Jan 24, 2010 Re: GPS topo canada v4 Garmin Voice Studio lets you create custom voices fo ryour GPS device. Windows only: If you've ever thought, 'That GPS lady is bossy,' or 'I wish my Garmin talked like a pirate,' Voice Studio is the answer. Garmin MapSource Free. Garmin MapSource 6.16.3. Easy to use to set waypoints and download them to the Garmin GPS. Searching from street names could be improved. You need to search for.
Both programs support data exchange - waypoints, routes, travelled paths (tracks), maps etc. - between computers and GPS devices for easy trip planning and to maintain and archive gathered data on a computer. MapSource comes with map products on CDrom or DVD which have to be purchased. BaseCamp is not bundled with any map products and is available for download free of charge, see downloads. GARMIN also provides updates for MapSource and BaseCamp for free. These updates only update the software and not the maps. Updates for maps have to be purchased. Some models are offered with a lifetime updated included.
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Depending on the GPS model and your personal preferences, you may prefer one software product or the other. Tracks and maps can be exchanged with both products. Both programs support transferring waypoints and routes from a computer to the models etrex 10/20/30, Oregon and Montana, but only BaseCamp supports the other direction. In addition, only BaseCamp supports transferring geo-caches, BirdsEye satellite imageries and geo-tagged pictures. The later are photos which include information about the location where they were taken (coordinates). BaseCamp supports GARMIN GPS devices with cameras such as the Oregon 550t or the Montana 650/650t as well as cameras with integrated GPS.
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Unlike MapSource, BaseCamp supports access to maps on µSD/SD-memory cards. If your computer has a slot for SD cards (or if you have a SD-to-USB adapter), you may plug in the µSD/SD memory card into your computer directly. Alternatively, you may insert the µSD/SD memory card into your GPS device and connect the GPS with your computer using an USB cable. The former is usually the faster method.
If you transfer maps from a computer to a GPS device using MapSource, all previously loaded maps will be erased. With BaseCamp on the other hand, you have the choice of either erasing previously loaded maps or leave them on the GPS. Preloaded maps will never be erased, neither by MapSource nor by BaseCamp.
There are significant conceptional differences between MapSource and BaseCamp regarding data storage. MapSource supports saving data in any number of files. BaseCamp stores all objects (waypoints, routes, tracks, pictures etc.) in one collection ('My Collection'). You may create any number of folders, subfolders and lists within your collection, but a particular object must exist only once within the whole collection. Therefore, you cannot create multiple objects of the same type with the same name, such as more than one waypoint with the name 'Start'. On the other hand, a particular object may be referenced in any number of lists. Lists, folders and the complete collection may be exported to and imported from files.
To exchange data between MapSource and BaseCamp, you can either use 'copy and paste' - which supports only one type of objects (e.g. waypoints) to be transferred per operation - or you may use various types of files, such as GDB, GPX or TCX files.
For fitness devices such as the Edge and Forerunner series, there is also a software called 'Training Center' which supports additional data such as speed and heart rate.