News

3/8/2026

Garmin no longer allows public downloads of courses, unfortunately. (This was never officially supported but it used to work) The option to do this in GRouteLoaderIQ has been dropped.

3/4/2026

BC2GE and GRouteLoader have been updated to use Dotnet 10. (You might get a request to install Dotnet with these versions.)

GRouteLoader now supports MTP devices (what newer Garmin devices use). You need to install extra software. See MTP devices for instructions.

2/13/2026

New devices for GRouteLoader IQ. Cleaned up screens for a bunch of devices.

7/31/2025

BC2GE and GRouteLoader have been updated to use Dotnet 9. (You might get a request to install Dotnet with these versions.)

10/12/2024

BC2GE and GRouteLoader have been updated to use Dotnet 8. (You might get a request to install Dotnet with these versions.) Added images to the file types BC2GE can read GPS data from.

6/30/2024

Note that the GrouteLoader Windows program doesn't work with the 1050. The 1050 uses MTP to connect with your computer. I'm looking into changing GRouteLoader to handle MTP devices.

2/16/2024

Update to BC2GE to allow copying of trackpoints from the track window in BaseCamp.

11/3/2023

Minor update for GRouteLoader (Windows).

7/19/2023

Downloading in GRouteLoader IQ from Garmin Connect now works again (Garmin changed how they let that be done).

6/2/2023

New release of GRouteLoader IQ. Sendpoints now works again (Sendpoints changed how it returns information.)

10/17/2022

New version of BC2GE (Windows).

• Fixes overwriting of existing objects in Google Earth when copying from BaseCamp.

7/22/2022

New version of GRouteLoader IQ.

• Support for the 1040 and new Forerunner watches. Added sunset/sunrise time to first screen. Can now move items in the Download menu to the main menu.

4/26/2022

New version of GRouteLoader (Windows).

• Many improvements/fixes.

New version of BC2GE (Windows).

• Many improvements/fixes.

3/11/2022

New version of GRouteLoader IQ.

• You can now move some of the Download menu items to the main menu. (Useful for items you use frequently.)

• You can now download routes on your iPhone/iPad from the TinyServer app. GRouteLoader was already able to download routes from Android from the GExporter app.

• Supports the new Fenix 7 and Epix 2 watches.

• Provides an option to have GPX files downloaded from RideWithGPS as "route" files (rather than "track"). Useful if your device can't use "track" files.

• Provides options to have RideWithGPS move course points earlier in the track (this only works if you have a paid RideWithGPS account or downloading routes from your club's route library).