Updates & Downloads

BaseCamp software version 3.0.6

as of September 1, 2010

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.

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.

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.

Fixed startup issue when migrating Garmin BirdsEye imagery from earlier versions of BaseCamp into version 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.

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.

Added download, display, and transfer of BirdsEye satellite imagery to supported devices.
Added download, display and transfer of Garmin Custom Maps to supported devices.
Added the ability to use BaseCamp with the pre-installed maps on a connected device or pre-programmed SD card.
Added poster printing.
Added printing of USGS Quads and other public land survey areas.
Added tools for auto-routes.
The full information set for Geocaches is now correctly transferred to the device.
Improved handling of back-up database.
Improved the drawing speed of certain European maps.
Improved the reading speed and display of Geotagged photos.
Improved stability while running on Windows 7.
Numerous refinements and problem fixes.

Fixed issue with BaseCamp sending waypoints, routes and tracks to a location on the device that the device doesn't read.

Added localization for the Traditional Chinese and Japanese languages.
Added 2D display of products that don't contain elevation data.
Improved zooming with mouse scroll wheel.
Corrected issues detecting removable drives.
Corrected issues Geo-Tagging photos.
Corrected issue with the Recenter Map screen marker not displaying correctly in the 3D view.
Corrected issue with printing around the Anti-Meridian at low zoom level.
Importing GPX files now preserves track notes.
Improved rendering performance of selected map products.

Enlarged the 3D playback arrow.
Corrected the mouse scroll wheel behavior on the Cache Log.
Addressed various printer related problems.
Now showing more information relating to printer and print driver problems.
Corrected various problems encountered while launching BaseCamp.
Corrected some toolbar layout issues.
Corrected some problems that were occurring during transfer to an external device.
Fixed a problem which was occurring under certain conditions when deleting items from a folder.
POI searching is now working for Topo Morocco.
Driving speed on routes now works correctly.

Added a worldwide base map for use with BaseCamp.
Automatically named routes will now be named correctly when created in a folder.
Improvements to undo and redo functionality.
Better handling of tracks that only contain 1 point.
Find now works if the location is set to 'Center of Screen'.
Improved print preview functionality on smaller screens.
Grid lines print correctly.

Error reporting improvements to gather additional information when BaseCamp crashes.
User settings are preserved after a version upgrade.
Updated magnetic variation data.
Geotagged images will be shown in the correct orientation and drawn faster.
Skip printing blank pages for routes without an elevation profile or notes.
The list of user waypoints shows the symbol or image shown on the map.
Improved searching for addresses outside of the United States.
Added additional scroll wheel support.
Fixed errors when opening non-English help.
Preserve the pitch angle of the 3D map.

Download the Garmin BaseCamp update file into a directory on your hard drive. (i.e., c:\downloads).
Change to the directory in which you downloaded the files, (i.e., c:\downloads), and run the executable file (.exe). Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the update of your BaseCamp installation.