Garmin BaseCamp

[Mariner]

I've been asleep at the technology wheel for a while and woke up to find Garmin has some free software called Basecamp. I've got a 10-year-old GPS and I realized I'd lose some sleep if it died and I lost all my waypoints.

So, it turns out you can just upload them, and download them onto your next device. Pretty sweet.

 

[Bamboozle]

Base Camp replaced Map Source years ago so the ability to organize and store your waypoints, tracks, routes, POI's, etc in a PC versus the device has been an option for as along as I can remember.

I have all of my GPS waypoints organized by region in my PC and load them and other stuff into my unit(s) prior to a trip to reduce clutter in the device. In other words, why have waypoints for Southcentral PA in my device when I am fishing in the Poconos?

Besides the obvious of having a back-up, using Base Camp allows you the option (if you have a GPS that can be used for navigation) to create your OWN routes to and from a destination versus letting the GPS route you.

I can tell you from experience the GPS route is often NOT the way I want to go. For that reason I can't be bothered with a built in navigation system.

When I'm driving, I use my Nuvi and go the way I want to.