I have just bought a Garmin RV 760LMT an having a learning curve for me goes straight up. The tutorial online is not that easy to fallow. I have tried to fallow the youtube videos how to use BaseCamp. All with little luck. I have used Garmin handheld GPS for boats that I have set up trips on with no problem. Is there a place that shows you how to program and set up routes and import POIs?Buster

My sympathies; Basecamp is a pain in the butt. You can create waypoints, then go file > new > route using selected waypoints (in order of appearance)

Rather steep learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, Base Camp is pretty neat. I use it regularly. As far as the POI files, check out Extra POI Editor. Once you've downloaded the POI file from wherever, it'll do the necessary conversions for Garmin. It's also good at creating your own POI files.Experiment with the Trip Planner function . . . and know that just because Base Camp plots a route, your GPS may change it for whatever reason. Trick to force the route is to create and use waypoints on the roads that Garmin doesn't choose to use and route to them. Once you program the start and end points of a route, use the slider to find other things along that route - including your waypoints. And you can right-click any point on the map and get a menu that lets you see what's near that point from Garmin's built-in POI files. I always load a base camp created route into my GPS and then display it to see if it still goes where you want. That's especially important for the RV . . . if a campground publishes driving directions, it's good if the GPS will direct you over that routing, but sometimes you have to force it.Don't give up - Base Camp is very powerful, just poorly documented. Best of all, it's free.al

I would agree with Al. I plan my trip in Basecamp then load the waypoints into my GPS. I make sure the mileage is exactly the same in my GPS as it was in Basecamp. You may have to use many waypoints to insure the GPS follows the best route. The GPS will send you on some crazy routes if you're not careful.I don't find Basecamp very user friendly but is a great tool once you get familiar with it. I just kept playing with it until I got on to it.Good luck.

Like others have said.It's a slow process but once you master it you will agree that it is a very handy, powerful app.

I found plenty of tutorials on youtube. Maybe you can fallow them.

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fcooper
Explorer
Nov 03, 2015
MikeInOregon wrote:
I also hate Basecamp. I use this web site http://gpx.cgtk.co.uk/ to create a route in the Google Maps interface.

What a neat route planning tool. Thanks for posting. I'll be using this one for my next trip.

Fred
Chuck_thehammer
Explorer
Nov 04, 2015
fcooper wrote:
MikeInOregon wrote:
I also hate Basecamp. I use this web site http://gpx.cgtk.co.uk/ to create a route in the Google Maps interface.

What a neat route planning tool. Thanks for posting. I'll be using this one for my next trip.

Fred

Agreed, I will try it out for my trip, the end of this month...700 miles
bighatnohorse
Explorer II
Nov 04, 2015
fj12ryder wrote:
You don't have to have the GPS plugged into your PC for Basecamp to work. But you do have to have an up-to-date map loaded on the computer for Basecamp to work.

What kind of map do you load on the computer?
My understanding of Basecamp is that the Garmin GPS stores the map database on it.
That's why it has to be connected to the laptop to do any planning.

I used Streets & Trips to do the planning - it's far better than Basecamp. I create waypoints on S&T and number them - then export them to a GPX file which can be imported into Basecamp.
S&T cannot export the Route Planner :( to gpx - so the work around it to use waypoints which can be exported to gpx file.
Buster52
Explorer
Nov 04, 2015
http://gpx.cgtk.co.uk

I did get it to show the US. It is not a easy as MS Streets and Trips or Delorme Street Atlas.
fj12ryder
Explorer III
Nov 04, 2015
When you connect the GPS to Garmin to update and download the maps, you'll be asked if you want to download to your computer too. Do that and direct Basecamp to where the map was installed. It will now use that map. Using the GPS map makes Basecamp run slowly since it has to access the GPS map.
PenMan
Explorer
Nov 04, 2015
Buster52 wrote:
http://gpx.cgtk.co.uk

I did get it to show the US. It is not a easy as MS Streets and Trips or Delorme Street Atlas.

How did you get it to show the USA?
nickthehunter
Nomad II
Nov 04, 2015
Zoom out, pan over to the US, and zoom back in.
Buster52
Explorer
Nov 04, 2015
I did pan over in both directions and it didn't show the US. Instead it showed my Asia. I did find the US when I put in a address from the US.
bob_nestor
Explorer III
Nov 04, 2015
Buster52 wrote:
I did pan over in both directions and it didn't show the US. Instead it showed my Asia. I did find the US when I put in a address from the US.

Laughing. You panned to the right (east) and that's where Asia is relative to the UK. Try panning left (west) and you'll find the New World.
Chuck_thehammer
Explorer
Nov 04, 2015
type in local city "coma" state, USA.

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

I can NOT get it to log onto host site to get file to send to my Garmin.

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