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Garmin has released version 3.2.2 of the BaseCamp software, which includes 15 new features or fixes from version 3.2.1.  BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device.  It works very similar to MapSource.  BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle.

Features:

• View 24K or 100K topographic maps and other topographic data.
• Displays maps in 2-D or 3-D, including elevation profiles.
• View and rotate maps at any angle.
• Create waypoints and routes on your computer and transfer maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and geotagged photos between your computer and device.
• Transfers satellite images to your device (with the purchase of BirdsEye™ Satellite Imagerysubscription).
• Shows animated playback of routes and tracks over time.
• Supports geotagged photos.
• Easily organize data into folders.
• Prints full-page, color maps.
• Exports user data for viewing in Google Earth™.
• Includes advanced geocaching support; can import data from geocaching.com.

Changes made from version 3.2.1 to 3.2.2:

• Fixed an issue with migrating waypoints with thumbnails from previous versions of BaseCamp to 3.2.1. This issue could have corrupted the database.
• Fixed an issue with tracks that had been duplicated becoming corrupted.
• Added a prompt to notify the user when data loss might have occurred.
• Added a ‘restore from previous version’ menu item.
• Added support for exporting of fitness data (heart rate and cadence) in tracks.
• Changed to attempt to fix the paths in Garmin Custom Maps (KML ground overlay) files at start-up without notifying the user that there were problems with the file.
• Changed the message displayed at start-up when the current video mode/card doesn’t support 3D.
• Improved initial download size estimates for some BirdsEye products.
• Fixed some issues with undo/redo.
• Fixed several issues related to application shutdown.
• Fixed an issue with not recognizing Garmin mode USB device (such as the GPSMap 60) arrival and removal.
• Fixed several issues related to aborting transfers to Garmin mode USB devices.
• Fixed some issues related to ejecting mass storage devices.
• Fixed some issues with changing folder selection while using the BirdsEye wizard.
• Fixed an issue with reading geotagged photos from many smartphones.

System Requirements

•  Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later is required.
• .NET framework 3.5 SP1 is required. A current version of .NET will be installed if needed.
• Windows Media Player 11 or greater is required (a free download from Microsoft).
• 1 GB of system memory is required, 2 GB of system memory is recommended when using BirdsEye Imagery or Garmin Custom Maps.
• A video card that supports OpenGL version 1.3 or later is needed to enable the 3D view.
• If you experience problems when interacting with the map views, please make sure that you have installed current video card drivers.
• BaseCamp will recognize all MapSource products except BlueChart.
• BaseCamp does not work with serial GPS devices.

Garmin has released version 3.2.1 of the BaseCamp software, which includes 40 new features or fixes from version 3.1.3.  BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device.  It works very similar to MapSource.  BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle.

Features:

• View 24K or 100K topographic maps and other topographic data.
• Displays maps in 2-D or 3-D, including elevation profiles.
• View and rotate maps at any angle.
• Create waypoints and routes on your computer and transfer maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and geotagged photos between your computer and device.
• Transfers satellite images to your device (with the purchase of BirdsEye™ Satellite Imagerysubscription).
• Shows animated playback of routes and tracks over time.
• Supports geotagged photos.
• Easily organize data into folders.
• Prints full-page, color maps.
• Exports user data for viewing in Google Earth™.
• Includes advanced geocaching support; can import data from geocaching.com.

Changes made from version 3.1.3 to 3.2.1:

