User manual MAGELLAN MAPSEND TOPO QUICK

[. . . ] This Quick Reference Guide is a supplement to the User Manual that is available to you from within the MapSend software. While using MapSend, you can refer to the User Manual and get detailed answers to your questions about this software. Connecting the GPS Receiver to Personal Computer 1. Attach the PC cable to the back of the GPS receiver. Using the captive screw that is attached to the connector, tighten it into the back of the receiver. [. . . ] on the toolbar. Click and hold the left mouse button while dragging the map in the desired direction. The fingers on the pointer are gripped to a fist while you are dragging. The map will be automatically updated as you continue dragging. Zooming Mode: ­ ­ ­ To enlarge a view scale click on the toolbar. As a result, the mouse pointer will change to resemble the icon. Left-click the place you want to zoom in. The view scale becomes 2 times as large and the map is centered to the place where you have clicked OR click and hold the left mouse button down and drag a rectangle on the map. ­ Having released the mouse button, you see the enlarged map sector that was drawn into the rectangle you dragged. The mouse pointer will ­ To reduce a view scale click change to resemble the icon. ­ Click the place you want to zoom out and follow the directions from above for zoom in. Saved Regions List: ­ The Saved Regions List is the window where you view the attributes of regions to be uploaded to the GPS receiver. ­ Regions contained in the Saved Regions List are displayed in the Map Window as rectangles with translucent colored borders. Drawing and Cutting Rectangular Regions: ­ To draw a region and put it in the Saved Regions List, select the Regions menu, New or click on the toolbar. ­ The mouse pointer changes to ­ Within the Map Window, click and hold the left mouse button, then drag a rectangle around the area you wish to define as a region. ­ If the region is not to your satisfaction, press <Esc> to undo. ­ While you are drawing a region, its estimated size is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. The region's estimated size may differ from the final one and that can be critical when uploading regions to your GPS receiver. ­ After drawing the rectangular region you need to Cut that region. To do so, you can select from the Regions menu Cut Region or click on the toolbar. ­ In the Naming dialog box, type a name of the drawn region and choose OK. Now the new region's name will appear in the Saved Regions List. Marking Regions: ­ Before uploading regions to a GPS receiver, you have to mark them in the Saved Regions List. ­ To mark a region, click the corresponding check-box next to the region's name. ­ Marked regions are displayed in the Map Window as translucently colored filled rectangles. Selecting Topo and/or POIs from Marked Regions: ­ After selecting (marking) a region, you can select whether or not to upload the POI's and Topo map (if available). ­ Along with the check box for marking the region are the other boxes used to select Topo and POI's. (The "T" for Topographic is available only with the MapSend Topo of the United States software. ) ­ Clicking on the "T" or "P" will turn the selection on or off. [. . . ] Choose a scale for the Map either from the list or user defined. Set a scale in the Map Window to view the continental USA. Set a scale in the Map Window to view the entire world. Open the dialog to find a location by its name. [. . . ]