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US TOPO 24K CDs and Basecamp

2938384 — Mon, 04 May 2026 00:27:39 GMT

I'm moving onto a new PC and wanting to use Basecamp with the maps I have on CD: "US TOPO 24K National Parks West" and "US TOPO 24K National Parks East". I'm able to run Setup on those CDs and they install successfully, but the maps don't show up in the Basecamp UI. I've installed the US Topo Maps and MetroGuide Europe from CD and those do show up in Basecamp, so I'm not sure what's different about the National Parks maps. Any advice on how to solve this would is appreciated.

Thanks,

John Weber

Who designed this nonsense????? All I wanted was a place to keep my devices updated. What an utter disappointment Garmin has become. I use Garmin GPS daily. I have ZERO interest in most of the things here! And Garmin does not care! no customer support.

2043445 — Sat, 02 May 2026 10:43:12 GMT

What a horrible UNFRIENDLY site this site has become. All I want is updates

Basecamp Database crashes upon exit and won't restore backups,

kweagle — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:22:04 GMT

I am trying to create a database of ATV Trails where trail is its own GPX file. I have a couple hundred trails am am using lists to sort different types. Every time I close basecamp i get an error, and all my data is lost when i reopen it. i have tried making a backup before closing, but basecamp crashes every time i try to restore the backup. the only way i have been able to save my progress is by exporting all my tracks in a GPX format or transferring them to my device before closing basecamp. by doing this i lose all my lists though. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to no effect. i have tried restoring the backup on a different computer and it will not restore there either. i have tried this several times and get the same result. Any help would be appreciated.

Homeport 2.3.2 and marine charts

stuartmw — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:52:02 GMT

Recently I put another removable drive in a PC. That drive has (old) Garmin marine charts and street maps (IMG's) on it.

So on three different (and three different versions of Windows) Homeport 2.3.2 (which I know is obsolete) will no longer use those old marine charts. Except for the really old ones installed on HD (per street maps).

On two of the three PC's I "reset" Homeport 2.3.2 and NONE of the charts were recognised (some were beforehand but now the processing bar shows red before the charts disappear). They'd all worked in the past. On the third machine I can still see/select them but get an error message ("An error occurred when attempting to use the <chart name> Chart product") if any are selected. This also happened on the other two machines (before Homeport was "reset").

All removable drives are ok (verified via CHKDSK) and street maps (IMG's) on those drives are recognized and work. Only marine charts don't.

Comments?

PS: I tried a one of the marine charts that was already on the microSD card in my Oregon 600. It worked there. When the Orgeon 600 was put in "mass storage" mode Homeport 2.3.2 saw the loaded marine charts.

PPS: So it seems that the old "put IMG's on a removable drive" no longer works for marine charts but still does for street maps.

PPPS: I found a copy of Homeport 2.2.10 dated 9th November 2015 on archive.org. It has the same issue as above in a WinXP SP3 VM.

PPPPS: Good news. Connecting my (real) Oregon 600 made the marine charts on it work even when disconnected.

Tracce su basecamp

47Miglia — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:42:03 GMT

Buonasera chiedo e possibile visualizzare una sola traccia sul pc.

quando vado a collegare il gps 700 sul pc e vado a visualizzare la memoria interna del gps mi soprappone tutte le tracce registrate dal gps,

chiedo c'è un settaggio da poter visualizzare solamente la traccia selezionata. ??

Grazie anticipatamente.

Heads Up When Updating DriveSmart Maps to PC, it also updates Basecamp

rkruz2 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:24:21 GMT

I updated my DriveSmart GPS map using Garmin Express. Express gives the option to also load the map onto my PC for use by Basecamp, and I selected that as well.

It turns out that Express also updates Basecamp and as a result, Basecamp no longer contains the 100s of trail lists I have accumulated over the years. That discovery was close to a heart attack that!

I then reinstalled Basecamp 4.6.2 on the PC, and all my 100s of lists are now present, life-threatening event averted!

