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BaseCamp 4.0.1 is available

Former Member
Former Member over 12 years ago
Download directly at http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435 or use BaseCamp's update functionality.

Garmin Adventures have arrived. Learn more about them in this forum post or on the official Garmin Adventures Web Site.

Read what's new in BaseCamp 4.0. I updated that post for the 4.0.1 release, now with information about Basestation mode for Astros, Alphas and Rinos and some more fixes and improvements.

The detailed change list:

Added Garmin Adventures, including; authoring, publishing, online search, downloading, playback, and transfer to supporting devices.
Added arrival, departure, and layover times for route via-points.
Added a context menu on the map for the hand and selection tools.
Added support for waypoint creation date, which will not be changed when updating the waypoint.
Added a list in the waypoint properties dialog to display which routes a waypoint is used in.
Added ability to collapse folder groups (like 'My Collection' or 'Devices').
Added support for temperature and pressure in track statistics and graphs.
Added support to delete waypoints that are included in a route.
Added Basestation mode for compatible Astro, Rhino, and Alpha devices.
Added more columns to the data view for Waypoints, Garmin Custom Maps, GeoCaches and Photos.
Added support to enter position using alternate grid/datum on the "Recenter Map To" dialog.
Added option to save original track when filtering it.
Added display of the "placed on" date for GeoCaches.
Added intersection search when using the "and" or "&" keywords.
Added ability to bulk-edit more fields for waypoints.
Added ability to create waypoint from find results on the map.
Added ability to transfer subscription-based BirdsEye imagery that contain failed downloads.
Added ability to toggle the visibility of all toolbars.
Added display of postal code in address search results.
Added a read-only 'Unlisted Data' list that contains all items that are in no other lists.
Added ability to create a route from a named trail.
Added ability to import into folders and lists (and not always import into My Collection).
Added header for the folder data list.
Added ability to duplicate geotagged photos.
Added link the BaseCamp license agreement in help menu.
Added ability to undo/redo on supported devices.
Added ability to drag and drop folders from the file system to BaseCamp (when supported data is present).
Added ability to accept Google Maps coordinate format when centering map at position.
Added new dog icons.
Added waypoint creation date to the waypoint properties dialog.
Added option to encourage the user to recalculate a route when the map that the route was created with isn't found on the device.
Added prompt when duplicating a route if BaseCamp should also duplicate the waypoints used in the route.
Added zooming via Alt/+ Alt/- keys. This is a coarse zoom which zooms in or out a number of zoom levels.
Added toolbar and menu for simpler device transfer options.
Improved display when many photos are at the same spot on the map.
Improved XML processing (so it should now be possible to import and export larger gpx files than previously).
Improved the measurement tool's display of measurement information.
Improved behavior when importing data into an already selected list or folder.
Improved behavior when double-clicking on a list. BaseCamp will now zoom to the data contained in that list.
Improved default file name for backup. The default name now contains the current date.
Improved the validation of map coordinates in the Recenter dialog.
Changed the simple route dialog to transition into the route properties so the route can be edited further.
Changed icon for gas stations with convenience stores to be the gas station icon, not the shopping cart.
Clarified the find options (Center of view, Center of selected items). Added hint text to make usage more clear.
Cleaned up toolbar, hide tools that are used less often by default, always show waypoint, route & track tools.
Cleaned up route options, made it easier to create custom route settings.
Fixed the long find toolbar initialization delay after starting BaseCamp or switching to a new map.
Fixed an issue where a device's SD card would not always be recognized by BaseCamp.
Fixed numerous issues with finding addresses.
Fixed an issue where the toolbar would not display the same way after restarting BaseCamp.
Fixed an issue where the find toolbar would always be displayed after restarting BaseCamp, even though the user chose to hide it.
Fixed area calculation for tracks.
Fixed an issue where you could not rename an item from lower case to upper case (like renaming "washington" to "Washington").
Fixed issue where the Geocache symbol was not consistent with found status when importing or adding a geocache.
Fixed an issue where the preferences dialog would not remember the last sub-selection.
Fixed an issue with remembering the data filters when switching between app modes.
Fixed an issue where turning off the display of points would leave a lot of "shopping cart" POIs on the map for certain map products.
Fixed an issue where the selection was lost when left-clicking on the map with the hand tool.
Fixed issues with route/track creation and joining.
Fixed issues with deleting data on devices.
Fixed issues with creating routes from tracks.
Fixed issue when BirsdEye selection box was dragged too far North.
Fixed issue with displaying custom maps on devices.
Fixed various issues with the route properties dialog.
  • 0 over 12 years ago
    My apologies, we didn't want to delay the release. We have it fixed, this should work correctly in 4.0.2.


