Garmin BaseCamp™ Modifying Routes

Garmin BaseCamp™ Part 6 – Modifying Routes

In this video we'll look at several ways to modify routes we created in Garmin BaseCamp™.


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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:59 Folder Organization
1:26 Modify by Alt-Drag
2:33 Modify Using Insert Icon
5:00 Add Shaping Points
6:20 Split a Route
9:32 Join Routes
11:00 Return Route
14:16 Transfer Route to GPS
15:20 Outro

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[lenluksa]

Tim, I guess one of the reasons you"ve created your excellent video content and series is because Garmin hasn't.

You provide so much more understanding and clarity than Garmin has in their resource materials.

[banksjim]

Can't tell you how many times I've come back to your Basecamp videos for help. I'm just not in Basecamp enough to remember all it's nuanced route making features. But when I need to make a route, the instructions and tips in your videos are invaluable. THANK YOU for making these!

[tomdavis]

I was so frustrated trying to use the Garmin videos. Good job on making using Basecamp a lot easier then the Garmin folks.

[rega]

TIm, I have followed your first four videos and they are super. I have learned so much! You have gotten me over the hump of fear of using BaseCamp. Thank you so much. Reg

[redcanoe]

Best Base Camp tutorials I have come across, thank you Tim

[jamesw]

What a great tutorial. Thanks so much for spending the time and effort for explaining this "six-left-thumbs" of a computer program for Garmin. They should be compensating you well.

[odowdski]

Excellent video! I have used Basecamp for years, and still learned more useful tips here!

[laosgpsmapmidnitemapper]

Excellent information, especially the Hover over route to see distance from Start!! And more great tips and Thanks

[anthonypotocnik]

This series of basecamp is invaluable, as a newbie to basecamp Iam so enjoying your videos, albeit Iam a slow learner, that said the ability to return to your videos for a refresher is a great help, thanks Anthony

[jimcowles]

Tim, thank you so much for clarifying so many of the mysteries of BaseCamp with this video. This is the first of your videos that I've seen. I've wrestled with BaseCamp a few times in the past, but felt that it was much too un-user-friendly to waste so much time on trying to figure it out on my own. Even trying to read Garmin's attempt at documenting their program made it even more frustrating. I very much appreciate your taking the time to explain the proper use of shaping points. Garmin's own BaseCamp manual only mentions shaping points once and it falls abysmally short of explaining what they are and how to use them.

In your video, after you tweaked a route the way you wanted it (Alt + click and move), you mentioned adding more shaping points. I watched you do it, but at first didn't realize that you moved your mouse ever so slightly to make the "rubber band" visible, which is necessary for creating additional shaping points. On my first attempt, I did as you said, but not as you did. I held down the Alt key, then clicked my mouse and nothing happened. No shaping point was created. Then I went back and watched your nearly imperceptible movement of the mouse to accomplish that task. You may want to embellish that fact in another of your training videos for clarity.

Something else very frustrating about Garmin's software is that it renames streets with its own naming scheme. A street with a second name of Crossing is known as Xing to Garmin. It's as if they intentionally make their products almost impossible to use until you learn their specific nuances.

In this short (for BaseCamp) video of yours, you've filled in many missing gaps in my understanding of how to use this previously frustrating tool and I successfully created my first route for my GPS unit that will go the way I want it to without it having a mind of its own! It was especially helpful to learn how to get rid of those doggonned Interstate U-turns! Thank you very much!

[mikedeamer]

Tim, thank you very much, a great tutorial. i had almost given up on BaseCamp until I came across your videos. thanks for taking the time to create them. I am now easily creating my own routes with ease. Many thanks. Mike. UK

[leapinglizardsmusicllc]

Thank you for making the Garmin Basecamp video series.

[ChrisSmith-ismu]

this series is superb, I still don't understand why basecamp is so complicated and not user friendly, but these videos at least improved my knowledge of base camp substantially

[toddlawrimore]

Thanks again! I use basecamp for bicycling as well as my car and motorcycle. Be sure to always designate the profile in the properties. It will calculate routes differently depending on your selection.

[atomx]

thanks for these videos. If you're historically a google maps user, switching to Garmin can be overwhelming. But now that I'm getting used to Garmin and Basecamp, I'm beginning to prefer it. Much more control over my routes and I love that I don't have to rely on cellular signals when out riding!

[Si_in_Finland]

Thank you very much for taking the time to make this series of excellent videos

[volvogt]

Great video. I fumble my way through basecamp once yearly for an annual trip. Your video will make this process quicker. The way points or shaping points on the wrong side of the road (or in my case usually in a paddock next to the road) is a trap for the inexperienced. Your explanation of how to centre and check each of the points will make life way easier for me. I'm not sure if you have covered the thrill of trying to share routes with friends for use on their garmin units that have different map versions or routing preferences set differently. That's another trap for newbies. Thanks again.

[ArcanePath]

I finally gave in after giving up on this a few months ago, and decided to dedicate a Sunday afternoon to learning this horrible software. Thank you for simplifying as much as possible. I can finally modify my own routes and choose the best roads.

[philiplaurell]

I'm really grateful that you did those videos. They have been a tremendous help, even though I have used Basecamp for years, I never had the patience to really deeply immerse myself in it. Also I used it on my Apple computer and it seems to me Garmin did the Apple version with the left hand just to be able to say they have an Apple version out there. Well, it sucks so much compared to the pc version. So much so that I bought a pc for this purpose allone. Also because I don't want to bring the pricey Mac book pro on long motorcycle journeys. It's all coming together for me now. Thanks a lot. Some feedback: the sound quality of your videos needs some attention.

[michaelgreen]

I've fumbled my way through using BaseCamp to navigate to every courthouse in 22 states plus many other trips. I stumbled across these videos by reading reviews for a new Zumo XT to replace my venerable Zumo 550s. Wow, this series of videos has been immensely helpful. Thank you.