BaseCamp 3.2.0.2 beta is available

But what have you done with the F11 function? Now you only gain the upper part of the screen?

And yet again a request to be able to enable to switch on / off various individual lists in my collection. My Geocaches, tracks, waypoints and routes all fall on top of one another. Sometimes I want Birdseye to show, sometimes not. This would help greatly in uncluttering the screen.

I am not sure I follow you here regarding the F11 function. What are you missing? It shows the map, my collection and the data for me.

While we have no immediate plans to allow for switching on/off certain pieces of data, we have gotten that request quite a few times. So we might consider this again for a future release.

I posted a list of suggestions at the end of the previous Beta thread. Can you acknowledge that you are reviewing them? I'm worried that MapSource development has ceased and BaseCamp currently does not meet the needs of motorcycle routing. It has no way to set via points on intersections (Map Intersection type in MapSource) so that the Zumo can have unannounced, unflagged via shaping points. It does not show POIs under the hovering mouse to select an intersection. It does not route the same as the GPS, no matter what the preference slider setting.

We read all forum posts, and are certainly reviewing everything. We do not always manage to respond to each and everyone however.

Would you mind elaborating on map intersection types. Can you provide a workflow in MapSource and how you cannot accomplish this in BaseCamp?

Can you also provide an example for a route that isn't calculated like you expect? Please include which map you are using.

Why are the Data Filter items grayed out when the list is in the left column? Is this intentional in the beta? I would like to display for example only tracks. I could do that with the previous rev.

Also, I would like to be able to display more than one map at a time. This could get me trails and topo info at the same time. My Oregon can do this.

Also, I still cannot easily tell what items are in my collection and what are in sub-folders. I try to keep my hike tracks in one folder and bike rides in another. Then I export them for use in other software. I have no easy way to tell if a track is in my collection or in the hike folder unless there is a small number of them and I can check each one.

Data filtering is only possible in the data view. No filters are supposed to be visible in the map view. Could you provide a screen shot of the grayed out filters?

This change was made to make the map view a little less cluttered and less confusing for beginners while still providing power users with lots of options in the data view.

Displaying more than one map is also on our list. As usual, we are not sure if and when we get around to it. Definitely will not make it into 3.2.

We are working on making data organization more powerful (like making it easier to see which list an item is in or which items are "orphaned"). Again, won't be in 3.2, but is on our list of things that we would like to do.

Overall quite OK so far, but my flight tracks are fixed on ground elevation in 3D view? (Or am I missing something?) Also, kindly consider to show two elevation profiles, the 'track over ground' profile when a DEM is available, as well as a separate track showing the 'actual elevation profile’.
Thank you
Pieter

I am afraid the aviation folks kind have gotten the short end of the stick in BaseCamp so far.

It's not that we don't want to do what you ask for (it would be a very cool feature, no doubt!). We do have a case for better profiles that make more sense for aviation. Right now it's just not a high priority item.

I am not sure I follow you here regarding the F11 function. What are you missing? It shows the map, my collection and the data for me.

While we have no immediate plans to allow for switching on/off certain pieces of data, we have gotten that request quite a few times. So we might consider this again for a future release.

In the last full release hittting F11 had the map displaying on the full screen - all of the top menus, Library and Properties were hidden. Now only the top menu dissapears and the Library is still there. So you now only gain the top part of your monitor for the map display.

And thanks for taking a look at making it easier to see which list an item is in so that we can see "orphaned" data. That would be really useful, glad to see it made your list of things to do :-)

In the last full release hittting F11 had the map displaying on the full screen - all of the top menus, Library and Properties were hidden. Now only the top menu dissapears and the Library is still there. So you now only gain the top part of your monitor for the map display.

This change was intentional. We feel it makes the full screen mode a lot more usable. It allows you to do almost anything you can do out of full-screen mode (if you remember of few key short-cuts) while gaining more space by hiding the title bar.

You can re-size the library to make it very small.

Something else to request - would it be at all possible to import data (.gpx, .gdb etc) into an existing list in My Collection? Currently when you import data a new list is created which is not always desirable. I guess what would work would be an"Import" option when you right click on a List in My Collection.

I missed that one before. We do have a case for this as well. Won't make it into 3.2, but maybe into a later release. No promises, as usual.

Thanks Falgar

Yours and the other developers participation is much appreciated.