Hi Tim i was using TomTom for so long for my motorcycle routes and decided to move to Garmin zumo XT. I found base camp almost impossible until I came across your videos they are so clear and concise. Keep up the good work. Tom, Glasgow, Scotland
Wow! IDK how you figured out this one! My laptop would have ended up at the bottom of the pool! Thank you SO MUCH for taking your time to figure out how all this works and sharing it! I'm new to Garmen and Base Camp. I have yet to attempt to follow a route that I have plotted. Still just messing with the program. I would have deleted it and just follow the purple line without your help. Watching and re watching your videos. So much great info! Then i go fiddle with Base Camp, back to the video and try to figure what details i missed. So far i viewed some videos 4 x some 3x this one is on number 1. I will be back for sure! Thanks again!
Hey Tim, Thanks for the previous reply. Here is my current quandary. I clicked on the new route tool. Then clicked it off just to use the pointer. I started the route. Then went to the search bar to find a place I've been wanting to visit for a long time. (The Mug House. If you find yourself in the NC mountains, must stop!) I added it to my current route. I can't seem to add anymore to this route. IE, the pointer will not let me add more to my route. It's like I have to start a whole new route if I leave the one I'm working on. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Thanks in advance
You're not doing anything wrong. Once you click on the hand, you end the route. You can create another route and join the two or you can insert waypoints into the route. Thanks for watching.
@@EZMotoTim Thanks. I also figured out today that I have to select Off Road as my navigation choice for my custom routes to stay the same without Garmin altering them. How do I join the two routes?
Hi Thanks for your efforts in making clear things garmin should do with your videos. You queried "top results" and the basis thereof - looking at your screen it seems results are ranked in distance from the centre of the map - it seems to me looking at the cluster of balloons and the distance on the right of the listtheres a correlation. Where the exact centre is might be useful to know - any ideas?
The search is based on the criteria you enter and distances are listed from the center of the amp as displayed. (See 3:50 of the video) If you hover the mouse over the map you'll see the coordinates of the point under the mouse at the left edge of the lower status bar. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Tim. I’ve been confused with search options for several years now and never really understood its logic. This cleared up everything for me. Your vids are great refreshers for an occasional user like me.
Thanks for the detailed explanations!. Just downloaded basecamp and I created a route that crossed a time zone. However Basecamp did not adjust my arrival time for the time change (crossed from CST to EST). Is there a way to do this? Thanks!
Good video Tim. I really don't use any search info in Basecamp since I normally prep the mayority of my routes using Google MyMaps and Google Maps for additional information and streetview for basic scouting. Then i save or download a kmz/kml file that i can read with Basecamp, add a few viapoints to make sure that the GPS doesn't do what they always do and transfer everything to the GPS.
@@EZMotoTim Going well, but what's the difference in Device between "Send File Name to Device" and "Send selection to Device"? Also the internal memory does not show when saving, only the Memory Card, which doesn't seem to show on the GPS. Thanks
@@billwentworth4350 If you have several items selected in a List, those items will be sent with "Send Selection to Device." Without seeing your computer screen, I can't help with the internal memory/memory card issue.
@@EZMotoTim Is there any point is sending waypoints to the GPS? Will it interpret them as a trip without it being in GPX format? I've taken a screen shot but can't work out how to attach it :(
@@billwentworth4350 The GPS can't make a route out of waypoints without you telling it to do so. I'm not sure, but waypoints may end up in Favorites. Give it a try and see what happens.
Can you advise that when you plan a route and then add it to your Garmin device, the mileage is around 20 miles different to what is on the Basecamp route. Thanks
Try putting more shaping points in your route and check the GPS to see if it has the same avoidances and the same fastest/shortest setting as Basecamp.
Tim, I notice that the first couple of results (in Points of Interest ... maybe others?) are repeated. The hotel found as item 1 will also be found as item 2, and the one found as item 3 will also be found as item 4. Have you come across any reason as to why? Or is this just one of those Garmin 'glitches'? Thanks
I haven't taken the time to figure that out. I'm just happy to get results I can use. There could be glitch in the program or the entries are in the database twice, or something else.
Garmin could take a few lessons from Google Maps. I have been using MyMaps www.google.com/maps/d/ making the route, and then export as a KML/KMZ file, then import into Base Camp to create a fast gpx.
Basecamp absolutely sucks at finding addresses. I live in number 8 on a street in Copenhagen that has numbers 2, 4, 6 and 8. Basecamp can't find number 8, but it will happily find number 61, or even 621. I don't trust this software at all.
Thanks for explaining using the search feature. It was always frustrating for me but no longer.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you for all of your time and work for the tutorial. Best how to setup and use of BaseCamp. My new go to for travel planning.
Thanks for watching.
Hi Tim i was using TomTom for so long for my motorcycle routes and decided to move to Garmin zumo XT. I found base camp almost impossible until I came across your videos they are so clear and concise. Keep up the good work. Tom, Glasgow, Scotland
Thanks for watching.
Wow! IDK how you figured out this one! My laptop would have ended up at the bottom of the pool! Thank you SO MUCH for taking your time to figure out how all this works and sharing it! I'm new to Garmen and Base Camp. I have yet to attempt to follow a route that I have plotted. Still just messing with the program. I would have deleted it and just follow the purple line without your help. Watching and re watching your videos. So much great info! Then i go fiddle with Base Camp, back to the video and try to figure what details i missed. So far i viewed some videos 4 x some 3x this one is on number 1. I will be back for sure! Thanks again!
