Garmin Basecamp
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....
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Over the last 12 years I have used MS Streets and Trips, Delorme Street Atlas, Mapsource (Basecamp predecessor), and Basecamp. When Basecamp came out I too fought with it as it doesn't work like the other mapping programs. But having map updates a few times a year made me figure it out. Now I have libraries of Campgrounds and POI's that I can pick from as needed. I can do anything in Basecamp that I did in any of the other programs.
One of the really nice features in Basecamp is the interaction with Google Earth. With three keystrokes I can toggle from an object in Basecamp and show it in Google Earth. Great tool for verifying locations and routes.
Basecamp is a great tool (if you are the owner of a Garmin GPS with Lifetime maps) but the learning curve is high. Like all mapping programs Basecamp has operations I do not like so I have to work around them. Once you master it you will not go back.
P.S. Save time and frustration, don't mess with the Trip Planner.
One of the really nice features in Basecamp is the interaction with Google Earth. With three keystrokes I can toggle from an object in Basecamp and show it in Google Earth. Great tool for verifying locations and routes.
Basecamp is a great tool (if you are the owner of a Garmin GPS with Lifetime maps) but the learning curve is high. Like all mapping programs Basecamp has operations I do not like so I have to work around them. Once you master it you will not go back.
P.S. Save time and frustration, don't mess with the Trip Planner.