Basecamp shows hundreds of "unknown" waypoints

millerja — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:09:00 GMT

I just installed new Maps (2027.1) on my Smart 60 and everything went well but, when I opened Basecamp, I see hundreds of black dots that seriously clutter the screen on wide zoom levels. The dots show up on any zoom level below 30 miles. When I click on the dot, it just says "unknown". I used to have a problem with airports showing up on wider zooms cluttering the screen, but discovered that I can disable that from the "Map Display Features" in the Options|Activity Profile. I have unchecked all of the boxes in here to try to get rid of them, but they persist.

I thought that maybe it had something to do with the new maps having a lot of new types of points, but when I switched back to my 2026.3 maps, the dots were still displayed.

Anyone know what's going on?

Running Basecamp 4.7.5. on Windows 11.

Basecamp Windows: delete old map breaks everything

JWHITE518 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:02:12 GMT

Running Basecamp 4.7.5 Windows (in Parallels on a Mac but that shouldn't matter.) I am trying to delete some old maps. In Windows Control Panel I go to Uninstall Programs, pick one of the old ones, and click uninstall. It does its thing. Then Basecamp is gone. The program shortcut doesn't work. When I search for Basecamp in Explorer, it shows "Basecamp 2D", and that is worthless too. I have to restore my Windows image from the last good one, and then Basecamp works again. This uninstall process used to work, since forever. But now it is broken. I can't uninstall maps, and every time a new map comes out that's another 5GB of disk space that I have to give up.

On the Basecamp map, when I click on a flag, showing a Waypoint; it doesn't show the editing window with the name and the the coordinates of the waypoint. Sometimes it shows right, but sometimes not.

danielschellmus — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:58:05 GMT

On the Basecamp map, when I click on a flag, showing a Waypoint; it doesn't show the editing window with the name and the the coordinates of the waypoint. Sometimes it shows right, but sometimes not.Clicking on the waypoint flag in the left column, shows the waypoint on the map. double clicking on the flag in the map, should show a panel with the editable full name, and also the coordinates. Sometimes I just can't get this panel showing.

Basecamp playback speeds in Windows

grabo — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:11:07 GMT

The Windows version has higher playback speeds of x100 and x1000 but nothing in between. I believe the Mac version you can set your own speed.

It would be nice if Garmin added this to the Windows version or at least added some extra speeds of x200 , x300 , x400 , x500 and x750.

Route Milage does not agree between Basecamp and my Nav6

SnoDrtRider — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:35:31 GMT

I have made custom routes many times and while there is usually some discrepancy between the mileage I see in Basecamp and the mileage for the same route in the GPS (5-10 miles) which is understandable... on my new replacement Nav 6 I see DOUBLE the mileage although looking at the map on the Nav6 the map appears to be correct.
It seems as if the Nav is showing my route as a ROUND TRIP although the route directions do not show it is a Round Trip.

Two Copies of City Navigator North America 2026.3 appear on my Nav 6?

SnoDrtRider — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:53:48 GMT

I recently received a replacement BMW NAV 6 from Garmin and I notice there are TWO copies of City Navigator North America 2026.3 on my device.
Should there be two copies and if not how do I remove one of them?

Cache Size: 15.8 GB in user/appdata/local/garmin/basecamp/devicecache. Can I just delete either all the files or entire folders in that cache folder?

RVhiker — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:21:47 GMT

Cache Size: 15.8 GB in user/appdata/local/garmin/basecamp/devicecache. Can I just delete either all the files or entire folders in that cache folder?

Is there a way to project the GARMIN watch screen onto a computer?

9053655 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:55:42 GMT

我希望可以实时地将GARMIN手表的屏幕共享至电脑上，最好是通过蓝牙实时地获取手表传感器的各项数据

I hope that the screen of the GARMIN watch can be shared to the computer in real time, and it is best to obtain the data of the watch sensor in real time through Bluetooth.

BaseCamp won't read maps not purchased from Garmin?

