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Basecamp Windows BaseCamp 4.3.0.2 BETA is Now Available

BaseCamp 4.3.0.2 BETA is Now Available

Former Member over 11 years ago

BaseCamp 4.3.0.2 BETA is now available and can be downloaded here:

http://developer.garmin.com/apps/BC/BaseCampBeta_4.3.0.2.exe.zip

You will need to unzip the file before installing.

This release does not support XP.

You do not have to uninstall BaseCamp 4.2.5 and it will not overwrite that installation. The BETA and an official release of BaseCamp will live side-by-side but must be used separately. However the 4.3.0.1 BETA will be replaced.

Below is a list of changes. This is only a BETA release.

Added “Find Intersection” to the Find menu
Added parsing of the primary find text into address search fields
Improved ordering of auto-complete results
Improved street auto-complete results when searching for streets with prefixes and suffixes
Improved some usability issues with address and intersection searching
Improved recovery from corrupted cache information from device maps

Post here if you have questions.

The BETA is currently only for English users.

Before using this release, back up your data.

Please post any bugs you may find here. This release is to assist us in testing with a wider user base and wider set of devices. Bugs may be present, and any feedback is welcomed.

NOTE: We are aware of several issues with address searching on devices. We ask our users to please test this very well and let us know of the issues you find. Some of them will be duplicates of issues we have already found, but the advanced address search is new for this release and we need a good test bed to be sure that the feature is working correctly when we do the full release.

Again, thank you for all who participate.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

A couple of points please.

1. What is the Optimize button meant to do please?
I created a route around Scotland and thought I would try the optimize button. The results were:
Before Optimization: 1991 miles and 40 hrs 34 mins
After Optimization: 2413 miles and 48 hrs 16 mins
Similar figures obtained from other routes.
Hard to see what is Optimized so an explanation would be welcome please.

2. Routing seems very odd when some "Route Options" are set - particularly avoidances.
Same Scotland trip (from Birmingham UK) sends me across to Ireland and back (twice) on ferries if I set Interstate to Avoid and Ferries to not Avoid. The difference between setting ferries to avoid or not is:
2129 miles and 45 hrs 46 mins (Interstate - Avoid, Ferries - Avoid)
2680 miles and 104 hrs 19 mins (only changing Ferries to Not Avoid)
I can't think of a reason why my trip should be 500 miles longer and take over twice as long simply because I am happy to take a ferry, if that is quicker.
All trips were set to "Faster Time". Bizarrely, setting it to "Curvy Roads" was shorter and quicker than "Faster Time". I don't understand.
(Note: The reason for changing the ferries setting was that there are many ferries in Scotland that save loads of miles/time. But I don't want to go to Ireland twice when going on a trip to Scotland - fabulous place that Ireland is.)

Happy to send routes to Garmin privately if required.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Send your routes to [email][email protected][/email] It will create a case and we I will be able to see what is going on. It may be explained away or it may be an issue.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

A few more bugs - I think.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Comments by issue number in your PDF:

1. I thought we fixed that. Grrr. I'll open a case.
2. Already been reported.
3, 4. Same issue. Already reported.

Thanks for the feedback.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Are you sure 3 and 4 are the same issue? 3 is about the route going "off-road" and 4 is about not being able to edit Departure times for points that become the destination.

Is there a list somewhere of reported bugs? I don't want to waste everyone's time reporting things you already know about.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

I am sorry. I misread your PDF. And the order of the pictures appeared to indicate that they were the same issue. I will open a case for this too. And, no there is no list, and you're not wasting my time at all! We would rather the testing be organic. If you know of an issue you'll likely stay away from the feature set in that area (maybe not you, but people in general). The more natural playing with this release feels, the better testing results we get. I was just letting you know that we are on top of some things :)

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

And actually, can you send me routes to [email][email protected][/email]? It would be easier to recreate your issue if I can see what it is you have in terms of data.

0 BigLew55 over 11 years ago

A possible small bug:

Dividing a route causes the waypoint at the divide to be duplicated. Let me know if you need more detail.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Not a bug. By design. This is so that the two waypoints can exist independently such that you can now alter the position of one or the other without affecting the other route.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

And actually, can you send me routes to [email][email protected][/email]? It would be easier to recreate your issue if I can see what it is you have in terms of data.

I did send the Scotland route to win.basecamp. Did you get it and did it make sense?

I will send the one that the other bugs can be seen in.

Do you want anything else from me?