GPX Turn by turn?
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@Chewtube It works with routes imported from Komoot.
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The way suunto sees it right now is that you use komoot.
Connect your suunto account to komoot (or the other way around)
Import the gpx file in komoot as a to follow route (make sure to import it as-is and not adjust it to known paths)
It will automatically appear in the suunto app. From there you can synchronize it to your watch.
Drawback: komoot is not free. You get 1 area for free, but whole world maps is a 1 time payment. You don’t need the new komoot monthly subscription!
The quality of the tbt notifications generated by komoot is quite good.
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@Squirrel Because the race is partly on small trails through forests and fields. Trails too small to be on the map. I dont want to risk drawing the track wrong and thereby getting wrong instructions from the watch in a late stage of the race when my brain has shut down.
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@maszop Thanks! I guess I’ll take a look at komoot. I understand it sometimes recreates the route after it’s own liking? Sounds like a way to get disqualified at a race.
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@elbee Thanks! I’ll take a look at Komoot even if I think it sounds a bit more complicated than necessary.
I didn’t use the tbt feature much om my Garmin Fenix from 2021, but as I remember it it was like downoad the file, sync the watch, start running… -
@Chewtube Just import the GPX route into the Komoot app. When it asks if you want to edit (modify) it, select no, save it, and that’s it.
After a few minutes, you’ll automatically see it in the Suunto app, along with the turn-by-turn.
Requires one of the Komoot Premium versions.
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@maszop Thanks for the suggestion, and it solves a few problems. Adding the frustrating step of using another service does get me the elevation profile and turn-by-turn guidance that are missing when I import an official race GPX file. But Komoot seems to lose all the waypoints along the route (official aid station locations and details). Frustrating.
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@davemaps yes. Waypoints are lost, and there are other issues when using Komoot, as explained here:
https://forum.suunto.com/topic/15071/several-navigation-issues-feedback
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someone on the forum built this tool, but I haven’t tried it yet.https://github.com/GitjoPowershell/suunto-tbt-web
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Hi, I had the same problem and built a small free tool for it: https://turnbyturn.apert.be.
Drop in any GPX and it adds turn waypoints in Suunto’s format, so turn-by-turn works after import. It runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Please note it’s a side project, offered as is.
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@Tom-Van-Sichem
Thanks. This tool is not checking against real paths forks, correct?
Can it convert a gpx containing other Tbt data into Suunto’s one?
Would appreciate this
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The tool mentioned that routes that come from Komoot don’t have tbt notifications but I do get tbt notifications with routes from Komoot. For suunto it’s even the recommended way.
And tbh, and I hope you don’t find this offensive, I don’t like routes where the tbt are based on bends in the road. Garmin also does this to a certain extent, and it’s quite annoying, specially in the mountains where there are quite a few zigzag paths up the mountains.
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