Using routeCourse on your Edge or Oregon/Rino GPS

When you start the routeCourse app on your GPS it will show you a list of your "cloud" routes, which are the routes (sometimes called courses) that you have created (or imported) and stored online in your dynamicWatch account.

Tap (touchscreen) or use the Up/Down and Select buttons (Edge 520 and watches) to select a route to view its details, and download and "launch" it in the GPS's built-in activity/map feature.

If you press Download then the route will be downloaded and added to your Garmin's built-in Courses list.  If you press Download and Launch then the route will downloaded (and added to your Courses) and routeCourse will hand the route over to the built-in Ride activity app on your Edge (or other activity type if you have an Oregon, Rino or GPSmap66) so that you can immediately start it.  This is the usual map and activity recorder capability of the GPS that you are already familiar with.

If you get an error message for the download, see Troubleshooting routeCourse.

After a route has been downloaded, the icon next to it will change from a cloud to a rectangle to show that it is now on the Garmin device.

Sorting

By default, the route list is sorted to show the nearest routes first.  You can use the menu of the app on the main routes list to choose other sort options (nearest, newest, longest or name).

Using routeCourse when offline

routeCourse needs a data connection in order to work.  However, as explained above, any route that routeCourse has downloaded is added to the normal, built-in Courses list on your Garmin, so you can choose a route to use from there when you do not have a connection.

See Using routeCourse when not Online for detailed information on this.

Turn by Turn Directions

If you have our Premium option, routes from Ride with GPS can have course points (cue sheets) that are included in the routeCourse download, as are cue sheet course points contained in TCX files from other sources such as Plotaroute.  A route may have up to 200 course points on an Edge.

If a route downloaded by routeCourse does not include cue sheet directions your device may be able to generate them using the built-in maps.

On an Edge 820/1000 (or an Edge 520 with maps installed), you should be able to enable "Turn Guidance" and "Off Course Warnings" in Course Settings.

On the Edge 1000 go to Courses on the main menu, select the menu button (three horizontal bars) and turn on Turn Guidance and Off Course Warnings.

 

On the Edge 820 the menu button is in Navigation > Courses > Saved Courses.

 

 

Route Preview Maps and Profiles

Another Premium feature is that you can view previews of your routes' maps and elevation profiles without downloading them.  Learn more about routeCourse Preview Map and Profile.

routeCourse Premium route previews