Data Transfer Practices
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 4:21 pm
Hi,
I have just finished the NER BaseCamp Tutorials. Nice information and very well prepared. Even for a person that has stumbled around BaseCamp for 10 years or more. Thank you!
This question for the group centers around data transfer practices for moving between BaseCamp and the computer it runs on and the GPS.
The tutorials use the drag-and-drop method to transfer routes and, I presume, other waypoints that may not be included in a route to the GPS itself or its SD card from within BaseCamp. The tutorials also refer to the Transfer>Send to Device menu command inside BaseCamp.
Up until I read these tutorials, I had never used the drag-and-drop method. And I only used the Transfer>Receive from Device menu command to retrieve tracks.
I have always done my planning in a list in BaseCamp and then exported that list with the routes and waypoints to a .gpx file. I would then use the computer’s operating system to copy the .gpx file to the GPS’s Garmin folder. I would then import from the GPS itself the bits and pieces for a day’s use. Map would reside on SD card.
This practice was used in order to maximize memory in the Zumo 550 for storing tracks.
So, the basic question for the experts is are there any right or wrong ways or caveats to the various methods to get data across to the GPS and then into the area of memory used for navigation?
Up until a couple weeks ago, all my experience is with a 550. I now own a 595. My miserly memory management practices will die hard as has been discussed some in another thread.
As always, thank you for all discussion and input.
Moderators, if this post is not properly located, please move it.
Bill
I have just finished the NER BaseCamp Tutorials. Nice information and very well prepared. Even for a person that has stumbled around BaseCamp for 10 years or more. Thank you!
This question for the group centers around data transfer practices for moving between BaseCamp and the computer it runs on and the GPS.
The tutorials use the drag-and-drop method to transfer routes and, I presume, other waypoints that may not be included in a route to the GPS itself or its SD card from within BaseCamp. The tutorials also refer to the Transfer>Send to Device menu command inside BaseCamp.
Up until I read these tutorials, I had never used the drag-and-drop method. And I only used the Transfer>Receive from Device menu command to retrieve tracks.
I have always done my planning in a list in BaseCamp and then exported that list with the routes and waypoints to a .gpx file. I would then use the computer’s operating system to copy the .gpx file to the GPS’s Garmin folder. I would then import from the GPS itself the bits and pieces for a day’s use. Map would reside on SD card.
This practice was used in order to maximize memory in the Zumo 550 for storing tracks.
So, the basic question for the experts is are there any right or wrong ways or caveats to the various methods to get data across to the GPS and then into the area of memory used for navigation?
Up until a couple weeks ago, all my experience is with a 550. I now own a 595. My miserly memory management practices will die hard as has been discussed some in another thread.
As always, thank you for all discussion and input.
Moderators, if this post is not properly located, please move it.
Bill