I fixed my own problem of errors when parsing route files. I open the .xml file in Notes and then save it. This removes/changes the characters which prevent correct loading of the file. The announcements will probably use the modified text but at least I can load the route.

Now that I have a route opened, I want to download the maps along the route using the relevant entry in the menu but it takes far too long. I think this is because I used an angle of 0.000000 when generating a nice smooth route and I suspect that a map is downloaded for each neighbouring location, ie. each jpg is downloaded several times. Is there any way around this, or will gnuite change this in a future version?