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BaseCamp for Mac software version 3.0.2

as of June 14, 2010

Download (65.36 MB)

View installation instructions and system requirements

Notes:

BaseCamp is a 3D mapping application that allows you to transfer Garmin Custom Maps, BirdsEye Imagery, waypoints, tracks, and routes between your Mac and Garmin device and manage your data using topographic Garmin maps that include digital elevation model(DEM) data, such as Topo U.S. 24K, Topo U.S. 24K National Parks (version 3), Topo U.S. 100K (version 4 and later), Topo U.S. 2008, Topo Australia, Topo Canada (version 4), Topo Deutschland, Topo Great Britain, and Topo products produced by many Garmin distributors.
Features include:
System Requirements:
Intel based Mac running OS 10.5.8 or higher. Tiger and PowerPC users should use BaseCamp 2.1.2 available here.
1024 MB RAM

Change History

Changes made from version 3.0.1 to 3.0.2:

Translated BaseCamp into 18 languages: Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish
Significantly reduced the memory consumption of BaseCamp due to BirdsEye Imagery.
Eliminated the redundant sending of routes and tracks to non Mass Storage devices such as eTrex and 60CSx.
Reduced the transfer time of BirdsEye Imagery to a device.
Added a summary of ascent and descent to tracks and measurements.
Fixed issues with drawing the map.
Fixed issues related to loading Garmin Custom Maps.
Fixed an issue where BaseCamp could crash while renaming waypoints in a route.
Fixed a crash caused by loading bad Open Street Maps. BaseCamp will not load these bad maps.
Fixed many reported issues.

Changes made from version 2.0.1 to 3.0.1:

Added download, display, and transfer of BirdsEye satellite imagery. This requires that you have a supported Garmin GPS. See here for more information.
Added download, display and transfer Garmin Custom Maps to supported devices.
Added the ability to use pre-installed maps on a connected device or pre-programmed SD card.
Added ability for BaseCamp to display any Garmin map. Maps do not need to have Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data to be displayed in BaseCamp now.
Added support for the data sync capability in the Oregon 450 and 550 and Dakota 10 and 20.
Added ability to drag and drop user data to and from connected devices.
Added ability to edit multiple waypoints.
Fixed issue with garbage characters that were displayed in pop‐up labels in Snow Leopard (10.6).
Added printing of USGS Quads and other public land survey areas.
Added ability to reset preferences to factory defaults.
The full information for geocaches is now visible when transferred to devices that have enhanced support for geocaching, including hints, terrain, difficulty and logs.
Improved handling of back-up database.
Improved the drawing speed of certain European maps.
Improved the reading speed and display of Geotagged photos.
Adjust map drawing colors to better distinguish between major highways and interstates.
Added support for touchpad multi-touch gestures.
Added to print on several pages.
Fixed issue where information about found POI or address was not displayed correctly in Snow Leopard.
Fixed an issue where selecting a waypoint symbol in the Waypoint Dialog could cause a crash.
Numerous refinements and problem fixes.
Added numerous other refinements and problem fixes.

Installation Instructions

Click on 'Download' and choose to save the file to your computer.
Double-click the file to open it.
A new Finder window will open. Locate and double-click on the 'Garmin BaseCamp' icon.
Follow the installer program's prompts to install Garmin BaseCamp.