How I'm using BC

Former Member over 14 years ago

Ok, after working with BC for a few weeks here is what I've settled on.

There is no way I'll ever keep all my routes in BC, I've got over 300 routes I've created in MS and "saved" to think I will accumulate that may "list" in BC and have to load them each time I start BC is absurd.

What I have now, I have a backup file (BaseCamp.backup) with nothing but my home waypoint in a list called "home", if I want to start from scratch and don't need any POIs. I also have a back file (BaseCamp with POIs.backup) with all my favorite POI lists for when I'm taking a longer trip and want look at POIs along the way. I user "restore" and select the backup of choice. Now a create a "list" with my routes for the trip and "export" (Save) the list to a .gpx file.

Its not a perfect world but it works and I don't wind up with growing list that if I delete one that includes a waypoint from another list it DELETES THE WAYPOINT completely.

0 Former Member over 14 years ago

CustomPOI.backup, Favorites.backup, AllRoutes.backup

These three backups are what I'm currently using in BC. Easy to restore to any one of those slates.

CustomPOI.backup contains all my Custom POI files. I'll still make my routes in MS, as shaping points aren't working right in BC and are too much fiddling without a good hover text over an intersection. I import my routes into a list named for the gdb filename, then display the routes at the My Collection level. I can see all my Custom POIs around my route, select and copy them from BC back to MS and add them to my MS routes.

Favorites.backup contains just my GPS Favorites. It's basically an empty slate for new route planning.

AllRoutes.backup is a toy that shows me all the rides I've done in the past 9 years. I can see areas I've not been in the lower 48 and see if there's anything there I'd want to see.