• Moved the various property tabs to a separate dialog
• Added swapping the map and data list UI regions
• Added activity profiles to allow easier changes between common routing configurations
• Added activity profile selection dialog at startup, improved migration of existing route settings and routes
• Added dragging photos onto the map views
• Added dragging files into My Collection and the user data list
• Added better preserving app state when restarting (selected tool, selected folder, selected view modes, etc)
• Added support for restoring backups from different computers
• Added geocache search integration with OpenCaching.com
• Added photo sharing site upload (currently for Picasa)
• Added track statistics that correspond to the selection in the track points list
• Added additional statistics to the elevation profile
• Added display of elevation profile when batch editing routes or tracks
• Added heart rate and cadence to the track points list and elevation profile
• Added route to track conversion
• Added display mode for geocaches
• Added the ‘Duplicate’ menu item for most user data types
• Added continuation of route/track drawing when switching between tools
• Added route avoidance checkboxes to the route options (such as ‘Avoid U-turns’)
• Added a basic dialog for creating routes
• Added draw order control for new BirdsEye Imagery that is downloaded
• Added user selection of application language
• Added option to restore the application to default settings
• Added tips dialog when entering full screen mode
• Added a keyboard shortcut to snap the map back to North up
• Added file import/export support for the TCX file format
• Added file export support for tab-delimited and comma-delimited text
• Added properties and create waypoint commands to the list of POIs that is displayed when hovering on the map
• Added optional collection of analytics to help us improve the application
• Added display of the detailed coverage region of card/device based maps
• Added notification to user when updates are available for devices
• Added receiving FIT course points and activity data from many fitness devices. These are converted into waypoints and tracks.
• Added support for the GroundSpeak geocaching 1.0.1 extension
• Changed geotagging photos from a track to add links to those photos in the track
• Changed to not allow changing the location of geocaches when they are part of a route
• Changed the divide tool to create a new waypoint or trackpoint at the division point
• Changed drawing style of routes and tracks to use thinner lines
• Fixed issue where we didn’t always remove all waypoints created as part of a route
• Fixed issue with adding and removing links on various property tabs
• Improved find address near center of screen
• Removed filtered routes

System Requirements

• Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later is required.
• .NET framework 3.5 is required. A current version of .NET will be installed if needed.
• 1 GB of system memory is required, 2 GB of system memory is recommended when using BirdsEye Imagery or Garmin Custom Maps.
• A video card that supports OpenGL version 1.3 or later is needed to enable the 3D view.
• If you experience problems when interacting with the map views, please make sure that you have installed current video card drivers.
• BaseCamp will recognize all MapSource products except BlueChart.
• BaseCamp does not work with serial GPS devices.

Garmin has released version 3.1.2 of the BaseCamp software, which includes fixes for 11 different issues from version 3.1.1.  BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device.  It works very similar to MapSource.  BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle.

Features:

• View 24K or 100K topographic maps and other topographic data.
• Displays maps in 2-D or 3-D, including elevation profiles.
• View and rotate maps at any angle.
• Create waypoints and routes on your computer and transfer maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and geotagged photos between your computer and device.
• Transfers satellite images to your device (with the purchase of BirdsEye™ Satellite Imagerysubscription).
• Shows animated playback of routes and tracks over time.
• Supports geotagged photos.
• Easily organize data into folders.
• Prints full-page, color maps.
• Exports user data for viewing in Google Earth™.
• Includes advanced geocaching support; can import data from geocaching.com.

Changes made from version 3.1.1 to 3.1.2:

• Added localization for Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Thai.
• Added the ability to move the BirdsEye Create tool selection box.
• Added automatic naming of BirdsEyes based on the region of the map it is over.
• Fixed issue with creating user data on Windows XP with the property tab splitter shrunken to a very small height.
• Fixed problem with not showing the correct map layer for cards that contain raster data (such as GB Discoverer).
• Fixed various issues related to the user data filter and selection changes.
• Fixed issue with a gap in the distances of the find results.
• Fixed drawing of labels behind terrain in the 3D view.
• Fixed issue renaming data items in the list if the list wasn’t sorted by name.
• Fixed an issue migrating routes from 3.0.6 to 3.1.1 that were originally created in MapSource.
• Improved recovery from memory allocation issues.

System Requirements

• Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later is required.
• .NET framework 3.5 is required. A current version of .NET will be installed if needed.
• 1 GB of system memory is required, 2 GB of system memory is recommended when using BirdsEye Imagery or Garmin Custom Maps.
• A video card that supports OpenGL version 1.3 or later is needed to enable the 3D view.
• If you experience problems when interacting with the map views, please make sure that you have installed current video card drivers.
• BaseCamp will recognize all MapSource products except BlueChart.
• BaseCamp does not work with serial GPS devices.

Garmin has released version 3.1.1 of the BaseCamp software, which includes fixes for 13 different issues from version 3.0.6.  BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device.  It works very similar to MapSource.  BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle.

Features:

• View 24K or 100K topographic maps and other topographic data.
• Displays maps in 2-D or 3-D, including elevation profiles.
• View and rotate maps at any angle.
• Create waypoints and routes on your computer and transfer maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and geotagged photos between your computer and device.
• Transfers satellite images to your device (with the purchase of BirdsEye™ Satellite Imagerysubscription).
• Shows animated playback of routes and tracks over time.
• Supports geotagged photos.
• Easily organize data into folders.
• Prints full-page, color maps.
• Exports user data for viewing in Google Earth™.
• Includes advanced geocaching support; can import data from geocaching.com.

