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Updates from me and in the interest of constructive feed back
Bearing in mind previous OPOs', here are some of my observations which may or may not be taken on board in the interest of accuracy in the next updates of the TMT. Some may find them useful, others not- take your pick!

ER606 Shepherds Jct No Elevation data (NED)
H Beni Tadgite to Boudnib the track has been inverted in V2.35 and currently runs South to North
K Elevation data erroneous
M NED
P NED
Q NED
R + S + U Elevation data erroneous
V NED
W + X Elevation data erroneous

on a side note
Under 'INFO' it is stated what Garmin symbols/icons cannot have multiple colours which is incorrect. Garmin has the facility, on many of its more recent units, to have CUSTOM SYMBOLS which I find particularly useful as a 'picture speaks a thousand words'
The Garmin help page on these is here
Custom Waypoint Symbols, on Windows PCs' are stored here:
C:\Users\{your name}\Documents\My Garmin\Custom Waypoint Symbols

Here are mine- they are the same in BC as in my satnavs
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I am fascinated by your obsession with elevation data. Are you flying the route?
I don't see this as constructive criticism, sorry.
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@mossproof :
No need to be sorry. There is no criticism on my part, just observations on information provided and my take on things which we are all entitled to have.

Edwardbgill (in post 9) said he welcomed feedback- and that is mine.

It is stated that the TMT has had 200,000 views- fabulous! Now if only a handful of those viewers actually rode/drove the TMT and provided their data back to Ed & Chris, it is only reasonable to expect that the quality of the data should increase on each and every new version. My view- to date- is that it still needs a lot of work to update the veracity of the information provided and there is nothing wrong with that either.

I would expect the creators to accept contributions and observations in the positive spirit they are offered to improve on their idea making it better and better- unless, of course, that this is not the primary objective.
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To add value- a few more suggestions for Ed and Chris
@mossproof – as I forgot to reply to your ‘are you flying the route’ mention, having both the elevation and time data enables one to have a better perspective on terrain and possible difficulties. The lower the leg speeds would usually indicate a higher likelihood of greater terrain difficulties. Combine this with elevation data and you get a better ‘picture’. See previous screenshots I have posted in this thread (#1)

Another suggestion relating to waypoint alarms.
I noticed these were all set at 100 meters irrespective of the type of waypoints- at 30 km/hr that gives you some 12 seconds to look at/hear the alarm before being on top of it. My take, for trails, is that it would be more leisure-full to have these set at somewhere between 250 to 500meters.

For fuel stations and accommodation
I would set these at 20kms

For water/wells- 3kms

Depending on the remoteness of the environments I ride/drive, I adapt these alarms to suit my needs and my way of travelling. My take is that, once you’ve set your alarms to what you would prefer, the sat nav then informs you automatically.

I hope that's helpful.
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