Garmin BaseCamp
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Garmin BaseCamp
Has anyone used the new Garmin BasCamp software? It's the software coming with some of the new map sets that are more bushwalking than city navigating oriented (rather than MapSource). I can't find much info, but some of the features looked interesting. I've seen mixed reviews.
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I'm a bit disappointed with Garmin Basecamp. With Topo Aus it is a 2 gig install that has to run off the C drive and having seen it run on more than one computer it seems to slow the system markedly.
While you can select what maps to transfer across to the Oregon you can't section what maps you want to install on the computer.
Manual is non existent and the help files.........hmmmm.
I think I shall stick with Ozi for on the go eeepc mapping.
However, on the Oregon, I love the maps. And I love the navigating functions and how that all works.
Hopefully Basecamp will improve and become more user friendly when other cleverer users get the hang of it and put out the info for us simpler folk.
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While you can select what maps to transfer across to the Oregon you can't section what maps you want to install on the computer.
Manual is non existent and the help files.........hmmmm.
I think I shall stick with Ozi for on the go eeepc mapping.
However, on the Oregon, I love the maps. And I love the navigating functions and how that all works.
Hopefully Basecamp will improve and become more user friendly when other cleverer users get the hang of it and put out the info for us simpler folk.
Cheers Quilter
You will find when Basecamp installed it also installed a program called MapInstall in your Garmin programs file. This is the interface you use to install all your maps to your GPS. It works just like Mapsource but you can select your topo maps that only show in Basecamp as well as your other maps from Mapsource. Be aware if you have any doggy maps sets they can stop baseCamp from working.
With 1TB drive cheap now days a 2gig install is nothing. All my maps for Ozi take like 10x more room on my HD then Topo Aus does. Topo Aus can be installed on another drive instead of C drive. You got open up the CD and find a file called TOPOAUS2.msi I think. Run that file and it will let you install to any drive. You could also edit the registry if you want.Fairly Magic wrote:I'm a bit disappointed with Garmin Basecamp. With Topo Aus it is a 2 gig install that has to run off the C drive and having seen it run on more than one computer it seems to slow the system markedly.
All of Garmin products install all the maps to the HD. Now if you could select the maps you want on the computer that 10min install would take an hour to install. Maps would have to be remade and recompiled.Fairly Magic wrote:While you can select what maps to transfer across to the Oregon you can't section what maps you want to install on the computer.
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I found Basecamp was hopeless on the PC but ran exceptionally well on the MACmtrax wrote:I installed basecamp and it puts my CPU into a spin using 50% , and the application is very unresponsive.
So I assume you can't use existing free topo maps etc..
BTW is there any way to show transparent layers on Mapsource as well as street layers.
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Hmm yes I do have a 1TB drive......... a number of them actually. All external and flagged as Geocaching, Music, Data etc.Dooghan wrote:With 1TB drive cheap now days a 2gig install is nothing.
However Garmin does not let you install on these drives. And I am not sufficiently experienced to delve into the black art of editing a Windows Registry.
Why not give the user the option to install on the drive they see fit?
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Re: Garmin BaseCamp
I eventually got this working even though its still a bit sluggish.. the issue was opengl.
I had to setup a custom setting in the Nvidia control panel which enabled mixed GPU acceleration or perhaps set the defaults so it ran better.
I had to setup a custom setting in the Nvidia control panel which enabled mixed GPU acceleration or perhaps set the defaults so it ran better.
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Re: Garmin BaseCamp
Has anyone given this a go on the EEE? We use our EEE as our caching computer and I don't want to install it if it is going to come to a screaming halt.