BaseCamp 4.5.0 Is Now Available

Former Member over 9 years ago

BaseCamp is 4.5.0 now available and can be downloaded here:

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435

Installation of this version will overwrite your previous BaseCamp installation.

Added user preference to configure mouse hover tool tips
Added selection of map product and search to the Create Route dialog
Added menu item to launch the Create Route dialog
Added hotkey (Ctrl) to draw direct route segments while routing
Added postal code searches for supported map products
Added ability to add and edit certain data directly on PND devices (data that has not yet been read by the device)
Added ability to manage waypoints on the fenix 3, including delete (requires firmware version 4.21 or greater).
Added icons for VIRB action camera and wearable devices
Made it easier to see and access BirdsEye help
Improved first time speed of quick search and address search
Improved street matching in address search
Improved handling for Google Earth's discontinued support
Updated Garmin Express instructions
Fixed routes sent to nuvis and zumos not displaying Junction View
Fixed reading track time from VIRB X action cameras
Fixed issue where route information was not showing in map tool tips
Fixed issue where memory cards would not display for some devices
Fixed issues with Garmin Custom Maps
Fixed issues exporting KML files
Fixed crash exporting trips
Fixed crashes opening trips
Fixed crash when disconnecting Base Station devices
Fixed crash after opening GPX files with far future timestamps
Improved error handling with some devices
Fixed various bugs
Added support for new TDB flags from cartography (no files are in the field yet)
Includes brute force street name searching

Post here if you have questions.

The non-English language version of the software will be available through the in-application software update check shortly.

Please post any bugs you may find here.

Thank you all in advance for any feedback you may have.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

The waypoint management features for the Fenix 3 will work once firmware 4.21 has been released. I am not sure what the time table is for the release, but my understanding is that the new firmware should be available soon.

Thanks for the clarification.

0 POPEJ. over 9 years ago

All My OSM Generic Maps will not load anymore.

I get the error: "An Error Occured when attempting to use OSM Generic Routable (....) map product"

Edit: All these Maps are loaded onto a USB Drive.

I have observed the same problem. Solution was to clean BaseCamp cached data from user directory. I'm not sure which particular data, since I have deleted all.

This doesn't help for maps on virtual drive created by ImDisk. BaseCamp sees the map, reads it at start, but gives error popup, when attempting to use map.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

I have BC 4.4.7 running fine. I tried to upgrade from BC 4.4.7 to 4.5.0 yesterday. I am running Windows 10 Home. It appears that 4.5.0 now has a requirement for Windows Media Player >= version 11, however W10Home doesn't support WMP. BC during the install detects the lack of WMP & opens a Microsoft WMP web page (current version is 12) however this is pointless (as I've just explained). I downloaded & tried installing WMP11 but this also failed. Any workarounds or plans?

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Yes, but back up your data first and you may need to make sure your older Basecamp is looking at the correct database. Alternatively if you've done a back up via Basecamp you should be able to do a 'restore'.

Worked as a Charm, first did a backup (didn't do that in the "old" version, but will do from now on when a new version is available ;) ) then exported "My Collection". Uninstalled 4.5.0 and installed 4.4.7 and everything works fine (and more importantly no problem reading my Maps ;) ) everything is still there so no restore necessary, however YMMV ;)

0 C14_Rider over 9 years ago

I have BC 4.4.7 running fine. I tried to upgrade from BC 4.4.7 to 4.5.0 yesterday. I am running Windows 10 Home. It appears that 4.5.0 now has a requirement for Windows Media Player >= version 11, however W10Home doesn't support WMP. BC during the install detects the lack of WMP & opens a Microsoft WMP web page (current version is 12) however this is pointless (as I've just explained). I downloaded & tried installing WMP11 but this also failed. Any workarounds or plans?

A quick search for "windows media player" shows a couple of threads that address this, from versions before 4.5. One: https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?204935-Basecamp-Windows-8-1-issue-solved

0 Volker over 9 years ago

4.5.0 don't work with garmin epix! Please fix it quick!

https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?312176-Bricked-EPIX-After-custom-map-using-Garmin-instructions&p=701796#post701796

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

4.5.0 don't work with garmin epix!

Volker, I haven't updated BC yet to 4.5.0. Have you experienced problems (like described on the epix thread)?

0 Volker over 9 years ago

Yes, basecamp 4.5.0 bricked my epix after transferring wp/tracks via basecamp. With 4.4.7 it was working well.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Yes, basecamp 4.5.0 bricked my epix after transferring wp/tracks via basecamp. With 4.4.7 it was working well.

Got it. Thank you for your reply, Volker!

0 DaveA_ over 9 years ago

Since I updated to 4.50 Basecamp always tells me that my Montana 600 has updated firmware available. I get a popup window stating that the Montana has version 6.50 and a new version 6.50 is available. If I let the updater try to do the update anyway it tells me that I already have the latest version. Is there any way to convince BC that I don't need to update my Montana? Both the Montana firmware and time zone map file are the latest from Garmin.