Changes made from version 3.0.6 to 3.1.1:

• Added support for multiple new BirdsEye products.
• Added support for sorting, searching, browsing and filtering user data.
• Added support for ejecting devices from within BaseCamp.
• Added support for filtering tracks.
• Added support for display of track statistics and temperature.
• Added support for time offsets while geotagging photos from tracks.
• Added support for editing multiple waypoints, routes and tracks at a time.
• Added support for importing geotagged photos.
• Added support for full screen mode.
• Added support for non-rectangular selection area for BirdsEye downloads.
• Improved performance while importing, geotagging, autosaving and routing.
• Improved support for various DPI settings.
• Reduced memory required by BirdsEye imagery.

System Requirements

• Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later is required.
• .NET framework 3.5 is required. A current version of .NET will be installed if needed.
• 1 GB of system memory is required, 2 GB of system memory is recommended when using BirdsEye Imagery or Garmin Custom Maps.
• A video card that supports OpenGL version 1.3 or later is needed to enable the 3D view.
• If you experience problems when interacting with the map views, please make sure that you have installed current video card drivers.
• BaseCamp will recognize all MapSource products except BlueChart.
• BaseCamp does not work with serial GPS devices.

Garmin has released version 3.0.6 of the BaseCamp software, which includes fixes for 16 different issues from version 3.0.5.  BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device.  It works very similar to MapSource.  BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle.

Features:

• View 24K or 100K topographic maps and other topographic data.
• Displays maps in 2-D or 3-D, including elevation profiles.
• View and rotate maps at any angle.
• Create waypoints and routes on your computer and transfer maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and geotagged photos between your computer and device.
• Transfers satellite images to your device (with the purchase of BirdsEye Satellite Imagery subscription).
• Shows animated playback of routes and tracks over time.
• Supports geotagged photos.
• Easily organize data into folders.
• Prints full-page, color maps.
• Exports user data for viewing in Google Earth.
• Includes advanced geocaching support; can import data from geocaching.com.

Changes made from version 3.0.5 to 3.0.6:

• Added support for the GB Discoverer series of products
• Added support for the City Navigator Israel series of products
• Improved memory usage when drawing maps
• Improved auto routing calculation speed
• Improved address searching when searching near ‘center of map’
• Improved indexing of map products installed on devices or SD cards
• Changed error reporting for imported files
• Fixed issue when rendering the ‘&’ sign on map labels
• Fixed startup issue related to diacritics or the German Eszett in the database
• Fixed startup issues related to bad 3d settings
• Fixed errors that could occur when changing filtered route settings in the middle of creating a route
• Fixed errors when editing geotagged photos
• Fixed input of custom grid values
• Fixed issues that could happen when changing the map font
• Fixed issues that would result in sections of the map missing when using an NT map product
• Fixed issues when changing datum and grid

System Requirements

• BaseCamp requires an IBM-compatible PC running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later operating system or any Intel-based or PowerPC G4 or later Mac OS.
• Microsoft.NET framework 2.0 SP1 is required. A current version of .NET will be installed if needed.
• A video card that supports OpenGL version 1.3 or later is needed to view 3-D terrain.
• If you experience problems when interacting with the map views, please make sure that you have installed current video card drivers.

Garmin is obviously putting a lot of effort into BaseCamp.  Only three weeks after releasing version 3.0.4, Garmin has released version 3.0.5, which includes fixes for 15 different issues and localization for 18 languages.  The added features and fixes increased the size of this download from 70 Mbytes in v3.0.4 to 125 Mbytes in v3.0.5.

BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device.  It works very similar to MapSource.  BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle.

Features:

• View 24K or 100K topographic maps and other topographic data.
• Displays maps in 2-D or 3-D, including elevation profiles.
• View and rotate maps at any angle.
• Create waypoints and routes on your computer and transfer maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and geotagged photos between your computer and device.
• Transfers satellite images to your device (with the purchase of BirdsEye Satellite Imagery subscription).
• Shows animated playback of routes and tracks over time.
• Supports geotagged photos.
• Easily organize data into folders.
• Prints full-page, color maps.
• Exports user data for viewing in Google Earth.
• Includes advanced geocaching support; can import data from geocaching.com.