I'm glad I saved your laptop. Keep at it and soon you'll have that Aha! moment. Thanks for watching.
This series makes me appreciate google maps so much more
I understand. LOL. Thanks for watching.
Hey Tim, Thanks for the previous reply. Here is my current quandary. I clicked on the new route tool. Then clicked it off just to use the pointer. I started the route. Then went to the search bar to find a place I've been wanting to visit for a long time. (The Mug House. If you find yourself in the NC mountains, must stop!) I added it to my current route. I can't seem to add anymore to this route. IE, the pointer will not let me add more to my route. It's like I have to start a whole new route if I leave the one I'm working on. Obviously I'm doing something wrong.
Thanks in advance
You're not doing anything wrong. Once you click on the hand, you end the route. You can create another route and join the two or you can insert waypoints into the route. Thanks for watching.
@@EZMotoTim Thanks. I also figured out today that I have to select Off Road as my navigation choice for my custom routes to stay the same without Garmin altering them.
How do I join the two routes?
@@rickgoforth8308 I think the answer to your question is in Part 4. I suggest you watch all the videos in order from the start if you haven't already.
@@EZMotoTim I've actually watched them all twice
Hi
Thanks for your efforts in making clear things garmin should do with your videos.
You queried "top results" and the basis thereof - looking at your screen it seems results are ranked in distance from the centre of the map - it seems to me looking at the cluster of balloons and the distance on the right of the listtheres a correlation.
Where the exact centre is might be useful to know - any ideas?
The search is based on the criteria you enter and distances are listed from the center of the amp as displayed. (See 3:50 of the video) If you hover the mouse over the map you'll see the coordinates of the point under the mouse at the left edge of the lower status bar. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Tim. I’ve been confused with search options for several years now and never really understood its logic. This cleared up everything for me. Your vids are great refreshers for an occasional user like me.
I'm glad this helped. Thanks for watching.
Thank you Tim for explaining the search function!
Thanks for watching.
Great stuff! Thanks for doing these little tips.
Thank you.
Thanks for the detailed explanations!. Just downloaded basecamp and I created a route that crossed a time zone. However Basecamp did not adjust my arrival time for the time change (crossed from CST to EST). Is there a way to do this? Thanks!
Not that I know of. The GPS takes the time zone into account, however. Thanks for watching.
Good video Tim. I really don't use any search info in Basecamp since I normally prep the mayority of my routes using Google MyMaps and Google Maps for additional information and streetview for basic scouting. Then i save or download a kmz/kml file that i can read with Basecamp, add a few viapoints to make sure that the GPS doesn't do what they always do and transfer everything to the GPS.
There are many ways to get from point A to point B. Thanks for watching.
Great series Tim. I'd given up on Basecamp but you've inspired me to have another go!
I hope you find success this time around. Thanks for watching.
@@EZMotoTim Going well, but what's the difference in Device between "Send File Name to Device" and "Send selection to Device"? Also the internal memory does not show when saving, only the Memory Card, which doesn't seem to show on the GPS. Thanks
@@billwentworth4350 If you have several items selected in a List, those items will be sent with "Send Selection to Device." Without seeing your computer screen, I can't help with the internal memory/memory card issue.
@@EZMotoTim Is there any point is sending waypoints to the GPS? Will it interpret them as a trip without it being in GPX format?
I've taken a screen shot but can't work out how to attach it :(
@@billwentworth4350 The GPS can't make a route out of waypoints without you telling it to do so. I'm not sure, but waypoints may end up in Favorites. Give it a try and see what happens.
Thanks Tim. You are absolutely right. Base Camp does not work as google map, etc. It has specific ways of finding information.
Thanks for watching.
Can you advise that when you plan a route and then add it to your Garmin device, the mileage is around 20 miles different to what is on the Basecamp route. Thanks
Try putting more shaping points in your route and check the GPS to see if it has the same avoidances and the same fastest/shortest setting as Basecamp.
Tim, it seems that Part 7 is the same as Part 6. Am I mistaken?
Part 6 is Adding Waypoints. There is an older, unlisted Part 6, Splitting Routes. Perhaps you saw the older one. In any case, thanks for watching.
Great channel . If possible,how can we import our Contact Address list in Basecamp? I have over 200 clients address in a Mac. Thank you.
Well, you could put them in a spreadsheet and import them as waypoints, but that's a very advanced topic. Thanks for watching.
Tim, I notice that the first couple of results (in Points of Interest ... maybe others?) are repeated. The hotel found as item 1 will also be found as item 2, and the one found as item 3 will also be found as item 4. Have you come across any reason as to why? Or is this just one of those Garmin 'glitches'? Thanks
I haven't taken the time to figure that out. I'm just happy to get results I can use. There could be glitch in the program or the entries are in the database twice, or something else.
@@EZMotoTim I quite agree. I was just wondering. Thanks
Garmin could take a few lessons from Google Maps. I have been using MyMaps www.google.com/maps/d/ making the route, and then export as a KML/KMZ file, then import into Base Camp to create a fast gpx.
Good to know. Thanks for watching.
Basecamp absolutely sucks at finding addresses. I live in number 8 on a street in Copenhagen that has numbers 2, 4, 6 and 8. Basecamp can't find number 8, but it will happily find number 61, or even 621.
I don't trust this software at all.
I agree. Try finding the address in Google and approximate the location with a waypoint in BaseCamp.