Route Query

[routeconverter]

Could someone explain why viewing waypoints as a Route ignores the set waypoints and instead follows the closest road? For example, when I create a series of waypoints, I can view them as a Track correctly (the blue path line goes from waypoint to waypoint ala dot to dot) but when I view it as a Route, the blue path line follows the closest path from start to end waypoint.

It seems like you have a lot of waypoints. Then two effects occur:

• RouteConverter reduces the number of waypoints given to the Google Maps servers to avoid a crash of the embedded map
  
• the routing algorithm on the Google servers routes over its own street map - for waypoints distant to routes this often results in strange results. And this may be completely different if you do the routing on your device.
  

So to sum up: Don't take the routing too seriously and always double check that the exported route does on your device what you'd expect.

I want to export my 'path' to my GPS as a Route that follows each point in exactly the same way as a Track works, but I don't want to export it as a Track.

I guess you're exporting to GPX? Then select the type 'Route' and save the file while simply ignoring the display on the map on the left.