Changes made from version 3.0.3 to 3.0.4:

• Added localization for the following languages: Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish
• Added the ability to unlock BirdsEye Imagery for a specific device
• Added support to recognize European Topographic cards as retail products
• Improved map projection when printing BirdsEye Imagery
• Change to preserve subfolders when writing Garmin Custom Maps
• Change to correctly resolve relative paths in links on waypoints received from devices
• Change to use a more reasonable zoom level when selecting ‘Show on map’ for a single find result or waypoint
• Change to update the database to reflect missing images when doing a ‘Restore’ when the images were excluded from the backed up
• Change to preserve selection of device when starting BirdsEye wizard, if a device was previously selected
• Change to read maps on SD cards written to the \Map subfolder
• Fixed auto-routing issues on certain maps
• Fixed copy/paste of geotagged photos from a device not copying the photo
• Fixed possible issues when launching an external file or URL link
• Fixed issues when reading geotagged photos with invalid timestamps
• Fixed displaying postal code twice in POI property balloons in some European maps
• Fixed issues geotagging photos with Asian language paths

System Requirements

• BaseCamp requires an IBM-compatible PC running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later operating system or any Intel-based or PowerPC G4 or later Mac OS.
• Microsoft.NET framework 2.0 SP1 is required. A current version of .NET will be installed if needed.
• A video card that supports OpenGL version 1.3 or later is needed to view 3-D terrain.
• If you experience problems when interacting with the map views, please make sure that you have installed current video card drivers.

Only two weeks after releasing version 3.0.2 of BaseCamp, Garmin has updated the software to version 3.0.3.  BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device.  It works very similar to MapSource.  BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle.

Features:

• View 24K or 100K topographic maps and other topographic data.
• Displays maps in 2-D or 3-D, including elevation profiles.
• View and rotate maps at any angle.
• Create waypoints and routes on your computer and transfer maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and geotagged photos between your computer and device.
• Transfers satellite images to your device (with the purchase of BirdsEye Satellite Imagery subscription).
• Shows animated playback of routes and tracks over time.
• Supports geotagged photos.
• Easily organize data into folders.
• Prints full-page, color maps.
• Exports user data for viewing in Google Earth.
• Includes advanced geocaching support; can import data from geocaching.com.

Changes made from version 3.0.2 to 3.0.3:

• Added display of which devices a BirdsEye Imagery is unlocked for.
• Added the ability to control which map feature lines are shown.
• Improved memory usage for Garmin BirdsEye Imagery and Garmin Custom Maps.
• Improved user feedback while transferring to folders and devices.
• Improved reported information when Garmin Custom Maps cannot be imported.
• Changed to allow transfer of partially downloaded BirdsEye Imagery.
• Added ability for BaseCamp to attempt reading all Garmin map images (.img files), regardless of name, from removable media.
• Fixed issue when using Find with a map that does not have a city table.

System Requirements

• BaseCamp requires an IBM-compatible PC running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later operating system or any Intel-based or PowerPC G4 or later Mac OS.
• Microsoft.NET framework 2.0 SP1 is required. A current version of .NET will be installed if needed.
• A video card that supports OpenGL version 1.3 or later is needed to view 3-D terrain.
• If you experience problems when interacting with the map views, please make sure that you have installed current video card drivers.

BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device.  It works very similar to MapSource.  BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle.

Features:

• View 24K or 100K topographic maps and other topographic data.
• Displays maps in 2-D or 3-D, including elevation profiles.
• View and rotate maps at any angle.
• Create waypoints and routes on your computer and transfer maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and geotagged photos between your computer and device.
• Transfers satellite images to your device (with the purchase of BirdsEye Satellite Imagery subscription).
• Shows animated playback of routes and tracks over time.
• Supports geotagged photos.
• Easily organize data into folders.
• Prints full-page, color maps.
• Exports user data for viewing in Google Earth.
• Includes advanced geocaching support; can import data from geocaching.com.

Changes made from version 3.0.1 to 3.0.2:

• Eliminated error messages at startup with blank SD cards.
• Fixed several printing related issues.
• Fixed issue when hovering over the 3D view after turning off lines or areas.
• Fixed issue when importing a KML file that didn’t contain any visible ground overlays.
• Fixed issue with track and route join.
• Fixed issue with track and route insert.
• Fixed issue with geotagged photos on devices not being read.

System Requirements

• BaseCamp requires an IBM-compatible PC running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later operating system or any Intel-based or PowerPC G4 or later Mac OS.
• Microsoft.NET framework 2.0 SP1 is required. A current version of .NET will be installed if needed.
• A video card that supports OpenGL version 1.3 or later is needed to view 3-D terrain.
• If you experience problems when interacting with the map views, please make sure that you have installed current video card drivers.