User manual GARMIN MAPSOURCE

[. . . ] ® mapping software user's manual © Copyright 2004-2005 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062 U. S. A. Unit 5, The Quadrangle, Abbey Park Industrial Estate, Romsey, SO51 9DL U. K. [. . . ] · Select the maps you want to send to your GPS unit. · Transfer the maps to your GPS unit. For help connecting your GPS unit to your computer, see page 8 or consult the owner's manual for your GPS unit. To select maps and send them to your GPS unit, see the next two sections, "Selecting Maps" and "Transferring MapSource Data. " You may also be able to view a tutorial on your MapSource installation disk about selecting and sending maps. NOTE: Not all Garmin GPS units can use detailed maps. Check your GPS unit owner's manual to see if your unit is compatible. Use the Map tool to select the map regions you want to send to your GPS unit. NOTE: To select map regions, you must unlock your MapSource product. For more information, see page 1. To select map regions: 1. Zoom to 30 miles (50 km) on the Zoom scale. Click the Map tool or click Tools > Map. Each map region becomes outlined in yellow when you move over it with the mouse. The name and size of the map region appear in the status bar. To select several map regions at once, click and drag the mouse over the areas you want to select. Selected map regions are shaded pink. 10 MapSource User's Manual USING MAPSOURCE > LOADING MAPS TO YOUR GARMIN GPS UNIT Names of map regions. Selected map regions appear shaded in pink. BlueChart® map regions appear outlined in pink. To deselect a map region, click a shaded pink area on the Graphic Map. To deselect several map regions, press and hold the Ctrl key while you click and drag across the map regions you want to deselect. Memory needed to store this map set. Click to rename map set. Maps Tab The map regions you select are called a "map set" and are listed in the Maps tab. Click the Maps tab to view the names and sizes of each map region you have selected. Check the amount of memory your GPS unit has to store map data. Then check the Maps tab to see how much memory your map set requires. If the map set is too big, deselect some map regions. MapSource User's Manual NOTE: If your GPS unit supports auto-routing, select the Include route calculation data check box (located at the bottom of the Maps tab). You can create a route in MapSource and then select all of the map regions surrounding that route. You can also select maps around waypoints or tracks. For more information about creating routes, see page 20. 11 USING MAPSOURCE > LOADING MAPS TO YOUR GARMIN GPS UNIT To select maps around waypoints, routes, or tracks: Right-click a route, waypoint, or track in its Data tab and click Select Maps Around Route (Waypoint/Track) from the shortcut menu. [. . . ] Your GPS unit then saves these points as a track. Viewing Tracks Tracks received from your GPS unit appear in the Tracks tab after you receive them. You can view tracks on the Graphic Map and edit them using the Track Properties dialog box. Double-click any track in the Tracks tab to open the Track Properties dialog box. You can change the track name, invert the track, view a vertical profile of the track, and view and edit track points. [. . . ]