4267732 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:40:46 GMT

I have an Etrex 30x. It has a mini SD card that is FAT 32 and has several .img maps on it that I downloaded. They work fine on the device, and I can see the files on my computer when I plug in my device. But the maps won't load in BaseCamp. How do I view them in BaseCamp?

comment télécharger les cartes

papatango47 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:36:51 GMT

Bonjour

Je viens d'acheter un nouvel ordinateur sous Windows 11 et lorsque je charge base Camp je n'ai AUCUNE carte

I have sync issues

6890843 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 03:07:27 GMT

For the past 6 months I have been having regular issues with the Garmin app updating chronic load and also recovery time. I sync my watch or bike computer after exercise and the activity loads up fine. However the chronic load takes quite some time to update in the 4 week chart, also the recovery time doesn't upload to my watch even after multiple sync attempts. None of these issues used to happen and they have been getting progressively worse. Parts of the devices show the updated data and other parts don't. It makes no sense when the activity is update buy the load data isn't on the app for example, its like the right hand is not talking to the left. . anyone else having these issues?

In BaseCamp zijn mijn route's van mijn Vivoactivia 5 niet meer zichtbaar, na de update van mijn Vivoactivia 5

Pietje_ — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:28:34 GMT

In BaseCamp zijn mijn route's van mijn Vivoactivia 5 niet meer zichtbaar, na de update van mijn Vivoactivia 5

Garmin Etrex Solar will NOT cable charge

2478578 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:58:34 GMT

When I plug a USB C cable to my Etrex Solar it WILL NOT CHARGE...nothing happens. The same cable will charge my phone. I bought this thing in summer and could solar charge it all the time but now it's winter and I must USB charge it. I believe it used to charge via USC C but won't any longer. Thanks for any replies. much appreciated.

Transferring route to Garmin Drive 61 now lags after transfer

autbrat — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:52:08 GMT

I have a Garmin Drive 61 that I have had for some time. I create routes on basecamp on almost a daily basis and transfer them to this device and I have never had an issue with it before, but after the recent software update after transferring the route it lags loading the route and I don't know if the issue lies in the device itself or basecamp. I have already done a full reset on the device a few times and that has not fixed the issue. I am at my wits end because if the load is interrupted at all, say the device screen turns off, the route does not load and I have to start the process all over again which is very time consuming and annoying. Someone please help with a solution.

my drivesmart 61 cant locate satellite

9382303 — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:12:38 GMT

my drivesmart 61 cant locate satellite

TopoActive na us 2025.10 updated on my GPSMAP 64sx, ERRORS OUT when trying to view in Basecamp. Will not display. Have reinstalled on my device three times but always the same error (note: Middle America and Canada/Alaska display normally)

4839553 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:24:15 GMT

TopoActive na us 2025.10 updated on my GPSMAP 64sx, ERRORS OUT when trying to view in Basecamp. Will not display.

Have reinstalled on my device three times but always the same error (note: Middle America and Canada/Alaska display normally)

Download Basecamp

9867673 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:29:07 GMT

I have a laptop with windows 11 and a Garmin Smart 76. I want to download Basecamp to load routes on my navigator. I attempted to download Basecamp but it will not open on my laptop. Does anyone know why?

Détails de la carte

FRANKETPEGGY — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 11:12:43 GMT

Bonjour à tous,

J'utilise le zumo 595 LM en moto. je viens de changer de pc portable et j'ai réinstallé basecamp. Je n'arrive pas à déverrouiller la carte. Le détail ne reprend que les routes principales alors que le zumo est à jour...Qui peut m'aider? Merci !

Frank

City Navigator North America NT2026.3

2687443 — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:02:35 GMT

Anyone try loading NT2026.3 into Windows 11?

Just got a new computer last week (went from Windows 10 to 11). Hooked up my Zumo390, and Garmin Express says there's a new map update available. After the update was complete into the GPS, I then downloaded it into the computer.

When I went to Basecamp it showed "Map Detail Locked" in the lower right hand window of the Basecamp map (under the distance scale). I'm unable to see any of the small roads, only the main roads. When i look at the Map Product Manager. it shows that it is "Locked".

Garmin has opened a case file on this. They had me completely uninstall Express and Basecamp, but still have the same results.

Took the computer to Geek Squad at Best Buy, and they can't figure it out either.

The only way I can see the map details is if I connect my buddy's Zumo 396 that still has the older NT2026.2 map loaded in it.

I use Basecamp to create remote backroad routes, then download those routes into my GPS and lead a group of my motorcycle friends on rides. Trying to create a route in the GPS takes forever.

We're questioning whether the NT2026.3 is compatible with Windows 11.

Anyone else have this trouble with the NT2026.3 and windows 11?