Comments on: Garmin BaseCamp Released

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:21:35 +0000

Thanks, Thomas. It also seems to run quite a bit faster than the version I tested. Still not very compelling for use with the Topo 2008, but might make more sense with the 1:24K mapsets.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:47:14 +0000

BaseCamp software version 2.0.6 released.

Change History
Changes made from version 2.0.5 to 2.0.6:

* Added a worldwide base map for use with BaseCamp.
* Automatically named routes will now be named correctly when created in a folder.
* Improvements to undo and redo functionality.
* Better handling of tracks that only contain 1 point.
* Find now works if the location is set to ‘Center of Screen’.
* Improved print preview functionality on smaller screens.
* Grid lines print correctly.

Download here:
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435

By: Igor Brejc

Igor Brejc — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:38:19 +0000

Leszek,

While we’re on the subject:
I mentioned a while back I was developing a free software for generating Garmin maps from OpenStreetMap data. Well, the software (called GroundTruth) has been released a few months ago. Yesterday I released a new version which can also generate relief contours from SRTM data. Here are some links:
- http://igorbrejc.net/openstreetmap/groundtruth-v13
- http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GroundTruth
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/28786233@N03/tags/groundtruth/

BTW: I haven’t updated all of the docs with new features, it will take a day or two to do so.

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:45:57 +0000

Yes, BaseCamp is pretty sad. It did take Garmin years to produce a version of MapSource that was useable.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:45:26 +0000

This software is a joke. It must be a beta version of some early kind.