[BaseCamp] Proximity Colors

[Tim Bowman]

For alerts on my Garmin Montana, I use POI's.  For example I ride 
several different rallies at the same time and I have each of the 
rallies' checkpoints loaded as POI's using the Garmin POI loader 
software.  Whenever I'm within say 5 miles of one of them, an alert is 
displayed on the Montana (I don't use the sound feature).  It helps me 
not miss one.

I'll need to experiment with this proximity feature of waypoints and see 
what it does for me.

Tim Bowman
Burien, WA

On 2/24/2015 8:33 AM, Jerry White wrote:
> Jim,
>
> The thing you are asking about is called Proximity Alerts on the GPS. They are named the same as in Basecamp but controlled completely separately, on the GPS itself. In my Zumo 550 there is a setting where you enable the alarms, and program how far away you are from them until the alert rings. The trick is, you have to convert any waypoints into POIs before loading them to the GPS. The Zumo alerts on POIs only, not waypoints  or shaping points. Many people use this feature for speed cameras, and when you go online, the speed camera POI files are always the most recently updated.
>
> Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Basecamp [mailto:basecamp-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of James McKinna
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 2:57 AM
> To: BaseCamp
> Subject: Re: [BaseCamp] Proximity Colors
>
> Following this with interest.  Is it possible to set a geo fence that announces on the GPS?  I have searched for this but only found reference to this on a hunter specific unit Garmin sells.  It would seem to be an easy feature to integrate with the proximity settings.  I admit I have not tried the proximity settings to see if they transfer to the GPS. Too cold outside!  6 degrees this morning.
>
> Thanks, Jim
>
>
>
>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 9:42 PM, Bill Norris <bnorris at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Nancy,
>>
>> I set 'concentric rings' by making copies of my Waypoint then changing the Proximity value of each.
>>
>> Ex: "Waypoint 100" = Proximity 100mi  "Waypoint 250" = Proximity 250mi.  Etc.
>>
>> Regarding the 250 = 250,000 what indicator are you using? km? mi? ft? You do need to add the measurement unit to the number.
>>
>> I am using Basecamp 4.4.6 on Windows Vista.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>>
>>> That helps,  I can set one ring.   Do you know how to set more than one ring?
>>> when I type in 250 it sets it to 250,000 for whatever reason, but it looks right for 250 miles.
>>> Yes, I’m using a MAC too.
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Tim Bowman
Burien, WA