[BaseCamp] delete waypoint - revert to default map

saddle sore ironbutter at gmail.com
Tue Jan 19 03:11:17 PST 2016


Tim
Thanks for the info.  I'm not liking the map scale changing continually,
but I'll try the double click to at least avoid having to manually re-find
my position in the process.  Hopefully some one else will know why it is
changing scale and a possible fix.
Thank you for the help,  Joe


On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Tim Bowman <tk.bowman at comcast.net> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> I just tested it on my system, and it does the same thing.  Unless someone
> else chimes in it has be the way the program is designed. I even tried
> turning off the automatic map controls in the View Menu with no impact.
>
> However, if you double click on one of your waypoints, the map re-zooms
> back
> in on the waypoint and you don't have to manually adjust it.
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> sore
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 4:37 PM
> To: BaseCamp <basecamp at micapeak.com>
> Subject: [BaseCamp] delete waypoint - revert to default map
>
> Baby it is COLD outside!!  I think my thermometer broke because it is not
> registering any temperature. Yeah, zero.  So what better to be doing than
> mapping a route on BaseCamp for when the cold snap goes away?
>
> So, I've got the BMR zip code waypoints loaded in BC.  I'm selecting ones I
> want to visit.  I'm finding the post office's actual address on
> http://postofficefinder.org/    I paste that address into BC for finding
> addresses and create a new (temporary) waypoint.  Then open the properties
> box, take that lat/lon and paste it into the waypoint properties box for
> the
> appropriate waypoint that is already loaded as part of the BMR zip code
> list.  That's quick and easy.  The BMR waypoint then moves to the actual
> street location of the post office.
>
> Now for my question.  I select and delete that new temporary waypoint that
> I
> just created.  It goes away but my map that I am working on suddenly  goes
> from being zoomed in at 1 inch = 7 miles, to 1 inch = 50 miles.  I have to
> manually zoom back in to the area I was working on.
>
> Why is the map scale changing when I delete a waypoint?
>
> I've tried quitting BC at the zoomed in level to see if it will save that
> scale, but after every deleted waypoint it is backing out to 1"= 50 miles.
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks, Joe Y
> western PA
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