Mapsource 6.14.1 SUCKS!

[Lobby]

[Falp]

Originally Posted by alpiv

Changes made from version 6.13.7 to 6.14.1:

• Updated map rendering to provide visual improvements. (Slows things down)
• Added support for U.S. National and Swedish SWREF99 grids.
• Fixed issue with setting the PC clock on Vista.
• Allowed user specified colors for routes.
• Added Brazilian Portuguese translation.
• Improved interface for managing map products and unlock codes. (Looses custom maps)

Put sloooow on that....

I'm going to follow the link shown here and back to the previous (and perfect) version...

Or do it with the Restore function on WinXP..

[Falp]

Restore function did it...!

[a1fa]

Lol! I lost my MapSource CD. Now I am screwed. I cant even download my tracks no more.

Hheeheh! There is a way around it. Download Training Center, and then MapSource update :)

[AugustFalcon]

I am working on my routing out to the motogp in Indanapolis. When I clicked on "select maps around the route" it (6.14.1) selected the proper maps, i.e., it showed them in the map list, but, it only highlighted one map around Indianapolis.

I also had problems with the map drawing being very slow and sometimes not happening at all when I changed the amount of detail. Not very conducive to route planning in the real world.

[greenlizard]

I, too, had the same issues as everyone else. My Vista laptop is very fast yet the new Mapsource was quite a bit slower. I did discover that if I set the level of detail to less than HIGHEST things were not as bad. That said, I just went back to 6.13. Much better for my needs. Garmin must be using the Microsoft software model - bloat it up and wait for the hardware to catch up.

[LaPorte]

Originally Posted by Malindi

I don't see 6.13 here anywhere? I clicked Agree and all that

I went to gpsinformation.org/perry/ then to msource then to mapsource 6.13.7.exe Ran the download and lost my access to mapsource. Had to reinstall 6.14.1 to get access to mapsource. What did I do wrong?

LaPorte

[AugustFalcon]

Originally Posted by LaPorte

I went to gpsinformation.org/perry/ then to msource then to mapsource 6.13.7.exe Ran the download and lost my access to mapsource. Had to reinstall 6.14.1 to get access to mapsource. What did I do wrong?

LaPorte

Same thing happened to me. I just reinstalled 6.13.7 over itself and now it works. In other words, it took two sequential installs of 6.13.7 before it would work properly.

[LaPorte]

Originally Posted by AugustFalcon

Same thing happened to me. I just reinstalled 6.13.7 over itself and now it works. In other words, it took two sequential installs of 6.13.7 before it would work properly.

Thanks Falcon

I will try that and see what happens!

Laporte

[VintageThumper]

Yet again, the members of this site have offered up highly valuable information. I recently downloaded the new 6.14.1, and it was not only slow, it kept crashing and freezing up my computer. Trying to build a route was maddening! After several re-boots, I did a search on AdvRider and found this thread. Per your advice, I followed the link to Ver 6.13.7, switched over to it, and now everything works correctly.

[tafflink]

I've downgraded. A memory pig. Too bad.

[mapman]

I frequently create a waypoint when designing a route and then move it by "right-clicking" on the waypoint and selecting the Move Waypoint option. I can drag and drop it in a new location. This feature doesn't work with 6.14.1. I called Garmin and opened a ticket. They reported back that it didn't work and that I could go back to 6.13.7 or wait for an update. I went back to the old version. I also don't like the larger icons for waypoints. They just clutter up the screen and there's no way to use the smaller icons as was available in the old versions.

[marco polo]

Originally Posted by mapman

I frequently create a waypoint when designing a route and then move it by "right-clicking" on the waypoint and selecting the Move Waypoint option. I can drag and drop it in a new location.

Never knew you could do that. I just tried it (took two tries until I figured out I had to right click on the waypoint with the waypoint tool, and not the pointer). Thanks, that will be useful.

[Trail Boss]

Generally when I am creating a route in Mapsource I will use the route tool and select my starting and ending points. Mapsource then automatically calculates a route between the 2 points. The mapsource calculated route is seldom the exact route I want to travel so I modify the route with the selection tool. I click on a part of the route with the selection tool and then "drag" or "move" that part of the route to the road I want to ride on.

The problem I'm running into is that in the latest version of mapsource the selection tool doesn't always function like it did in previous version. When I click on the route with the selection tool it doesn't always allow me to "drag" the route around. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.

Has anyone else had this problem and figured out how to get the selection tool to always function so that we can shape a route?

[WoodButcher]

Originally Posted by Richard_

Generally when I am creating a route in Mapsource I will use the route tool and select my starting and ending points. Mapsource then automatically calculates a route between the 2 points. The mapsource calculated route is seldom the exact route I want to travel so I modify the route with the selection tool. I click on a part of the route with the selection tool and then "drag" or "move" that part of the route to the road I want to ride on.

The problem I'm running into is that in the latest version of mapsource the selection tool doesn't always function like it did in previous version. When I click on the route with the selection tool it doesn't always allow me to "drag" the route around. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.

Has anyone else had this problem and figured out how to get the selection tool to always function so that we can shape a route?

Funny coincidence. I was just about to post the same comment about the select tool to adjust routes...and I bet we are playing with the same route file I'm trying to tweak the return route for the weekend to come home up 620 or 281 instead of through town.

And yes, sometimes it works like the old version and sometimes I have to click a couple of times in different spots along the route before I get the rubber band effect to move the route.