Status of Garmin Adventures?
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:58 pm
I stumbled onto a GAIAGPS "feature" that reminded me of Garmin Adventures. It's been a very long time since I looked at Garmin Adventures. Originally I thought they were a good idea, severely crippled by the requirement for users to have Garmin Basecamp installed in order to view an Adventure. I also wasn't fond of the idea that ALL Adventures were viewable by ANYone.
I recall seeing appeals here for Adventures but was unaware the requirement to have Basecamp installed had changed so never gave it a serious look.
When I look at Basecamp there is STILL a menu item to create an Adventure. This struck me as strange given Garmin's announcement here:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=k ... aErQ0AUU49
"This is to inform you that Garmin Adventures will be discontinued after May 20th, 2018."
All this begs the questionS, what is the real status of Garmin Adventures?
Can users still create Adventuress?
Can Adventures be shared? If so, how?
Is any special software required to view an adventure?
Garmin Adventures COULD be a good idea if it was possible to create a shareable file in a video format like mpeg or avi.
I have and use OBS Studio for recording my display to create tutorials. If I could run an Adventure, I COULD record it with OBS Studio to a video file format viewable by anyone. That's a little trouble to go to for something that should be a "built-in" feature.
I recall seeing appeals here for Adventures but was unaware the requirement to have Basecamp installed had changed so never gave it a serious look.
When I look at Basecamp there is STILL a menu item to create an Adventure. This struck me as strange given Garmin's announcement here:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=k ... aErQ0AUU49
"This is to inform you that Garmin Adventures will be discontinued after May 20th, 2018."
All this begs the questionS, what is the real status of Garmin Adventures?
Can users still create Adventuress?
Can Adventures be shared? If so, how?
Is any special software required to view an adventure?
Garmin Adventures COULD be a good idea if it was possible to create a shareable file in a video format like mpeg or avi.
I have and use OBS Studio for recording my display to create tutorials. If I could run an Adventure, I COULD record it with OBS Studio to a video file format viewable by anyone. That's a little trouble to go to for something that should be a "built-in" feature.