Passport. Can I save the "Vegas" file onto a flash drive and then plug it into my Passport to download the file?
No problem, I don't have the transcript for the video, however you can keep the Close Caption ON and it will display the transcript on the screen. Also some steps that I show on the video would need photo illustration on the text which I don't have.
I am not sure if the Garmin GPS which is installed by the Factory in Honda Vehicles have the same software characteristics as the regular Garmin units. If it does then it should work fine.
No worries about the transcript and I will just give it a try and see if it works in my Honda. Thanks so much and have a great day :)
@@suzannelong3914 You too!
can i make it offroad trip as well ?
Yes you can as long as you have the Topographical Maps in your GPS for that specific region.
Getting a blank screen on a Mac. Any suggestions?
I haven't tried it on Mac, but I do know that it works if you have boot-camp installed with a windows partition.
any update on this now is asking me for api key?
If you follow the procedure step by step it shouldn't ask for any key
I like your video but when I click on convert on the KML2GPX all I get is a blank screen.
Run the program as Administrator
@@TECHNOLOGYTIPS101 I ran the program as administrator and I stall get that blank screen. I'm using Windows 11. Don't know if that is causing the problem.
@@smokenbobbyq Try running the program in Windows 7 Compatibility mode, and if you don't know how to do that watch this video. th-cam.com/video/XVIyMQ-NbzQ/w-d-xo.html
My problem with the blank screen stopped. The KML2GPX is now working. I have two more questions. In your video after creating the beginning and ending of the route there is no blue line showing the route. If there were a blue route line can it be adjusted. Thanks for your help.
@@smokenbobbyq Can you refer to the exact min/second of the video that you are talking about, please?
Why my garmin 300 He can't make a fixed starting point and save me, he always throws me somewhere in the middle of Norway, and I'm from the Balkans
That means you need to update the firmware to get the lates GPSFIX. The Garmin is currently looking at outdated satellite data. To do the update don't use Garmin Express, instead use Garmin Web Updater
Just download it to base camp then change from track to route
Very true, but some people don't have Base Camp so this shows how to do it by just using windows explorer.
I do not want apps running on my Samsung Galaxy phone when I am not using them.
I own a OTR800.
I know how to kill apps both with my Appkiller app and manually on Android. It is bad enough some Google apps can not be killed, but Garmin goes too far.
My phone has all its updates but these apps have done the same behavior for on Android 9,10,11,12.
You can not disable the apps either. A users only choice is to uninstall both the Drive app and Dezl app. Else they consume power and some data.
These apps could be made to detect a Bluetooth connection a GPS device and be dormant the rest, which is most, of the time I am not driving and in motion.
So Garmin should reimburse everyone for the background data these apps consume without the users permission of knowledge.
For nowhere in the user agreement does it indicate these apps run 24/7 and can not be shut off.
I think they are secretly collecting personal data.
The apps really do not help me navigate. They are supposed to warn me of real time traffic and speed traps. This is yet to happen once, in the six months I have owned the OTR800.
I do not recommend installing Drive app and Dezl app on any phone, until such a time as users have full control over the apps.
mrgcav@gmail.com
Great point!
why cant you just input the destination right into the Garmin device? DUH!!
The answer is a lot more complicated than you think. Just in short if you are traveling to lets say Spain, how do you know the business hours of a restaurant that you want to go to, and how do you even know if they are still in business. So it is a good idea to integrate Google with your Garmin GPS to get more real time and up to date navigation.