BaseCamp 3.3.1 (New Features)

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BaseCamp 3.3.1 has been released, it is available for download at http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435. It should also be available via auto-update from an earlier version of BaseCamp.

This is a localized release, so it is available in 22 languages.

This is the first release that will feature an online help, that is why the download size of the installer is quite a bit smaller than it used to be.

Also new with this release is are some beginner videos that will explain some of BaseCamp's basic functionality. You can get to them from the new Welcome page from within BaseCamp, or by visiting http://www8.garmin.com/learningcenter/training/basecamp/#PC.

Changes from 3.2.2 to 3.3.1:

  • Added collapsible list folders and sub-lists for improved organization.
  • Added shaping point support for zumo devices like done in MapSource.
  • Added explicit support for shaping points. These will be transferred to supporting devices.
  • Added support for transfer of waypoint categories on supporting devices. These are displayed in BaseCamp as lists.
  • Added more activity profiles, with improved activity routing on supported maps.
  • Added specific avoidances for various road classes, removed the road selection slider.
  • Added custom activity profiles.
  • Added keyboard short-cuts for editing tools (divide, insert, erase).
  • Added a tools menu for easier discovery of tool keyboard shortcuts.
  • Changed to make GPX files on a memory card directly editable.
  • Changed to read all GPX files on a memory card, similar to how devices behave.
  • Improved graphing of track data.
  • Improved graphing when multiple routes or tracks are selected.
  • Improved layout of geotagged photo, waypoint, route, and track properties.
  • Added additional statistics to route and track properties.
  • Added 'Center on map' check-box on route and track dialogs.
  • Added an easier way to add waypoints to routes (Insert Waypoint button).
  • Added additional data fields to waypoints (such as address and phone number).
  • Added display and updating of date last modified for waypoints.
  • Added display of lists that contain this data item to properties.
  • Added receiving geocache visits from devices.
  • Added logging geocache visits on OpenCaching.com.
  • Added printing of geocaches.
  • Added alternate notification mechanism (less annoying pop-ups).
  • Added display settings to adjust width of routes and tracks.
  • Added support for importing waypoints and tracks from KML/KMZ files.
  • Added suggested file name when exporting (so it isn't always 'untitled').
  • Added more map details for higher detail setting.
  • Added data filters to map view.
  • Added preserving the dialog size for each data type.
  • Added option to reset track's altitude to map data.
  • Added functionality to remember display feature settings per profile.
  • Changed 'Remove List and Contents' to 'Remove list and unique contents'.
  • Added Shift-Delete short-cut for 'Remove list and unique contents'.
  • Added a confirmation dialog for 'Remove list and unique contents'.
  • Added hiding of Activity profiles.
  • Added creating OpenCaches from waypoints.
  • Added calculating ascent and descent for direct routes.
  • Added indication of data filter visibility state on the data list.
  • Added recalculation of more than 1 route at a time.
  • Improved printing of routes and tracks.
  • Change to prevent property dialogs becoming lost off screen after screen resolution changes.
  • Fixed issues with sending routes to the zumo.
  • Update waypoint references to new map data when recalculating routes.
  • Fixed any profiles from BaseCamp 3.2 that have invalid routing preferences (ie invalid vehicle types and incorrect avoidances).
  • Fixed issue writing out altitude when exporting to the GDB file format.
  • Fixed track filtering 'automatic mode' for tracks with no time information.
  • Fixed elevation profile labels for Windows XP (no longer invisible).
  • Fixed issue when duplicating a route. BaseCamp will now also duplicate the waypoints in that route.
  • Overlay Maps

    Are there plans to allow BaseCamp to take advantage of overlay maps? I'd like to overlay a transparent 'trails' map over the topo map in BaseCamp, just like the handheld unit does.
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    There are no plans to do this for 4.0, but it's definitely something we'd like to implement at some point.
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    anyone tried running latest BC on the new Win 8 preview release? Any issues?
  • I'm using Winodws 8 Release Preview with BaseCamp installed. I have not yet discovered any issues.
    You'll have to install .Net framework 3.5 first. The install will walk you thru that.
  • Overlay Maps in BaseCamp do work

    JCrookshank and Falagar,

    Assuming we are talking about the same subject. I am using version 3.3.3 of BaseCamp. I have created several overlay maps using the GoogleEarth technique. I can then import the KMZ format file into Basecamp and it is overlayed ontop of the currently displayed map.

    I set the Overlay level to more than 50 (as shown in previous instructions for Custom Maps).

    I have attached a screen print showing an overlay of a UK Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale map copied from www, streetmap.co.uk.

    I screen printed the map from StreetMap and overlayed it on GoogleEarth then saved it as a KMZ file and imported it into BaseCamp.

    I have also imported aerial views from GoogleEarth and overlayed these on to the Garmin maps. For one trip, I overlayed an aerial view on to a 1:2500 map overlayed on to a 1:25000 map overlayed on to the Garmin 1:50000 scale UK OS Map.

    Regards

    Roy
  • Multiple Overlay of Custom Maps in BaseCamp

    Falagar and JCrookshank,

    And just to prove that it works, here is a screen print showing overlays on overlays.

    Roy
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    Route Dialog Print?

    The new track dialog



    We improved the display of the statistics, and added more statistics (like time moving). The statistics will now be displayed in neat boxes at the top, not cramped into the bottom like before.

    We also added a 'Center on map' check-box. If you have that box checked, BaseCamp will follow your track point selection on the map. This is another feature that MapSource had which we are porting over to BaseCamp.



    The notes/comments and the links appear in a new tab, which is also where you can add file and web links. Added new links is also more straight-forward, no double-clicking necessary, we added simple buttons.

    The new route dialog



    The new route dialog offers a lot more information once you have the 'More info' box checked. We broke out the via-point list and directions lists into two tabs, added columns and statistics. You also have the 'Center on Map' check-box just like on the track page.

    Adding waypoints to a route was cumbersome. We added a + button that allows you to select waypoints from a list to conveniently insert waypoints into your route.

    We also added buttons to expose functionality that was hidden behind context menus before (Invert, Create Track from Route, Print).


    I want to print the map and Route Dialog (Properties) only and NOT the route directions. Is this possible, can anybody help please?
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    Falagar and JCrookshank,

    And just to prove that it works, here is a screen print showing overlays on overlays.

    Roy


    Garmin Custom Maps (kml) work, yes.

    The feature some users would like to see is to display an entirely different map (like the one you select in the map selection dropdown box) on top of another like the devices do.

    On the device, you can have CN NA NT installed, then download a transparent trail map and display it on top of CN NA NT. In BaseCamp that is not currently possible, and you have to use Garmin Custom Maps (kml).
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    I want to print the map and Route Dialog (Properties) only and NOT the route directions. Is this possible, can anybody help please?


    Did you go to "Page setup" in the print dialog?

    You can select/unselect to print route stats, graph and direction along with the map.
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    Did you go to "Page setup" in the print dialog?

    You can select/unselect to print route stats, graph and direction along with the map.


    Yes I did but I want to print the map + the info in the properties box only.(Distance & Time to each Waypoint) The stats options only prints a summary (total dist and total time)?