    Great.

    Could you also please look at getting us back the way 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 operated with regards to categories/lists. Backing up and editing favorites was very easy, in that the nuvi categories were retained when imported into BC (nuvi categories showing as BC lists), and then having edited them they could be sent back, with the BC lists appearing as categories on the nuvi.

    With 4.0.1 we now have the daft situation that we can send BC lists to the nuvi and they will appear as favorite categories, but if you try to copy favorites from the nuvi into BC the categories are lost and favorites just appear in one long list. This makes it unworkable for those of us that have many favorites split into numerous categories.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    My apologies, we didn't want to delay the release. We have it fixed, this should work correctly in 4.0.2.
    When can we expect 4.0.2?

    Also - is there a plan to include BaseCamp remembering the user's choices in printing "Page Setup"? That would be extremely useful.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    Great.

    Could you also please look at getting us back the way 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 operated with regards to categories/lists. Backing up and editing favorites was very easy, in that the nuvi categories were retained when imported into BC (nuvi categories showing as BC lists), and then having edited them they could be sent back, with the BC lists appearing as categories on the nuvi.

    With 4.0.1 we now have the daft situation that we can send BC lists to the nuvi and they will appear as favorite categories, but if you try to copy favorites from the nuvi into BC the categories are lost and favorites just appear in one long list. This makes it unworkable for those of us that have many favorites split into numerous categories.


    This will not happen for 4.0.2. I understand that this is not desirable behavior and would love to change it, but there were some technical difficulties. Hopefully we can figure out a solution for a later release.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    When can we expect 4.0.2?

    Also - is there a plan to include BaseCamp remembering the user's choices in printing "Page Setup"? That would be extremely useful.


    It's company policy not to release dates. But for a feature release (4.0.1) the first maintenance release (4.0.2) usually doesn't take that long.

    And there are definitely plans to remember user choices from the printing setup dialog. But that will be part of a future feature release.

    You can tell a version is a feature release if one of the first two version numbers changed. So 3.3.1, 4.0.1, 4.1.x, ... etc. are feature releases and contain new features, some significant re-work and fixes. For maintenance releases, only the third number changes. So 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 were maintenance releases. 4.0.2 will be the first maintenance release for 4.0. Maintenance releases usually don't contain new features, they just address bugs and provide small improvements.

    I just thought I try to clarify that in case someone wondered about the difference of feature vs. maintenance releases.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    Original question "Help, I am having trouble using birdseye imagery while in basestation mode. "

    You will have to connect your device in Mass Storage mode, not in Basestation mode if you want to send Birdseye imagery.


    I am trying to use basestation to do live tracking visible on an aerial image as provided by birdseye. I have not been able to get the accomplish this as yet.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    I am trying to use basestation to do live tracking visible on an aerial image as provided by birdseye. I have not been able to get the accomplish this as yet.


    I see what you are trying to do... And I am afraid that to my knowledge that is not currently possible. We just never planned for that (perfectly valid) use case. I'll investigate if there is a way to make this happen.

    I apologize for the inconvenience.
  • 0 over 12 years ago
    Searching for Garmin adventure or geocaching. I get a message that an active internet connection is required and am told to check the connection and try again. Well, I am actually online right now and submitting this comment on BC 4.01.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    When I opened BaseCamp today, the software said I had to update to 4.0.1.0. I select Apply Now and the update begins. When I close BaseCamp and reopen, it wants to Apply the update again. This has happened multiple times
    Any ideas what's going on?
  • 0 over 12 years ago
    When I opened BaseCamp today, the software said I had to update to 4.0.1.0. I select Apply Now and the update begins. When I close BaseCamp and reopen, it wants to Apply the update again. This has happened multiple times
    Any ideas what's going on?


    Have you installed the beta and the normal basecamp,..?
    and have you two shortcuts, then use the one or the normal and not the beta
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    Yep, that was the problem
    Thanks very much