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Things that I cannot accomplish in Mac BaseCamp

We are very interested in learning about tasks that people are trying to accomplish in BaseCamp, but are unable to.

As most people know, Garmin originally had a very technical application for Windows called MapSource. This application was full-featured, but very challenging to use for many users. For a long time, we wanted to create an application that was easy to use by all of our customers.

When we started designing our route planning application for the Mac, we wanted to start with a good looking, intuitive user interface that all customers could pick up and understand. This includes the soccer mom that is planning her car pool route to the hard core bicyclist that is creating a trail map. As with all re-architecture efforts, every feature from MapSource did not port right over in the first versions of BaseCamp.

So we are asking people to tell us what they are trying to accomplish with BaseCamp and are unable to.

0 azdrmn over 11 years ago

Thanks for your input guys.....

So it's a device issue and not BaseCamp. SURE WISH BaseCamp would NOT make it appear as if it IS deleting data off the device, because it really looks like is doing what the user is requesting (only to be frustrated over and over upon disconnect.) And again... BaseCamp WILL ADD any waypoint to my various connected Nuvi's. It will move waypoints from My Collection to the device, and from device to My Collection. So WHY would it not delete a waypoint from a device if that's what I select? Remember, the option and steps to do just that are all there(!) ie, "Are you sure you want to delete the selected data from device?"
Arrrrgh.
But thanks.

Sorry for the confusion. Mac BaseCamp 4.3 will only allow you to delete data from your Nuvi which can actually be deleted, namely data that was added this session.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

You never stopped at Petrol/Gas stations and "asked for directions"? :confused:

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

Never ... :D

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Mac BaseCamp 4.3 will only allow you to delete data from your Nuvi which can actually be deleted, namely data that was added this session.

I'd call that "undo" rather than delete :)

0 azdrmn over 11 years ago

I'd call that "undo" rather than delete :)

OK. Turns out undo works too, but only in reverse order you did them of course.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Sorry for the confusion. Mac BaseCamp 4.3 will only allow you to delete data from your Nuvi which can actually be deleted, namely data that was added this session.

Sounds like this is my major issue, too. Can't delete select POIs or Favorites on my computer. I have a Nuvi 2597LMT, and just purchased an Oregon 600 which I'm now extremely hesitant to use since this experience of mass deletion of favorites is a failure on my Nuvi.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

I can't share a Trip Planner "trip" between Trip Planners.

To clarify, I want to be able to share a Trip Planner "session" between BaseCamp Trip Planners. Currently, if I Export the Trip to GPX, I loose Trip Planner affinity and my colleagues who are working on a Trip with me cannot use the Trip Planner to further plan the trip.

The current work around is to have a Database with only the Trip in it that we are working on--this is rather limiting since we are using prior data in creating these Trips.

0 tonyjuliano over 11 years ago

BaseCamp can not be used to create routes for use on a Montana

Ummm... How is this a true statement?

0 SUSSAMB over 11 years ago

I wonder if this is a device issue rather than a Basecamp one? Routes sent to my Etrex 20 work perfectly OK, although I use the Windows version of Basecamp. So it could be a BC mac issue or a device issue :confused:

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

This is a Montana issue and not a BaseCamp issue. Take your complaint to the Montana Team.