Initially Posted by BernieEcht

There isn’t any want for improvement of BaseCamp. It really works simply nice for what it’s supposed. In Home windows or Apple.
One of the best directions on how you can use BaseCamp for both Home windows or Apple are on the Ed Conde’s web site: NewEnglandRiders.org.
https://www.newenglandriders.org/class/gps/
He and his associates have written PDF’s with numerous display photographs that may be downloaded without spending a dime. This PDF’s cowl every thing you could know on how you can use BaseCamp and on how you can switch the routes you create to your Garmin GPS unit. Or how you can switch GPX routes to your Garmin GPS unit.
One other very worthwhile supply for Garmin GPS and Garmin BaseCamp directions and a spot to get assist with technical questions is Garmin is “zumouserforums.co.uk
https://www.zumouserforums.co.uk/vie…daa89533be013b

PS: Routes and Tracks created in BaseCamp work simply nice for the brand new TFT items and the BMW Related App on the newer BMW Bikes. No Garmin GPS required.

Sure, Basecamp is okay when you take the time to study it. And Ed Conde’s tutorials are a number of the greatest I’ve discovered. Basecamp does not assist straight the newer zumo XT2 however the gpx recordsdata it produces work simply nice with it. There are some quirks that you just want to concentrate on. I’ve it operating on a small 2 in 1 laptop computer that matches in my panniers.

I can not say the identical of the opposite apps Garmin produces.
Discover app is okay as a route/tracks supervisor however horrible as a route improvement software. Discover net is even worse. Discover works with the zumo XT by the Drive app. Why circuitously? Discover and Drive run on Android or iOS.
The most recent zumo XT2 makes use of the Tread app. Why not Discover or Basecamp? Who is aware of!

Third celebration apps supposedly work nice with our Garmin gps. I’ve tried a few of them however have not discovered one that’s 100% passable. By app I imply both an precise Android app or an internet based mostly app. And opposite to Basecamp, to get full use of their functionalities you need to purchase or subscribe a yearly payment.
The issue is sort of all the time the identical. The apps attempt to emulate what Garmin does. Garmin has its personal algorithms and maps. They (third events) use one thing completely different and attempt to make it work. Basecamp works as a result of it makes use of the maps in your Garmin gps. Typically they (third events) get it proper, however typically occasions they do not.
If that works for you, nice. It does not work for me. I, will persist with Basecamp.