How does garmin basecamp work

You will need to select the map that provides the ATV or snowmobile trails. Next you will need to create a place within BaseCamp to store the routes. In the upper portion of the Library and Devices area is where you will find lists under My Collection. Enter the name of your new list. Make sure your new list is selected before creating a new route.

As Garmin continues to update the BaseCamp software, the way routes are created is being improved. There are actually three different ways to create a route for your trip. The Trip Planner tool is the first way. The Trip Planner tool is geared towards a very regimented multi-day trip but can be used nonetheless to plan your afternoon ATV or snowmobile trip as well.

The Trip Planner will search cities and our trail accessible points of interest but it does so based on the area of the map that is displayed, so it is important to have the GPS Trailmasters trail map zoomed out just beyond the total trip area. Make sure to uncheck the Round Trip attribute if your trip is one way. Click Continue and enter the Starting Location and the Destination.

The tool will automatically search the city and POI database when you start typing in the Start or Destination box. This can make it easier for you to enter your trip start and destination locations. After you have set the start and destination, click Start Trip. Your route will be automatically calculated using the Shortest Distance based on your routing preferences.

Click the Exit button at the very bottom of the panel or add additional days or points of interest along the planned route. The second method is the Route Tool and is my preferred method for "rough" planning because it is quick and easy. The cursor will change to the Route tool pencil. Move the cursor to your start position and left-click the mouse.

The shortest distance route will be calculated automatically. Terminate the route with a right-click of the mouse. I have not found ANY better tool for this purpose.

After loading up the adventure into my Garmin device I simply follow the route defined. I can select route avoidances, preferred travel means etc and it just gets on with it. I've used Basecamp for years. It's an essential tool if you need to manage thousands of waypoints and edit lots of tracks. Basecamp does this very well, and over the years there've been lots of improvements under the hood.

I was worried that Garmin weren't going to upgrade it to bit, so it was a really good news to find that the latest version was bit. So thank you Garmin, and in particular the Basecamp team, for continuing to support this software - and continuing to provide a Mac version. Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. The route appears as a colored line on the map. To unzip the file you just downloaded, right-click on it and choose Extract Here.

Our free BaseCamp software lets you plan outdoor activities, organise your data and share your adventures with others. Editing Route Points on the Map To select and add new points to a section of the route, select Insert. To select and drag a point to a new location, select Move Point.

To select and delete a point from the route, select Erase. To divide sections of the route into different routes, select Divide. The company also offers lifetime update subscriptions for some devices, so you can pay once and update whenever you need to.

It allows you to manage your data on practically all Garmin map products, but topographic maps are required for 3-D rendering. Support continues. Then again it will do a lot more as well. Courses created in the Garmin Connect Course Creation Tool can be sent to Garmin devices that have the course feature. Drag and drop the track from the Device menu to My Collections on the top of the left menu and then click on the track to view it on your computer screen.

A map of a trip you took with your GPS device appears on your computer screen, complete with a dialog box of altitudes and distances between every point you logged on your GPS device. Plan a new route. Click on "New" in the top toolbar and select "Route" from the drop-down options.

Make sure the map you want to use is displayed on the screen and simply click on the map to establish points on your Route. BaseCamp fills in the best route between the selected points and saves the route under My Collections.