More like Microsoft Maps

Former Member over 9 years ago

I would like to use Basecamp to plan car trips, but it only allows a start point and destination point. If Basecamp would give you a few optopns as Microsoft maps does, fine. If not that, then why not make it like the old Street and Trips where one could add more places between the start and destination?

As basecamp is now, it is of no use to me and once again will be deleted from all my computers.

When Garmin decide to be more customer centered with basecamp, let me know.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Well, if you have decided to hate it without understanding in the slightest how it works, you may be waiting a long time.
BC allows you to put in as many route points as you wish. Perhaps a bit more reading would help: http://www.newenglandriders.org/Learn_BaseCamp_PC.pdf

0 rkruz2 over 9 years ago

Basecamp is is incredibly flexible to adjust routes. There are several techniques. Here is one.....

The easiest for simple route manipulation is to first create a route start to stop and let BC determine the path based on how your setup your preferences (fastest, shortest etc.)
Then select the "hand" icon, place the hand over the route and hold down the mouse key to drag the route or "rubber band it" to your desired path.
Once you let go of the mouse key, the new path will be calculated based again on your preference but now forced through the Via point you inserted with the mouse.
Basecamp can come up with some squirely routes so once you try something and dont like it use the "undo" or reverse arrow icon to start again. Some trial and error will get you up the learning curve.
This approach allows your to see how the route will change as you drag the via point on the map before you place the via point.
Repeat the mouse drag technique to add additional via points until you are satisfied with the route.

The routes I create are generally very complex following twisting unpaved roads and the the rubber band method described above does not seem to work well. However, I have found another technique that works very well where I might generally have 25-50 via points in a 300 mile route to force BC to take all the backroads. If interested I can work up that step by step when I can get in front of Basecamp.

0 dandemandan over 9 years ago

Blue Highway trips planned in BaseCamp, some over 8000+ miles, countless waypoints

ditto... Also do very complex twisting routes including off roading.. Have planned and driven extensive cross country trips on blue highways, some trips being 8000+ miles first using MapSource and now BaseCamp.. BaseCamp routes for these trips have countless waypoints and shaping points to have the route follow Blue highways e.g. sections of route 66, Lincoln Highway, Nevada route 50, California 101, Colorado US 550 (million dollar highway, Durango, Silverton mining trails, forest roads and other historic highways..

OP needs to take the time to learn BaseCamp functionality.. BaseCamp is very impressive routing and trip planning tool...