Disgusting effort by Garmin - avoid at all costs!

This app is terrible. I can’t think of any other program that has caused this much frustration since I’ve switched to mac. I’m 26 (the problem is not generational) and use technical software every day in work and classes for my masters degree in *electrical engineering* and I STILL cant figure it out! Ive tried YouTube videos, tutorials on the website - everything I can think of. Just avoid this app if you’ve got any other choice.

It’s as if they’ve had the same guy doing user testing for the last 30 years and he just keeps saying their incremental changes in every version are easy to use, but if you’re trying to figure it out in 2016, you’re completely screwed because it’s all based on software written in the 80s and includes every little quirk and workaround that has been built in during that time.

Here’s a brief list of the most recent problems I’ve had:
- can’t get waypoints off of my GPS (but I can get tracks for some reason???)
- making routes in Basecamp takes forever due to their terrible interface - once you’re in the routing menu, you can’t select points on the map and navigation becomes extremely ungainly
- once you’ve finally selected the two endpoints, you can only get a direct route ("as the crow flies”), even when you select travel by car. Isn’t this the primary function of basically ALL mapping apps these days?? How do you screw that up?
- you can only view satellite imagery in Google Earth - as a SEPARATE window - very helpful…

engrbabakubwa about Garmin BaseCamp, v4.6.3