Garmin PC Basecamp and Route Planner
Sun, 09/08/2024 - 10:09am
Recently created a driving holiday plan using Garmin PC Basecamp and Route Planner. All went well but the time planned at each waypoint in Basecamp was not transferred to my Garmin Drivesmart 66.
Routes planned using Trip Planner on my older 2555LMT always worked fine. Figured on a newer device my experience would have been better.
Does anyone have experience with the Drivesmart 66 and Basecamp creating routes and trip planning.
Maybe…
I noticed that your profile says Canada. As I recall Quebec province uses the 24-hour clock and the rest of Canada the 12-hour clock. A long shot but do you think that could be related to the issue? Or a time related setting on the device?
John from PA
Using Basecamp Trip Planner
I find using Basecamp Trip Planner to be difficult. I prefer to create my route by First creating a New List, within My Collection. List
Start & End Waypoints. Then I shape the route by making waypoints that will force the route the way that I want to go. I give the waypoints a name that tells me about where they are. I also list them numerically. The start location has the number 1 and then the name, such as "1 Home"
Then every subsequent waypoint has the next number. "2" in front and so on.
I export the List as a GPX file and load to my GPS.
I then use Trip Planner on my DS65 and enter each waypoint in chronological order. If I have to I tweak the route by adding shaping points.
Much easier in the long run, because the waypoint locations are all in one list. I don't have to type in part of the name for Basecamp to search all my points.
DriveSmart 65, NUVI2555LMT, (NUVI350 is Now Retired)
Still using mapsource here.
Still using mapsource here. It continues to work well.
I agree
Still using mapsource here. It continues to work well.
The old MapSource was/is more user friendly !
Nuvi 2797LMT, DriveSmart 50 LMT-HD, Using Windows 10. DashCam A108C with GPS.