Garmin BaseCamp Software Review
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[h=4]Changes made from version 4.1.2 to 4.2.1:[/h]
- Added Trip Planner
- Adds an easy way to plan multi-day trips
- Round trip support
- Can print a trip itinerary
- Can add destinations along a route
- Flying support (airport and flight number look-up)
- Supports traveling between different time zones
- Can add Adventures that you'd like to take as part of your trip
- Routing Improvements
- Added support for different route profiles for different legs of a route
- Added RV and Truck routing profiles with special route options
- Find Improvements
- Added support for UK postal code search
- Added support for Yelp search
- Added support for named POI search (far away POIs should be found if it's an exact name match)
- Added support for POI category search (you can type 'Hotels, Las Vegas, NV')
- Added quick search (hover over the map to invoke it)
- Added ability to display more search results
- Fixed various find issues
- Basestation Improvements
- Added support for displaying BirdsEye while in Basestation mode
- Added support for displaying and saving the track of the Basestation itself
- Added support for displaying the most recent update time for Basestation contacts
- Added support to have different folders and lists with the same name (as long as they have a different parent in the folder hierarchy)
- Added support for changing the location of BaseCamp's database
- Added Irish Transverse Mercator grid
- Fixed an issue where roads from the base map were displaying along with roads from the detailed map
- Fixed an issue where BaseCamp was not displaying properly localized map labels
- Fixed issue with Garmap Southern Africa Topo & Rec 2012.3 NT not being displayed in BaseCamp
- Fixed an issue with certain file names for Adventures and Garmin Cloud
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[h=2]Change History[/h] [h=4]Changes made from version 4.2.2 to 4.2.3:[/h]
- Fixed imported files not creating lists in the proper place
- Added ability to remove and delete user data when a list folder is selected
- Added keyboard arrow key handlers to the geotagged photo properties dialog
- Added support for joining tracks when the track point timestamps don't line up
- Added support for a transparent color in Custom POI files
- Added export of waypoints, routes, and tracks to KML
- Added reading of fitness courses from Edge devices, these are converted to tracks
- Improved quick search responsiveness, speed of searches, and usability
- Improved Trip Planner UI display refresh and sizing behavior
- Change so that 'Install Maps' and 'Check for device software updates' menu items are always visible and enabled
- Change to recalculate the route if needed when the route properties dialog is hidden, not just when selection changes
- Change so that list folders aren't required to have unique names in the same parent folder
- Fixed issue with junction view information in routes not being calculated correctly, may not work on certain older devices
- Fixed issue with track stats not updating after editing the track
- Fixed various issues with Trip Planner
- Fixed issue with reading some map files from newer PND devices
- Fixed issue with some drag/drop operations
- Fixed rounding of dimensions in truck and RV routing options
- Fixed issue with displaying many error dialogs if a device is unplugged during a transfer
- Fixed drag/drop of an Adventure from find results into Trip Planner
- Fixed issue when creating a route from a Yelp find result that failed to geocode
- Fixed issue with fitness data not being preserved when sharing data with Garmin cloud storage
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[h=2]Change History[/h] [h=4]Changes made from version 4.2.3 to 4.2.4:[/h]
- Fixed error when deleting the last track point in a track
- Fixed 'Arrive Continue' guidance issue on zumo 660
- Fixed address search issue when running in languages other than English
- Fixed user data from FIT files not being read from the Edge 800
- Fixed error when removing user data from a list or list folder
- Fixed error when using Trip Planner
- Fixed error when selecting a track to create an Adventure from.
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[h=4]Changes made from version 4.2.4 to 4.2.5:[/h]
- Fixed strings being displayed in multiple languages in the UI
- Fixed long delay when changing the activity profile of a route on the route dialog
- Fixed long delay when converting a track into a route
- Fixed issue where changing the activity profile of an individual route leg wasn't applied unless one of the via times was also changed
- Fixed issue clicking Next on the geotagged photo properties dialog when there is only one photo in the list
- Fixed long delays when selecting many points in the track point list
- Fixed long delays when pasting many points in the track point list
- Improved robustness of auto-saving user data