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Recently got a drivetrack and finally got around to using it, tried to intall the waypoints like you do with the alpha but they are not showing up. When it was sent from basecamp to the drivetrack memory i got the green check mark. I know some alpha's you have to do a reset for them to show up. may look that up. on basecamp they show up on the internal memory so I dont know where they are at.

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just got off chat with garmin and they say that waypoints dont show up when in dog tracking mode, only in the auto driving mode. back to looking at alpha i guess. too bad gps dawg went out of business. does anybody know if garmin bought them out or what?

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GPS Dawg did nothing but what people couldn't do for themselves. They purchased refurbished computers just like everyone can do. The purchased cables that everyone can. They had you or downloaded software for you to your computer. The software was all Garmins and is out there for anyone to download.

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Bruce, do you think this is something they may change in the future with a software update? It kind of defeats the purpose of having the Drivetrack when I have to keep looking at my Alpha to see my waypoints.

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i agree they just got you setup with all garmin products and such but I know they were the only ones that could get the waypoints to show up on basecamp while tracking the dogs. i watched them do it on a friend on mines tablet but they went sent so fast I d/k how they did it.

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They have improved the waypoints some for you guys now. Here is the issue and I now Garmin gets blamed for it. The truth it they are just trying to give people what they want and they are listening.

First the DriveTrack was the LMT70 or RV Navigation System. Then then had the engineers work on it and design it to track dogs. Those were not the engineers most proficient in dog tracking. Now the dog tracking team is working with them and making suggestions along with several companies such as Double You, Outdoor Dog Supply and Gun Dog Supply, who have the understanding to dog tracking products. Garmin will continue to make improvements as they hear the needs of hunters and once they make them an update will be needed to install them.

Here is where they are with the drive tack waypoint issue. Yes you need to update it to get it.
With the recent update, software 5.40, there is a way to see the points but not the names on the Drivetrack 70 Map.

First Make sure that you are in Dog Tracking Mode, from the Home Screen:
Tap on “Settings”
Check “Usage Mode”
It should read ‘Dog Tracking’

To see the waypoints on the map. From the home screen:
Pressed “View Map”
Tap the screen
Tap on the map without selecting any of the dogs or POI
In the top right Corner tap the ‘Magnify Glass’
If the ‘Magnify Glass’ has disappeared then taping on the screen a second time brings it back
Scroll down the menu on the right and select the Heart icon (“Saved Places”)
The waypoints will show up as squares on the map. If you tap on any of the squares you will get the name of the waypoint.

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bringing back up an old post but has garmin suggested anything about waypoints yet? my 70 broke and was wondering if they were possibly coming out with a new one that may show them now or just get another 70.

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They have a Drive Track 71 out now and there isn't really any improvement on the newer model as far as Waypoints. Something they need to improve upon in the future.

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garmin sent me this email about showing waypoints on the drivetrack 71. has anybody tried any of these steps and got them to show up? they called them saved places so don't know if that is any difference than waypoints you download.

https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?f...&tab=topics

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The problem with saved places and the Garmin Engineers are not smart enough to figure it out is this.
Your dog is headed towards a saved place "HEART" at a fast pace and your in the woods or in another truck without a drive track and the person with the drive track is communicating to you by radio..

Hey the dogs are headed towards a heart. What the hell does that tell anyone?

Now the person in the truck is smart enough to push all the buttons to get to the GO PAGE that might define the HEART so the other hunters understand it and it goes like this. The dogs are going to "Browns Crossing". Now the guy in the truck tries to remember how to get back to the page tracking the dogs several minutes later. Neve mind. The dogs turned while I was trying to figure what the HEART was. They are now going the other way.

If there is any Garmin engineer that wants to go hunting and see just how stupid their ideas are. Let me know. If you can't do it right. Stop doing it.

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That is my biggest frustration with the Drivetrack. Attempting to relay where the dogs are going without having the aid of my saved waypoints. If Garmin could display the waypoints on the Drivetrack in the same manner as they do on the Alpha, it would make it a much better product in my opinion.

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So do you have to click on the heart to show saved areas every time or do you make that selection and they all the time. That is just how that tutorial made it look.

Can you save areas to the drivetrack like other gps and them show up on the dog tracking screen?

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